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Content covering countries in the Middle East and North Africa, including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Yemen, and more.

Past Events

Ambassador Dina Kawar on Jordan-US Relations

PAST EVENT

Ambassador Dina Kawar discusses the relationship between Jordan and the United States, as well as Jordan’s role in regional security.

Mar 9
President Biden shakes hands with Jordan's King Abdullah II.
Reuters

Justice For All: Exploring Impunity in the Middle East and North Africa

PAST EVENT VIDEO

Experts discuss impunity and accountability throughout the Middle East and North Africa in the 21st century.

Mar 7
A sit-in in front of the Banque du Liban in Beirut, Lebanon on January 25, 2023.
Reuters
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Commentary & Analysis

Growing Pains: Transforming Global Food and Agriculture

Podcast
Youth in Agriculture: Transforming Local Food Systems

How do we nourish the population, while protecting the planet from the very act of nourishing us?

A farmer thrashes wheat crop after harvest early morning.
AP Photos/Channi Anand
Food and Agriculture

Turkey and the Power of Controlling the Narrative

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Elizabeth Shackelford

"Let Turkey’s election be a reminder that a free vote means little in the face of a false narrative," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Youngsters stand next to giant election billboard of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
AP Photos
Global Politics
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Research

Americans Support Sanctions on Iran

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Coauthors

In the event of Iran developing nuclear weapons, the US public wants to tighten economic sanctions, and most support a return to the JCPOA.

The atomic symbol and the Iranian flag
Reuters
Public Opinion

Americans Support Afghans—but Not the Taliban Government

RESEARCH
Public Opinion Survey by Craig Kafura

The 2022 Chicago Council Survey finds broad support for taking in Afghan refugees but not for releasing frozen funds to the Taliban.

A demonstrator holds up a sign that says Let Afghans In during a rally in New York City
Reuters
Public Opinion
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Experts

Saeid Golkar 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Iran Policy
Council expert Saeid Golkar
Expertise
Middle East and North Africa

Sibel Oktay 

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Public Opinion and Foreign Policy
Headshot for Sibel Oktay
Expertise
Europe
Middle East and North Africa
Public Opinion
Global Politics
Social Media
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