Middle East

For specialists in Middle East affairs, no consensus on what the future holds

Article cites Assoc. Prof. Orit Bashkin and Prof. Fred Donner, who examine forces behind increasing instability in the Middle East


McClatchy Newspapers

How medieval studies led journalist to Libya

Clare Gillis, AB’98, was taken prisoner as she reported from Libya, but her path began with academic interests. (Associated Press photo)


Megan E. Doherty

Searching for relics from the dawn of urban life

Oriental Institute team’s exploration of enigmatic 6,000-year-old Syrian site reveals evidence of social inequality, technology.


William Harms

Oriental Institute’s founding tale full of adventure

<p>Exhibition relives James Henry Breasted’s dangerous but fruitful 1919–20 journey to the Mideast.</p>


William Harms

Rachel Bronson

Title: President and CEO, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Expertise: Foreign policy, Global affairs, Middle East

Departmental website: https://thebulletin.org/biography/rachel-bronson/