Middle East Institute
WEB4 days ago · Established in 2009, MEI’s Turkish Studies program seeks to highlight and analyze political, economic, and social developments in Turkey through scholarly research and public events. It organizes an annual conference featuring leading experts and policy practitioners from Turkey, the United States, and the EU.
Introduction to Islam: An Online Text | Middle East Institute
WEBJan 24, 2012 · An estimated 3 million Muslims reside in the United States. The world's three monotheistic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—were born and developed in that small region called the Middle East. Abraham was born in the city of Ur, Mesopotamia (Iraq), some 1900 years before Jesus was born in Bethlehem (Palestine).
Two years on, what is the state of the Abraham Accords?
WEBSep 14, 2022 · Gerald M. Feierstein, Yoel Guzansky. Two years after the Sept. 15, 2020, signing of the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations among Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and, potentially, Sudan, progress in developing relations has achieved mixed results. As anticipated, normalization has opened new opportunities ...
“Gwadar is the future”: China and Pakistan’s troubled strategic …
WEBMay 14, 2024 · Strategically located at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz on the Arabian Sea, Gwadar, once a derelict port, was revitalized as part of the broader development of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and declared fully operational in 2021. Can a renewed focus on the Gwadar port and the socio-economic and security situation of the surrounding region help Islamabad and Beijing rescue CPEC ...
Essential questions about the Russia-Hamas link: The evidence and …
WEBNov 28, 2023 · As the war in Gaza continues to unfold, essential questions about Russian and Iranian support for Hamas remain. They include whether Russia played any role in providing support to Hamas ahead of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Evidence available from foreign-language publications in Russian, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew, as well as those in English, provides provocative leads, which, if accurate ...
The Taliban’s religious roadmap for Afghanistan
WEBJan 26, 2022 · The ISKP, for its part, has violently opposed the Taliban for imposing an exclusively Hanafi state in Afghanistan. All the while, a tangled web of jihadists has romanticized the Taliban’s victory. In a statement, al-Qaeda glorified the Taliban for “ breaking America’s back," showering it with praise for not abandoning the way of “jihad ...
The Iranian Revolution of February 1979 - Middle East Institute
WEBJan 29, 2009 · The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a social base virtually across the whole of the society.
Explaining India’s Position on Jerusalem and the Israeli-Palestinian ...
WEBMar 13, 2018 · When President Donald Trump announced that the United States would move its embassy to Jerusalem on December 6, 2017, he effectively recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, much to the delight of the Netanyahu administration and its supporters. At the same time, he undid a long-standing international consensus not to prejudge the city’s status before a final peace agreement between ...
10 key events and trends in the Middle East and North Africa in 2021
WEBDec 20, 2021 · The year of Assad’s normalization. The catch-22 of civil wars in the Middle East. Iran’s hardliners consolidate their hold on power. The end of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. The lessons of the May war in Gaza. Israel’s new government lowers the temperature of the debate. A year of reckoning in energy markets.
Mr. President, keep the military advisers in Afghanistan
WEBJul 12, 2021 · Even the most ardent supporters of President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan recognize the inherent tension in his policy. Biden promised Afghanistan’s top leaders in a recent meeting at the White House that he would maintain U.S. material support to the country. But ensuring a “sustained” partnership with a politically fragile Afghan government ...