In The News

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
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, 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
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are looking to gain from continuing conflict in the Middle East

According to Faozi al-Goidi, a fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, the rebels are not likely to be deterred anytime soon and could also target vessels further out in the Indian Ocean.

Faozi Al-Goidi
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Does Israel have an end game?

Omar H. Rahman
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Ground Offensive Begins in Lebanon

Omar H. Rahman
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.

Monday, September 23, 2024
Was the latest escalation in Lebanon inevitable?

Omar H. Rahman
Friday, September 20, 2024
Can there be any hope for true democracy in Algeria, if no one trusts the vote?

Can there be any hope for true democracy in Algeria, if no one trusts the vote?

Dalia Ghanem