The consensus among analysts is that Hamas is down, but hardly out. The group may be badly battered, but it has been around ...

The war-time disruptions of international shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz are spreading through the fertilizer market and affecting supply chains encompassing regions that have no margins to ...

In November 2025, the United States sought and obtained approval for a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR 2803) endorsing the formation of a Board of Peace (BoP) and International ...

After 10 months of US-mediated talks failed to achieve an integration of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into Syria’s transitional state, hostilities erupted in early January — first in Kurdish ...

Less than a decade after Pakistan’s founding in 1947, it entered the US strategic horizon as a member of a Cold War alliance structure created to contain the Soviet Union. The security partnership ...

After months of building tensions, full-blown hostilities erupted between Syria’s transitional government and militia fighters linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Aleppo on January 6.

The final days of 2025 marked a turning point in the Middle East, as competition between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in Yemen spilled out into the open. Tensions between the two ...

As the third quarter of President Donald Trump’s first year of his second term comes to a close, the record of his administration’s accomplishments is mixed. The cease-fire between Israel and Hamas ...

The Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, signed on September 17, 2025, is a significant regional development. MEI has published several articles that provide different perspectives on ...

The Saudi-Pakistan Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement, signed on September 17, 2025, is a significant regional development. MEI has published several articles that provide different perspectives on ...

President Masoud Pezeshkian’s first year in office was defined by Iran’s familiar political structural constraints, external crises, and a moderate-reformist base forever frustrated with his cautious ...

As missiles rained down on Iranian nuclear sites and the specter of regional escalation loomed large, China’s response underscored its ambition to shape global affairs while simultaneously exposing ...