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October 31, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
Christianity in the Middle East

A general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2011. (Courtesy REUTERS/Baz Ratner). The decline of Christianity in …

A general view of the Church of Holy Sepulchre during the Christian Orthodox Holy Fire ceremony in Jerusalem’s Old City April 23, 2011. (Courtesy REUTERS/Baz Ratner).
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

November 2, 2020

U.S. Foreign Policy
Why the Middle East’s Strongmen Are Rooting for Trump

On substance and style, authoritarians see an ally in the White House—and hope to keep him there.

Article by Steven A. Cook Middle East Program

March 26, 2018

Russia
Russia Is in the Middle East to Stay

Here is what the United States should do about it.

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 8, 2024

United States
Transition 2025: Donald Trump Won the Presidency. Now He Needs to Staff His Administration

Each Friday, I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Presidential transitions are complicated affairs, especially when power passes f…

Trump Delivers Election Victory Speech on Wednesday Morning, November 6
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

April 7, 2020

Middle East and North Africa
The Coronavirus in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, CFR’s Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies and director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars, sits down w…

Podcast Girls wearing face masks and one of them holds a candle as they wait for the blessing of a priest roaming neighbourhoods to celebrate Palm Sunday, amid the lockdown to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

February 16, 2011

Iran
Catching Up with the Middle East

People carry the body of a protester killed on Monday, February 14, 2011 in Bahrain. (Hamad I Mohammed/Courtesy Reuters) The Middle East has for decades seemed to be in permanent stasis, with little…

People carry the body of a protester killed on Monday, February 14, 2011 in Bahrain.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points