Publications

Discover the Causes of Food Insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa, along with Solutions to Achieve Food Security and Increase Agricultural Production.

This graph tracks cumulative confirmed cases of COVID-19 relative to the total population in MENA countries between March 2020 and December 2022.

Graphs tracking the stringency of governmental public health measures against newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 in MENA countries from 2020 to 2022.

As of December 2022, over 42% of MENA’s population was fully vaccinated, compared to 32.5% of the global population.

A visualization that tracks cumulative deaths officially associated with COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries over the 2020-2022 period on a comparable per capita basis.

The role of great power competition in shaping the future of the Middle East, and its impact on international alliances, and regional security. read more!

Explore Egypt’s Foreign Policy During the Sisi Era, from Successes in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin to the Renaissance Dam Crisis. Read More!

Civilian populations in the conflict-ridden countries of the Middle East and North Africa have undergone a radical transformation of their governing structures. In countries like Iraq, Syria, and Libya, these structures are increasingly dominated by unconventional security providers such as militias and paramilitary groups aligned with the state, creating complications for good governance and security sector reform (SSR).

Iraq was pushed to the brink of civil war in August following a series of tit-for-tat exchanges between Muqtada al-Sadr—head of Iraq’s most powerful socio-political movement (the Sadrist movement) and one of the country’s most powerful militia groups (Saraya Salam)—and a coalition of Iran-aligned parties and militias known as the Shiite Coordination Framework.

In early 2019, the hirak, a nationwide peaceful movement, called for the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has undergone many Track II initiatives, with the aim of resolving, or at least alleviating, conflict.

Mirroring region-wide trends, Turkey has adopted a policy of bridge-building across the Middle East in recent years.