Iran and Israel came to blows, and Beijing mostly ducked. China isn’t ready to be the world’s next superpower: That’s one ...

JAMES JEFFREY served as a Foreign Service Officer in seven U.S. administrations, including, during the first Trump ...

Future conflicts may be decoupled from oil shocks, giving Western powers more freedom to engage politically in the region ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind people that in the disorienting first days after Hamas’ Oct_ 7, ...

Israel’s military success against Iran undermines one incentive for Saudi normalization and raises concerns about its growing ...

In the past 48 hours, the Middle East has seen an unprecedented US airstrike on Iran with its most powerful non-nuclear ...

Six key events that shaped the Middle East since Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas’s deadly assault on Israel and the war in Gaza that followed have had knock-on effects on Iran, Syria, Yemen and Lebanon, as ...

Iran launched missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar on Monday, threatening to stoke a wider conflict in the Middle East, ...

The World Bank announced Wednesday that it will invest over $1.3 billion to improve the quality of life in three war-torn ...

The Middle East has been simmering for quite some time. But what exactly is the situation in the individual countries of the region, from the Middle East to Central and South Asia? Are there countries ...

Asia’s dependence on Middle East oil and gas — and its slow shift to clean energy — leave it vulnerable to disruptions in ...

Nevertheless, with Iran defanged, and the benefits of ties with Israel and the U.S. looking increasingly attractive to moderate Arab countries, peace and prosperity in the Middle East appears ...