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Xi's January of Discontents

Photo: EDGARD GARRIDO/REUTERS It’s only a few weeks into 2016, but Chinese president Xi Jinping must already feel nostalgia for the year...

How to Help the Syrians Who Want to Return Home

A Syrian refugee in Lesbos, Greece. CreditYannis Behrakis/Reuters This article was originally published on January 12, 2016 in the...

The United Arab Emirates, China, and the new “Triple-South”

As South-South trade and investment ties expand rapidly, altering the geo-commercial and geo-political map of the world, one relationship...

A Conversation on American Foreign Policy in the Middle East & South Asia with Dean Nasr and Amb

Please join Dean Nasr and FPI Senior Fellow Ambassador Tahir-Kheli for a discussion on American foreign policy towards the Middle East....

What Is American Foreign Policy in the Middle East?

Originally posted in Dr. Kadhim's blog, at here. The longstanding United States foreign policy in the Middle East has been focused on a...

Promoting Sustainable Usage of the Oceans—Security, Collaboration and Development

This day-long conference is the second in a series on the Blue Economy related events at SAIS. The agenda for the day included the...

U.S. Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East: Priorities and Challenges

A Conversation with Ambassador Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary of State for Near, Eastern Affairs Moderated by Ambassador Shirin...

From hip-hop to jihad, how the Islamic State became a magnet for converts

This article originally appeared in the Washington Post. THE HAGUE — She was a redheaded rebel, the singer in the family, a...

James Mann on President George W. Bush

In his latest book, author James Mann takes on the George W. Bush presidency, a presidency defined by the terrorist attacks of September...

U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal: The Need for a Regional Perspective

POMEAS OP-ED, 20 March 2015 When the Obama administration's ground-breaking effort to carve out a nuclear deal was in its initial phases,...