Analysis April 18, 2023 Big Changes in United Arab Emirates Foreign Policy Editor’s Note: This paper is based inter alia on insights from a series of meetings and interviews during a... Read more »
Analysis March 30, 2023 What America Learned in Iraq Editor’s Note: FPRI is publishing a collection of essays to mark the twentieth anniversary of the start of the... Read more »
Analysis March 8, 2023 The Turkish Veto: Why Erdogan Is Blocking Finland and Sweden’s Path to NATO Finland and Sweden grew closer to Western institutions in the post-Cold War era, and EU accession in 1995 meant... Read more »
Analysis February 10, 2023 Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey Could Fundamentally Alter the Political Landscape Early in the morning of February 6, two earthquakes devastated southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, collapsing buildings across an... Read more »
Reports June 15, 2022 Security Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean Introduction On May 2–3 2022, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Syria/Iraq Office and the Foreign Policy Research Institute convened a panel of... Read more »
Analysis February 25, 2022 Introduction: The U.S. War against ISIS: How America and Its Allies Defeated the Caliphate As the world has watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the likelihood of close military contact between the United... Read more »
Intern Corner January 12, 2022 Syrian Thaw? Arab Normalization with Damascus Ahead of the Arab League Summit As Arab states prepare to reconvene this March for the 37th Arab League Summit in Algiers, one topic looms... Read more »
Analysis December 8, 2021 Trends in Terrorism: What’s on the Horizon in 2022? With the world still reeling from the global COVID-19 pandemic, nearly two years in the making, few know what... Read more »
Analysis September 15, 2021 Russia’s Forever Wars: Syria and the Pursuit of Great Power Status September 2021 marks the sixth anniversary of the Russian Federation’s intervention in the Syrian civil war. A patient, flexible... Read more »
Reports September 14, 2021 Engaging Russia over Syria: Managing Peripheral Conflict and Narrowing Interests Executive Summary The United States is examining how to narrow core objectives in the Middle East to focus... Read more »