Welcome back to the MBN Agenda, our look at the events driving the news in the Middle East in the week to come. First up, a must-read on one of the region’s defining stories: A Shroud of Silence ...
The complication in Phase Two of the Gaza plan is not reconstruction or governance. It is disarmament, and the absence of any mechanism capable of delivering it. Washington now expects Hamas to ...
Israeli-U.S. relations are moving to a new institutional level with the announcement of a strategic partnership in artificial intelligence, scientific research and biotechnology, under the ...
Mid-January usually passes quietly in Washington. This year it didn’t. Between January 13 and 15, President Donald Trump openly threatened military action against Iran, where the violent ...
Washington’s priorities are now limited and explicit: protect U.S. and coalition personnel, prevent cross-border attacks, secure ISIS detention facilities, keep major transit routes open, and ...
The U.S. approach to rebuilding Gaza has entered a new phase, as President Donald Trump and his envoy, Steve Witkoff, move to activate the second stage of the peace plan by announcing the ...
As Iran descends into one of the darkest moments of its post-revolutionary history, firsthand reporting from inside the country has become increasingly rare. Internet blackouts, phone disruptions, ...
U.S. policy toward the Muslim Brotherhood hardened last month. Saudi Arabia noticed. Days before the State Department formally designated Brotherhood branches in several Arab countries, Saudi ...
Dear Colleagues, Predictions of the Iranian regime’s collapse go back decades. In one instance, an Egyptian scholar argued ...
Under the bright lights of Beverly Hills, I steered my car south toward San Diego, California. It was a journey I had long dreamed of taking, though I never imagined it would be motivated by a ...
The U.S. decision was neither incidental nor disconnected from broader regional developments. As the war in Gaza reshaped political and security calculations across the Middle East, the Treasury ...
Dear Colleagues, Yesterday, we had another productive meeting with our board’s content committee. I’ll share details at our ...