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2024’s big surprises in Middle Eastern politics

Brent E. Sasley - January 6, 2025

Nasrallah’s end, Netanyahu’s warrant, and Assad’s fall.

Biden will visit Israel during a war. That’s unprecedented.

Elizabeth N. Saunders - October 17, 2023

The humanitarian crisis and escalation fears heighten uncertainty.

It’s risky for Biden to go to the Middle East

Shibley Telhami - July 6, 2022

Fewer than one-quarter of Americans approve of the president’s mid-July trip, our survey found

Academic experts believe that Middle East politics are actually getting worse

Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch - September 16, 2021

Nearly two-thirds of our recent survey group think the Israeli-Palestinian situation is akin to apartheid

Here’s how experts on the Middle East see the region’s key issues, our new survey finds

Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch - February 16, 2021

We asked about their views on the Israel-Palestine conflict, Iran’s nuclear program and more

This recent poll shows how Americans think about the war in Afghanistan

Shibley Telhami and Connor Kopchick - January 3, 2020

The Afghanistan Papers showed how the U.S. government misled the public. Will that change minds?

How the death of Egypt’s former president shows changing politics

Elizabeth Nugent - June 28, 2019

The Egyptian government’s widespread violence toward the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition parties is strengthening them.

So Trump’s meeting Kim Jong Un after all. Here’s why face-to-face diplomacy matters.

Marcus Holmes and Keren Yarhi-Milo - June 11, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-tells-north-korea-us-and-allies-are-more-ready-than-ever/2018/05/24/46089692-5f6c-11e8-b656-236c6214ef01_video.html Editor’s note: This post originally ran on May 24,

With Trump leaving on his first foreign trip, here are 4 lessons about face-to-face diplomacy

Nicholas Wheeler and Marcus Holmes - May 19, 2017

On May 19, 2017, President Trump departs on his first

The Palestinian president is visiting Washington. A new survey shows Americans divided on the peace process.

Shibley Telhami - May 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_57679" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the