Marvin G. Weinbaum
MiddleEast Institute
United States
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Past articles by Marvin:
Pakistan’s coronavirus controversies fall along familiar fault lines
Rather than being visibly engaged, the military seems content with having the civilian authorities carry the responsibility for dealing with the crisis. → Read More
Monday Briefing: US and key partners on course for conflict over Iran oil waivers
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gerald Feierstein, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Randa Slim, Emadeddin Badi, and Robert S. Ford provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the US decision to end Iran oil waivers, the flagging Afghan peace process, Iraq's evolving regional policy, the status of General Hifter's offensive in Libya, and Russia's maneuvering to control the upcoming… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Algeria's political crisis is deepening
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Paul Salem, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Wa'el Alzayat, and Alex Vatanka provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Algeria's ongoing political crisis, the 16th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, criticism of the U.S.-Taliban talks by Afghanistan's national security advisor, international fundraising efforts to aid… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Tenuous promise in Pakistan and Afghanistan
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Marvin G. Weinbaum, Robert S. Ford, Alex Vatanka, and Birol Baskan provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including a potential agreement between Pakistan and Afghanistan, protests in Algeria, Rouhani's planned trip to Baghdad, and recent Turkish naval exercises. Tenuous promise in Pakistan and Afghanistan Marvin G. WeinbaumDirector for… → Read More
Weekly Briefing: MBS South Asia swing aims to shore up relations
In this week's briefing, MEI experts Gerald Feierstein, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and W. Robert Pearson provide analysis on Saudi-Pakistan relations, Turkish politics in the lead-up to March municipal elections, and the question of what to do with ISIS prisoners after the group’s territorial collapse. → Read More
Monday Briefing | Iraq: Stuck in the middle again
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Randa Slim, Paul Salem, Ahmad Majidyar, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including President Trump's comment about keeping U.S. troops in Iraq "to be able to watch Iran," Pope Francis's trip to the UAE, the EU's maneuvers to defy U.S. sanctions on Iran, and intra-Afghan talks in Moscow. Iraq: Stuck in the middle… → Read More
Monday Briefing: US-Taliban talks progress, but major obstacles remain
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Ahmad Majidyar, Marvin G. Weinbaum, Randa Slim, Paul Salem, and Guney Yildiz provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including U.S. negotiations with the Taliban in Afghanistan, a warning sent to Israel by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the Sudanese president's appeal for external support, Turkish-Syrian diplomacy, and Pakistan's acceptance… → Read More
Weekly Briefing: Failed Arab Economic Summit in Beirut underscores divisions
In this week's Weekly Briefing, contributors Paul Salem, Marvin G. Weinbaum, William Lawrence, Ruba Husari, and Jean-François Seznec provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the Arab Economic Summit held in Beirut this weekend, Afghanistan's upcoming presidential elections, strikes in Tunisia, the Trump administration's next steps on Iranian oil policy, and Saudi Aramco’s $10B… → Read More
Monday Briefing: Russians launch air strikes after alleged gas attack
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts discuss recent and upcoming events including Russian air strikes in Aleppo, the elections in Bahrain, the growing international interest in Egypt's offshore energy finds, and the appointment of a new Afghan team of negotiators for peace talks. → Read More
Gaza flare-up threatens Egyptian-led negotiations
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts discuss recent and upcoming events including the Gaza flare-up and its threat on Egyptian-led negotiations , Russian-hosted Afghan peace talks, escalating violence in Hodeidah amid the UN's efforts for new negotiations, and rapid escalation in northwestern Syria. → Read More
Iran prepares for US sanctions
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Alex Vatanka, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Charles Lister provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Iran's decision to sell its oil in the private sector, the prime minister of Pakistan's search for foreign aid, and the Syrian summit in Istanbul. → Read More
Khashoggi disappearance sends shock waves
In this week's briefing, MEI experts discuss recent and upcoming events including the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi from the Saudi consulate in Turkey, the arrests of an opposition leader and a prominent journalist in Pakistan, and Iran’s decision to join the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). → Read More
Trump comes to leverage the UN, not to bury it
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Paul Salem, Eran Etzion, Gonul Tol, Randa Slim, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the potential for renewed U.S.-Iran talks, escalating tensions between Israel and Russia, Turkey's attempts to disarm rebels in Idlib, trilateral Russia-Turkey-Iran negotiations over Syria, and Russia-led Afghan peace talks. → Read More
Turkey’s damage-control campaign in Idlib
In this week's briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Randa Slim, Gerald Feierstein, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including Turkey's attempts to prevent a major → Read More
Turkey’s currency crisis rages on
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gonul Tol, Robert S. Ford, Randa Slim, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on Turkey's currency crisis, talks in Ankara over the future of Idlib, Abadi's chances of clinging to the premiership, and the Taliban's capture of Ghazni. → Read More
As protests roil Iraq, political elite seeks scapegoat
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Randa Slim, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Charles Lister provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the ongoing protests in Iraq, the Sharifs' return to Pakistan and their subsequent imprisonment, and pro-Assad forces' westward push in Syria. → Read More
Will Iran leave Syria?
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Robert S. Ford, Gerald Feierstein, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Bilal Y. Saab provide analysis on Iran's efforts to stay in Syria, Pompeo's upcoming trip to Abu Dhabi, the Pakistan Muslim League's struggle in the upcoming National Assembly elections, and Qatar's decision to renege on its Russian S-400 purchase. → Read More
The decline of the US’s role in Syria
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Charles Lister, Alex Vatanka, Randa Slim, and Marvin G. Weinbaum provide analysis on the US's silence amid the Assad regime's expansion, the Iranian president's trip to Europe, the uptick in violence after Iraq's elections, and the upcoming Pakistani parliamentary elections. → Read More
Hodeida under siege
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Gerald Feierstein, Randa Slim, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Jean-Francois Seznec provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the seizure of Hodeida by an Emirati-led coalition, Iraq's ongoing political negotiations, the killing of TTP leader Mullah Fazlullah, and Friday's OPEC meeting in Vienna. → Read More
Resilient Jordan now needs to be adaptive
In this week's Monday Briefing, MEI experts Nasser bin Nasser, Charles Lister, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and Gerald Feierstein provide analysis on recent and upcoming events including the dismissal of the J → Read More