The Middle East Program in Washington combines in-depth regional knowledge with incisive comparative analysis to provide deeply informed recommendations. With expertise in the Gulf, North Africa, Iran, and Israel/Palestine, we examine crosscutting themes of political, economic, and social change in both English and Arabic.
Rafiah Al Talei
Editor-in-Chief, Sada, Middle East Program
Nathan J. Brown
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Yasmine Farouk
Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program
Amr Hamzawy
Director, Middle East Program
Zaha Hassan
Fellow, Middle East Program
H. A. Hellyer
Nonresident Scholar, Middle East Program
Marwan Muasher
Vice President for Studies
Karim Sadjadpour
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Jake Walles
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Frederic Wehrey
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Sarah Yerkes
Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
MENA Transitions is a monthly newsletter with the latest analysis from the Carnegie Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center.
Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, provides insight into and analysis of the region. Drawing on the expertise of a team of Carnegie scholars—both in the Middle East and in Washington—this blog will offer reactions to breaking news, interviews with personalities and political figures, and updates on Carnegie research projects.
Sada is an online journal rooted in Carnegie’s Middle East Program that seeks to foster and enrich debate about key political, economic, and social issues in the Arab world and provides a venue for new and established voices to deliver reflective analysis on these issues.
Tracking political, diplomatic, and economic changes in Palestine and Israel, we carry out on-the-ground research, publish groundbreaking research, and host frequent discussions on related topics.
Tracking political, diplomatic, and economic changes in Palestine and Israel, we carry out on-the-ground research, publish groundbreaking research, and host frequent discussions on related topics.
Our program has carried out innovative research on Egypt’s political, economic, security, and social trajectory throughout years of turmoil and reverses. Current research focuses on tracking constitutional, legal, and political changes; human rights and civil society issues; and activities of the large and growing community of political exiles abroad.
Our program has carried out innovative research on Egypt’s political, economic, security, and social trajectory throughout years of turmoil and reverses. Current research focuses on tracking constitutional, legal, and political changes; human rights and civil society issues; and activities of the large and growing community of political exiles abroad.
We provide current and long-range analysis of political, leadership, military, and economic trends in Iran and the country’s role in the region.
We provide current and long-range analysis of political, leadership, military, and economic trends in Iran and the country’s role in the region.
We have unusual depth of expertise in North Africa, with renowned experts on Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Current research focuses on the causes and likely results of ongoing protests as well as the implications of marginalized citizens and regions in each country.
We have unusual depth of expertise in North Africa, with renowned experts on Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. Current research focuses on the causes and likely results of ongoing protests as well as the implications of marginalized citizens and regions in each country.
This month marks the 80th anniversary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Originally established to keep the Gold Exchange Standard, the IMF underwent a change in its mandate in the early 1970s to focus on development and helping struggling economies.
Khamenei has sidelined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, centralizing control over Iran’s foreign policy to align with his vision, as seen under Raisi’s administration.
A conversation about whether the new president of Iran will change Iranian policy toward the United States.
The future of Iran, and its relationship with the United States, will be shaped most profoundly not by what happens after the arrival of a new Iranian president, but what happens after the death or departure of Khamenei.
A string of coups across Africa since 2020 has allowed Moscow to strengthen its position on the continent, even as it funnels vast military and economic resources into the war in Ukraine.
Nearly seven years after the enactment of Morocco's Right to Information Law, significant challenges persist in full implementation of this powerful tool and ensuring universal access to information for all citizens.
Palestinians are still here, but their institutions have decayed much more than diplomats realize.
Conclusions from a Carnegie series on climate-related vulnerability, socioeconomic impacts, and governance challenges.
