In The News

Monday, December 2, 2024
Syrian Oppositions Fighters Say They have Advanced South into Central Province in Hama

Özge Genç
Sunday, December 1, 2024
What’s next for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad and his allies?

A surprise rebel offensive surges onwards after taking control of the city of Aleppo.

Ranj Alaaldin
Monday, November 18, 2024
Could Trump’s re-election derail the Saudi-Iran rapprochement?

While Saudi Arabia will not endorse a return to maximum pressure on Iran, it does not want to risk its security alliance with the United States.

Hana El Shehaby
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Making Government Efficient Again

An incoming Trump administration plans to ransack the civil service. But it needs reform, not demolition.

Robert P. Beschel Jr.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
‘Time to end the Gaza war’ Blinken says, after US-imposed deadline for aid expires

Adel Abdel Ghafar is the Director of the Foreign Policy and Security Program at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs. He says Blinken's comments will not have any impact on the realties on the ground in Gaza.

Adel Abdel Ghafar
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Banking on Trump

According to Middle East Council on Global Affairs visiting fellow Ahmed Morsy, if the Trump administration “returns to transactional politics and deals in the Middle East, as it is likely to do, Egypt must be prepared with medium- to long-term strategies to [secure] influence” on the future management of regional conflicts in line with Egyptian interests.

Ahmed Morsy
Saturday, November 9, 2024
What to know about Trump’s history of support for Israel

Ahmed Morsy, a visiting fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, said in a statement that Trump and his team are “likely to push for ceasefires or temporary peace deals to showcase their peacemaking prowess” following campaign promises.

Ahmed Morsy
Thursday, October 17, 2024
ÖZEL RÖPORTAJ | Uluslararası İlişkiler profesörü John J. Mearsheimer: “ABD’deki sivil özgürlüklere yönelik en büyük tehdit, İsrail’in destekçilerinden geliyor.”

Özge Genç
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Arab Think Tank Network launched

The Middle East and North Africa (Mena) Think Tank Forum, co-hosted by the Middle East Council on Global Affairs (ME Council) and the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (IFI) at the American University of Beirut, concluded successfully in Doha on September 24.