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February 10, 2012

Palestinian Territories
Middle East Matters This Week: Palestinian Unity and Syria’s Disunity

Significant Middle East Developments Syria. Russia and China vetoed an Arab and Western-backed resolution at the UN Security Council last Saturday following a flurry of negotiations. Russia succeede…

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal walk with Qatar's emir sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani as they arrive to sign an agreement in Doha on February 6, 2012 (Courtesy Reuters).

November 8, 2019

Election 2020
Campaign Foreign Policy Roundup: Climate Change, the Middle East, and Defense Policy

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy.

Elizabeth Warren speaks to a crowd in Raleigh.

October 17, 2024

Election 2024
CFR-Georgia Tech Election 2024 U.S. Foreign Policy Public Forum

Join us for an in-depth, nonpartisan conversation on America’s role in the world and the foreign policy issues at stake in the 2024 election, including sustainability, artificial intelligence, nation…

Play Georgia Institute of Technology logo on the side of a building on campus.

February 22, 2005

Middle East and North Africa
MIDDLE EAST: U.S.-Syrian relations

This publication is now archived. What’s the status of U.S.-Syrian relations?Very strained. They have rarely been good; Washington has long protested Syria’s occupation of Lebanon and accused Damascu…

December 2, 2020

Syria
Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls in the Middle East: An Analysis of Current Trends and U.S. Policy

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, CFR adjunct senior fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on  Middle East, North Africa, and International Te…