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A Message from the Board of Directors
Aug 6, 2026Learn MoreFor Immediate releaseArab Center Washington DCFor inquires call (202-750-4000)The Board of Directors of Arab Center Washington DC announces that Khalil E. Jahs…
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Saudi ArabiaSecurity and DefenseDiversification Without Substitution: What the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia
Aug 19, 2026Learn MoreDespite the headlines, the Mecca agreement is unlikely to produce a real military response if an attack happens. Not only has the text of the accord not been m…
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YemenConflicts and Conflict ResolutionBack to War? Yemen Amid a Shifting Regional Order
Aug 20, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETLearn MoreAbout the WebinarYemen today stands at its most critical juncture since the 2022 truce, as internal and regional shifts threaten to pull the country back into …
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceIsrael’s 2026 Elections: Jewish Power Hopes to Lead the Populist and Extremist Right
Oct 20, 2026Mohanad MustafaIn Israel’s 25th Knesset election (held in 2022), the electoral strength of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party increased when it won six seat…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsPalestine Under the Cover of the Iran War: Oppression and Ethnic Cleansing Escalate
May 20, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETExperts examine developments in Palestine since the onset of the Iran war, and how Israel has used the conflict to advance its annexation objectives.
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Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsMigration and Mobilization: The History, Identity, and Politics of the Palestinian Diaspora in Chile
Apr 23, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETAbout the WebinarThe Palestinian diaspora in Chile—estimated at a minimum of half a million people—constitutes the largest and one of the most historically sig…
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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionTrump’s Negotiations with Iran: Exit Strategy or Bluff?
Mar 26, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn 23 March 2026, US President Donald Trump abruptly walked back a threat he had made just two days earlier, when he warned that the United States would “hit a…
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IranDemocracy and GovernanceDid All That Was Solid Melt into Air? The Islamic Republic at an Impasse
Mar 26, 2026 Rouzbeh ParsiThe Islamic Republic is an oligarchy, not a personal dictatorship, and this is both its survival mechanism and its downfall. The system consists of what might …
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IranRegional Relations and GeopoliticsRaising the Cost of War: Iran’s Response to the US–Israeli War
Mar 12, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesNearly a week into the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which resulted in the assassination of several senior political and military leaders early on, the Assembly …
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The Arab WorldEducation and DevelopmentUNGA 2026: War, Diplomacy, and the Middle East’s Changing Order
Sep 28, 2026Nur Arafeh Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Negar Mortazavi Yousef Munayyer Daniel NeepNearly 130 world leaders attended the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held in New York from September 22 to 2…
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The Arab WorldRegional Relations and GeopoliticsWhat the Iran War Reveals about China’s Middle East Strategy
Sep 22, 2026Andrea GhiselliOn September 24, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet President Donald Trump for the second time since the start of the US-Israeli war on Ira…
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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionTrump’s “Economic D-Day” Strengthens Iran’s Hardliners
Sep 3, 2026Daniel BrumbergThe White House’s new measures will not force Iran’s capitulation. Instead, they will reinforce the resolve of the hardline security officials to entrench thei…
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Saudi ArabiaEnergy and EconomicsSaudi Arabia’s Nuclear Turn: Power Beyond Electricity
Aug 27, 2026Jim KraneThe US-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement caused some observers to scratch their heads. Why would a country bother with nuclear energy when it holds a …
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The Arab WorldThe Legacies of the Middle East in 2025 Are Likely to Repeat in 2026
Jan 6, 2026Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Elobaid Elobaid Samia Errazzouki Imad K. Harb Marwan Kabalan Nabeel A. Khoury Laurie King Assal Rad Rend Al-Rahim Mtanes ShihadehIn 2025, the Middle East and North Africa saw Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians and destabilizing military attacks across the wider region, Sudan’s unsalu…
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MauritaniaUS Foreign PolicyThe Trump Administration May Worsen Racial and Political Tensions in Mauritania
Jan 2, 2026Marwa ElessawyOn July 9, 2025, the Trump administration hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a White House summit. The summit aime…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan
Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil DaqashThe war in Sudan, which broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has entered its s…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionOne Year On: The Calamities of the Sudan Conflict
May 14, 2024Imad K. HarbThirteen months have passed since the eruption of the military dispute between Sudan’s powerful generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed F…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionIs Israel on Board?
Aug 7, 2026Khalil E. JahshanKhalil E. Jahshan explains why President Trump's newly announced Hamas disarmament plan faces major obstacles, arguing that Israeli political divisions and res…
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