January 15, 2020
Washington’s Strategy in the Post-Soleimani Middle East
Joe Macaron writes that the post-Soleimani Middle East offers both challenges and opportunities but the Trump Administration does not seem to have a strategy to either mitigate or exploit them.
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Prospects for Democratic Change in the Arab World in 2020
ACW analysts and academic board members discuss the prospects of the 2019 public protests in several countries of the Arab world and how technology is poised to assist or hinder activism in 2020.
Learn more »January 09, 2020
Turkey’s Growing Role in Libya: Motives, Background, and Responses
There are fears that external interventions in Libya may prolong its conflict and threaten the future and territorial integrity of the country. Read this analysis from the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in...
Learn more »January 07, 2020
Soleimani’s Assassination Backfires Big Time
Washington’s killing of Qassem Soleimani violates the red lines that the United States and Iran had previously respected in order to avoid escalation, and makes military conflict possible.
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Is Turkey Playing with Fire in Libya?
Turkish troops aim to buttress Libya's Government of National Accord, but escalating tensions in the Mediterranean may actually harm both Ankara and Tripoli.
Learn more »January 03, 2020
Repressing Criticism of Israel in the United States: Trump’s Executive Order
In the long term, Trump’s executive order conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is another effort to silence the debate in the United States on Israel’s policies and behavior toward the Palestinians.
Learn more »January 02, 2020
Book Review: Polarized and Demobilized: Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine by Dana El Kurd
Dana El Kurd argues that Palestinians in the West Bank are more polarized and less mobilized than ever before and that local grassroots organizing has disappeared as the Palestinian Authority has consolidated its power. Jonathan...
Learn more »January 02, 2020
The Libya-Turkey Memorandum of Understanding: Local and Regional Repercussions
The signing of the Libyan-Turkish memorandum of understanding on maritime sovereignty in the Eastern Mediterranean has coincided with increased tensions both within and outside Libya.
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