Since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, attention has focused largely on military escalation, regional security, and turmoil in global energy and commodity markets. Less attention has been paid to other potential consequences of the war, such as changing public opinion and the underlying frameworks through which regional and global actors are evaluated. With the recent signing of…

Background Egyptians are navigating a period marked by rising economic pressures, regional instability, and intensifying conflict across the Middle East. Against this backdrop, the ninth wave of Arab Barometer surveyed Egyptians on their views of economic conditions, governance, political reform, regional affairs, and media use. This factsheet highlights selected key findings from Arab Barometer’s public opinion survey in Egypt. How…

The findings of AB9 paint a picture of severe and multidimensional humanitarian distress in the Gaza Strip. Access to basic services remains critically limited, with water being the only utility available to a majority of residents, while access to electricity, fuel, and sanitation infrastructure remains extremely scarce. Nearly one-fifth of respondents reported having no access to any of the essential…

Egypt’s public mood is defined by a clear imbalance: economic strain is the dominant force shaping daily life, while the state retains meaningful credit for security and basic stability. The result is not blanket rejection of government, but a more conditional legitimacy—people want order, yet increasingly judge politics through whether it delivers affordability, jobs, and a sense of fairness.

Before Israel’s recent airstrikes and ground invasion in southern Lebanon as part of the widening regional war centered on Iran and its proxies, Lebanon was already in a condition of profound structural weakness. A recent survey of 1,200 randomly selected Lebanese citizens conducted by Arab Barometer in partnership with the Middle East Consultation Group of the Munich Security Conference provides…

Food insecurity across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is already widespread and deepening. New Arab Barometer data show that large segments of the region’s population are struggling to meet basic nutritional needs. Now, the escalating war involving the United States, Israel, and Iran risks pushing millions closer to hunger, turning an already fragile situation into a more acute crisis….

A New Survey Shows the Promises and Perils Facing the Country’s New Government A year after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, Syria remains a country very much in transition. Much of its infrastructure is in tatters, and the price tag for rebuilding the war-torn state stands at over $200 billion. It is in desperate need of laws and institutions…

The Munich Security Conference (MSC) today released the Middle East Consultation Group (MECG) report at the opening of its 62nd annual conference (February 13–15), featuring Arab Barometer’s Wave IX public opinion findings. The report draws on nationally representative surveys conducted in Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco to inform its analysis of regional cooperation and security, political transitions,…