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Yemen: The Failure of International Diplomacy
Mar 3, 2022Nabeel A. KhouryThe latest escalation in Yemen, particularly the cross-border rocket fire by the Ansar Allah militia (the Houthis) and the…
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Iran and Israel Deal with the Rampaging Russian Bear
Mar 16, 2022Daniel BrumbergRussia’s invasion of Ukraine has produced some unusual bedfellows, the strangest of whom are Iran and Israel. Perhaps the…
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Increasing Awareness of Mental Health Needs in Arab Populations
Mar 18, 2022Yara M. AsiTwo years after the initial lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, biomedical advancements like vaccinations and pharmaceutical treatments began to…
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Israel-Iran Shadow War in Syria intensifies Amid International Developments
Mar 23, 2022Gregory AftandilianThe ongoing military conflict between Israel and Iran (along with Iran-backed Shia forces like Hezbollah) in Syria show no…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Rep. Sarbanes expressed opposition to the Biden administration's potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, saying that the…
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Washington Policy Weekly
A group of House Democrats wrote to Secretary Blinken to prevent Israel’s eviction of 38 Palestinian families from the…
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The Emirates in Assad’s Lap (in Arabic)
Nov 10, 2021Radwan ZiadehIn the state of democratic institutions, three factors are always taken into consideration when making any decision related to…
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MIFTAH reports on Israeli settler violence against Palestinian women
Apr 5, 2022MIFTAHMIFTAH released a report on Settler Violence against Palestinian Women in the West Bank. It provides a legal analysis…
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Democracy First in the Arab World Press Conference
Dec 5, 2021Ahead of Biden’s Democracy Summit, Arab Leaders and Civil Society Voices from the Arab World Call on the US…
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Old Problems and New Divisions
Nov 3, 2021Khalil Al-AnaniSince its removal from power in 2013, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt continues to face many problems and challenges.…
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Why Iran may become a latent nuclear state
Nov 29, 2021Marwan BisharaAs the negotiations to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement resume in Vienna, it is a déjà vu all over again.…
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Israel escalates its attacks against defenders of Palestinian rights, wherever they may be
Oct 30, 2021Yousef MunayyerThe Israeli government slapped a “terrorism” designation on six Palestinian human rights groups that have worked closely with Western…
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The International Human Rights Community and Israeli Crimes of Apartheid
Apr 21, 2022A special conversation with United Nations Special Rapporteur S. Michael Lynk on the situation of human rights in the…
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Foreign Influence in Lebanon and the Third Miqati Premiership
Oct 13, 2021Joe MacaronFor the third time in 16 years, Prime Minister Najib Miqati comes to office as a consensus candidate in…
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Libyan Parliament’s New Election Law: Terms and Implications
Oct 13, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe Libyan parliament met on Monday 4 October in Tobruk to pass a law on legislative elections, less than…
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Washington Policy Weekly
The House subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa on October 15 held a briefing on “Tunisia: Examining…
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Iraq’s Elections Are Over. Now What?
Oct 21, 2021Rend Al-RahimIraq’s fifth parliamentary election since the 2003 US invasion is procedurally over. The polling stations have closed, but the…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Ilhan Omar and Jan Schakowsky introduced the Combating International Islamophobia Act (H.R.5665). The bill mandates that the State Department…
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Pyrrhic victories ring hollow in the Middle East
Oct 25, 2021 Marwan BisharaOver the past half a century, the Greater Middle East has witnessed more war than any other region. Even…
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Military Takeover in Sudan: The Writing Is on the Wall
Oct 25, 2021Imad K. HarbWe have seen this before: military officers in the Arab world not quite enamored with sharing power with civilians—let…