Advancing Stability and Opportunity in the Middle East and North Africa
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Iran’s Oil State Without Its Architects
The primary threat to Iran’s stability in the medium term may be internal: a slow fragmentation of the elite networks…
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The Double Game of MBS and Saudi’s Secret Alignment with the Axis It Claims to Oppose
How Mohammed bin Salman reconciled with Qatar, accepted Doha’s continued links to Hamas and Iran, deepened Saudi Arabia’s military dependence…
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From Bashar al-Assad to Mojtaba Khamenei
The most important lesson of Syria’s experience is not that hereditary republics necessarily fall quickly; it is that the contradiction…
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Iraq’s oil paralysis: A self-inflicted wound and a gift to Tehran
With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to maximize the…
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Iran, Mojtaba and the future of the Islamic Republic
Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as Iran’s new Supreme Leader marks the most consequential political transition in the Islamic Republic in more…
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The Regional War Lebanon Hoped to Avoid: Unpacking the Escalation
ow has the escalation evolved and what has been the impact on civilians on the ground? How has the Lebanese…
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The Converging Threats of Climate Change and War in Sudan
Environmental disasters affected hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan in 2025, and will only worsen in the coming years,…
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MBS’s Export of Wahhabism
Colonialism and imperialism have never required an army to be effective. If you take a quick look at history’s most…
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MENA in 2026: Policy Priorities for the Year AheadTIMEP’s nonresident fellows and senior associates explain, in a few words, what should be the policy focus in the MENA region in 2026.
The Middle East and North Africa region faces overlapping challenges in 2026 that will test its countries’ capacities to respond.…
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Debt Clouds over the Middle East
The highly indebted MENA nations find themselves in the path of a debt storm spawned by internal inefficiencies, poor governance,…
