This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. See Geoffrey Kemp and Robert E. Harkavy, Strategic Geography and the Changing Middle East (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, for ...

This publication has been updated as of February 24, 2023. This book-length report is Volume Two of a two-volume series on the strategic importance of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It ...

The events which have been unfolding in the Middle East between Israel and Iran are not just another regional flare-up. They are not episodic. They are systemic. The Israeli-Iranian confrontation, ...

Why has Iran never been fully subdued, colonized, or occupied long-term? The answer lies in a potent mix of geography, ...

In 2017, the Trump Administration proposed the creation of a multilateral Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA) with its Arab partners to deepen relations with the countries in the region. So far ...

There is an unfortunate tendency in U.S. strategic circles to compartmentalize by geography: China watchers look at China, but for too long ignored its inroads in Africa and the Americas.

In The Wall Street Journal, Henry Kissinger presents a path out of the Middle East collapse—with Russia in Syria, a geopolitical structure that lasted four decades is in shambles.

Launch a Strategic Communications Effort in the Middle East. The Obama administration’s diplomatic efforts over the settlements are not yet concluded and must be continued in order to revive U.S ...

This publication has been updated as of February 24, 2023. The Emeritus Chair in Strategy has issued an updated book-length report that is part of a two-volume series. This volume of the series ...