On August 28, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany triggered the “snapback” process under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — also known as the JCPOA — giving Tehran 30 days to negotiate a pathway that ...

The MEI Art Gallery is pleased to announce Arab Pop Art: Between East and West, opening to the public on Friday, September 12. MEI’s latest exhibition explores the evolution of an art movement that ...

The MEI Art Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, Arab Pop Art: Between East and West, featuring the work of fourteen artists from the Arab world and its diaspora, drawing on global ...

For years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader and ultimate powerbroker, has been insisting to his people that ...

The reverberations of Israel’s strike on the Hamas negotiating team in Doha yesterday are still rippling across the globe and ...

Over the summer, five Western allies announced their readiness to recognize a Palestinian state during this year’s annual ...

The late-night open house features MEI's new gallery exhibition, Arab Pop Art: Between East and West, as well as live Arabic musical performances by Laith AlAttar (oud & vocals) and Ali Bandeali ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) is proud to announce the appointment of Ambassador (ret.) Yael Lempert as its new Vice President for Outreach, effective September 2, 2025.

Maximal Miniatures features the work of 13 leading contemporary Iranian artists who reimagine the rich visual tradition of the Persian miniature genre through inventive formal techniques, including ...

In this episode of Middle East Focus, host Alistair Taylor is joined by climate, energy, and sustainability expert Karim Elgendy to examine the growing water and climate crisis across the Middle East.

Led by renowned scholars and regional experts, MEI's policy research programs produce original analysis, convene roundtables and public events, and work to advance understanding of the complexities of ...

This report is part of a regular, quarterly assessment that includes a report card with grades on five key policy areas based on the United States’ leading national security interests in the Middle ...