Morocco

March 7, 2023 | |

Iran Launches Cyberattack on Israeli University

Latest Developments Hackers working for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security conducted a cyberattack against the Technion Institute, a leading Israeli biomedical and hi-tech research university,...

February 14, 2023 | Enia Krivine, Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus

In Israel, Blinken is Betting on the Wrong Peace Process

It makes no sense for Antony Blinken to create a linkage between advancing regional normalization and the moribund Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

January 13, 2023 | |

Israel and Arab Allies Conclude Negev Forum Without Jordan

Latest Developments  Senior officials from the United States, Israel, Bahrain, Morocco, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) wrapped up two days of meetings on Tuesday as part of the Negev Forum in...

December 21, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Abdullah in the middle

Why Jordan has not joined the Abraham Accords

December 13, 2022 | Caleb Weiss |

German national freed in the Sahel after years of jihadist captivity

Late last week, German national Jorg Lange was freed in the Sahel after spending the last four years being held by the Islamic State’s Sahel Province (more commonly known as the Islamic State in the Greater...

December 13, 2022 | Tony Badran |

The Lebanese are Living the Dream

The Lebanese have long had an ideal vision for how their dysfunctional polity should be run. Their perfect arrangement involves the great power(s) — which in the past meant Europe and Russia but today...

December 8, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Neither Here Nor There

Jordan and the Abraham Accords

November 2, 2022 | Ryan Brobst, Bradley Bowman

How to get Kyiv the Tanks and Armored Vehicles It Needs

“We’re fighting the war out of our pickup trucks,” stated a Ukrainian soldier when reflecting on Ukraine’s slowing counteroffensive in Luhansk region. While Ukraine has a large inventory of tanks...

October 6, 2022 | Shany Mor |

Israel-EU annual meeting after decade hiatus

Israel and the European Union held an Association Council meeting for the first time in a decade. How did Israel change in that time, and how did it affect the EU-Israel relationship?

September 7, 2022 | Tony Badran |

America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran

The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.

August 1, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

U.S. kills Al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri in drone strike

Al Qaeda emir Ayman Zawahiri was confirmed killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul on Sunday in the first air strike conducted in Afghanistan since U.S. forces completely withdrew from country last year....

July 21, 2022 | Enia Krivine, Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Hamas-Fatah reconciliation attempts are DOA

The recent Abbas-Haniyeh handshake signifies the desperate state of both Palestinian factions – as well as of their Algerian hosts

July 19, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda “remain close,” UN reports

Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of Al Qaeda who served as Osama bin Laden’d deputy on 9/11, “is confirmed to be alive” and is “communicating freely,” according to a report from the United Nations’...

July 15, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Mideast trip shows Biden choosing pragmatism, rejecting ‘Woke’ policy

'Progressives' dislike Saudi Arabia, Israel because they stand firm against ill-advised US policy on Iran

June 23, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Reality bites Biden

For a president who sought to walk away from the Middle East, focus American foreign policy toward its traditional alliances, and end America’s oil dependency, Joe Biden’s policy of treating the Saudis...

June 21, 2022 | Peter Doran |

Russia never faced punishment for its past crimes. This time must be different

Putin counts on the West’s negligence at holding his country to account. Until we do, atrocities will continue

June 14, 2022 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

War in Ukraine Is Destabilizing the Middle East and North Africa

The war in Ukraine is already setting the Middle East on fire.

June 2, 2022 | Orde Kittrie |

Israeli-Saudi Deal Over Two Islands Is a Step Toward Peace

Israel and Saudi Arabia have reportedly agreed on a security arrangement enabling Egypt to transfer to the Saudis two strategic islands near Israel. In return for Israel’s acquiescence, Saudi Arabia is...

April 13, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Bad neighbors

Russia is not the only nation threatening the existence of nearby nations

April 6, 2022 | David Adesnik |

The Ruthless Realpolitik of the United Arab Emirates

Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has cozied up to Bashar al-Assad, and relations with the U.S. are at an all-time low.