A product of our long-standing and close collaboration with the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University and a natural continuation of our joint Hiwar Forum for Intra-Regional Dialogue, this special Spring 2023 issue of Orbis focuses on the new evolving security architecture in the Middle East and North Africa. This volume brings together researchers from Bahrain, Jordan, Morocco, Israel, the United States and Europe. These scholars provide insights into the key developments in the MENA region in the context of waves of popular uprisings, toppled regimes, regional competition, violence, suffering, power shifts in the region, the repercussions of the pandemic but also the Abraham Accords, a decisive step towards ending the Arab-Israeli conflict. The contributors include Joshua S. Krasna, Brandon Friedman, Omar Al-Ubaydli, Farah Bdour, Hadar Lasry, Mohamed Chtatou, Cinzia Bianco, Corrado Cok and Lindsay J. Benstead.