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January 27, 2025

Donald Trump
Middle East policy advice from the Vandenberg Coalition

The Vandenberg Coalition has issued a report on Middle East policy for the Trump administration.

December 3, 2024

Israel
Assessing a Year of War in the Middle East

A year after Hamas’s devastating October 7 attack, Israel faces a seven-front war and deepening divisions between its military and Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis …

A Palestinian man looks out of his heavily damaged house at neighbouring houses which witnesses said were destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in the east of the Gaza strip.

October 1, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Troops in the Middle East: Mapping the Military Presence

The U.S. military has an extensive footprint in the Middle East, including a collection of permanent bases and various naval assets, such as aircraft carriers and destroyers. 

A photo of an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

October 25, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
The Threat of Regional Military Expansion in the Middle East

Panelists discuss the latest updates regarding the conflict in the Middle East, the risks of wider escalation, and the role of the United States. PLEASE NOTE: This meeting is part of the Twenty-Ni…

Play Israeli soldier watches as Israeli tanks manoeuvre during military drill near Ein Zivan in Golan Heights.

January 24, 2025

Foreign Policy
What I Saw in Davos: Middle Powers Rise and Trump’s Shadow Looms

A dispatch from the fifty-forth annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where the focus this year is on the presence of emerging economies—from Brazil to Indonesia—while the political and …

U.S. President Donald Trump makes a special address at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 2025. Yves Herman/Reuters

December 10, 2024

Syria
What Assad’s Fall Means for Russia in the Middle East

The flight of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to exile in Russia poses a major strategic challenge to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Kremlin’s influence in Syria and the region should not…

A member of the Russian military police guards a checkpoint on the outskirs of Damascus adorned with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) in March 2018.

January 7, 2025

Foreign Policy
Middle East Conflict, Russia-Ukraine War, and U.S. Southern Border Are Top Global Concerns for 2025, CFR Report Finds

The second Donald Trump administration assumes office at a moment of great peril for the United States, according to the Council on Foreign Relations’ (CFR) annual Preventive Priorities Survey. The r…

November 18, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in the Middle East: October 2024

China continued its condemnation of Israel this month while it Chinese-Iranian ties were on full display during the BRICS summit. The UAE and China celebrated 40 years of diplomatic relations while C…

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan walks out of a car as he attends the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia October 23, 2024.

November 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Trump and the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook (Transition 2025, Episode 2)

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how Middle Eastern countries are reacting to former President…

Podcast A congratulatory billboard for U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump is displayed in Jerusalem on November 7, 2024. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

October 8, 2024

United States
CFR-Brookings Institution Election 2024 Virtual Public Event: The Future of the Middle East

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Program are collaborating to convene an expert discussion to examine the future of the Middle East. As part of a…

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