This holiday season as the fragile ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas holds, another one of the rare, hopeful moments in modern Middle East history marks its 75th anniversary. On Dec. 10, ...

SAN ANTONIO — In the third episode of Deep Dive with Sarah Forgany, Sarah talks to a Middle East scholar who brings his extensive experience and expertise to shed light on a complicated situation. Dr.

The world is watching to see if the Middle East is on the brink of monumental change precipitated by the ouster of Syria’s Bashar Assad. There are those who believe this will engender a major ripple ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On Aug. 14, Minouche Shafik resigned as the president of Columbia University. During her tumultuous tenure, Columbia became the most prominent face of student demonstrations against the U.S.-backed ...

The major in Middle East studies provides students with the opportunity to deeply explore this region’s historical, political, social and cultural complexity. Broadly conceived, this geographical ...

Some U.S. presidents have the (mis)fortune of having their entire foreign policy defined by their handling of one part of the world. For Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, aged 100, it ...

Finland's Former Ambassador to Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Holy See; Journalist Based in Helsinki Today, the EU does not have a seat at the table. It remains stuck in the 1990s Oslo process, ...

Middle East studies at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville is facing scrutiny from the Arkansas legislature — a development that’s left faculty members worried another conservative state is ...