During the year 2014，the turbulence in the Middle East is going on，the future of the region is still vague，the hot issues have not been solved. Under these circumstances，the Middle East research communities all over the world have made a rapid-enhancement and yield plentiful results on politics，economics，culture，society and other respects. The characteristics of the studies in this year are as follow：Chinese scholars do their studies relevant to “One Belt and One Road Initiative” which was unveiled by Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2013；Western scholars pay attention to trace to the source of the turmoil in the region；most of the studies from the local scholars turn to geopolitics；while the scholars in the institute of West-Asian and African Studies raise more valuable suggestions based on its research，which highlights the role of a think-tank.