After years of growing tensions, 2026 has amplified an uncertain path forward for the Middle East and relations within and outside the region.
What are the possible paths forward and what could t...
Episode 6 | American Grand Strategy in West Asia
In this episode of Shifting Ground, Nick Gvosdev and Larry Rubin are joined by Mohammed Soliman, Senior Fellow at the Middle East Institute and author of West Asia: A New American Grand S...
The conflict in the Persian Gulf has now lasted over two months, with a mutually acceptable agreement still proving elusive. Beyond its immediate human and political consequences, the crisis has ha...
Director of South Asia Initiatives, Farwa Aamer, unpacks the implications of the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict on South Asia's economies, policy responses, and diplomatic calculations.
For more insig...
The traditional Middle East is disappearing, replaced by a West Asia that is increasingly defined by its ties to the East. This shift represents the Asianization of the region, as power is reorgani...
March 24, 2026 — The U.S.-Israel airstrikes on Iran in late February triggered a rapid and consequential escalation—one that has extended far beyond the immediate parties to the conflict. Watch Asi...
The traditional Middle East is disappearing, replaced by a West Asia that is increasingly defined by its ties to the East. This shift represents the Asianization of the region, as power is reorgani...
The Brookings Center on the United States and Europe will hold a discussion and panel on security and U.S. foreign policy in Turkey and the Middle East. The discussion will feature a panel with Asl...
Iran’s retaliation has expanded the conflict across the Middle East. Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin explains the growing regional risks and the uncertain future of Iran’s leader...
Iran’s retaliation has expanded the conflict across the Middle East. Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Barbara Slavin explains the growing regional risks and the uncertain future of Iran’s leader...
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Book Talk | The West: The History of an Idea
During and after the Cold War, the term “The West” was used as a term to describe a set of countries, political systems, ideas and values that were assumed to be fixed, permanent and even in a sens...
Whither the “Axis of Resistance”?
📢Whither the “Axis of Resistance”?
Featuring Dina Esfandiary, Ahmed Nagi, Mohanad Hage Ali, Muhanad Seloom and Maya Gebaily
🗓️December 17
⏰5:15-6:15 PM Beirut
#CMEC2026
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Ausgerechnet der Irak scheint eine Art Stabilitätsanker in Nahost zu sein. Isabelle Werenfels erklärt, warum diese vermeintliche Stabilität extrem fragil ist, wie Dynamiken rund um die anstehenden ...
