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As the Western Sahara conflict reaches its fifth decade, the territorial dispute remains unresolved and largely unknown. MEI's Intissar Fakir unpacks the Western Sahara's complex history and the rival ...

Like many aspects of the Trump administration’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza unveiled at the end of September, the specific mission of the International Stabilization Force (ISF) was left ...

Recommended readings selected by MEI’s book review editor from reviews published in this year’s issues of The Middle East Journal. Subscribe to MEJ to read full reviews of these and other new ...

Join us for the closing celebration of MEI’s Arab Pop Art exhibition, featuring a live performance by Syrian-American rapper, ...

The December 2020 Moroccan-Israeli normalization deal has evolved from a vehicle enabling Morocco to gain long-sought U.S. recognition of its claims on Western Sahara to a broader strategic ...

SHRINKING COMMUNITIES: Tens of thousands Syrian minorities in the south-west have fled to Damascus or left the country, causing these communities to rapidly decrease in size. Compared to pre-2011 ...

A decade has passed since Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan landed in Mogadishu at the height of one of Somalia’s worst famines, announcing grandiose projects like the launch of Turkish Airlines ...

This is the third in a series of articles examining and rebutting the shu al-badīl? (“What’s the alternative?”) argument in the run-up to this year's presidential elections, when Bashar al-Assad, ...

Morocco's phosphorus fertilizer industry, with its massive production capacity and international reach, has transformed the kingdom into a gatekeeper of global food supply chains. Morocco's centrality ...

The following article is part of MEI’s special series, “The Houthis: Iran’s Most Distant Ally,” which analyzes the dynamics behind the Iranian-Houthi relationship, identifies the interests and ...

This paper is part of the series Turkish Views: Crisis and Opportunities for Turkey in 2023. All of the papers will be available on the series landing page as they are released throughout the month of ...