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The Gaza Ceasefire Deal and the Trump Administration: Politics, Prospects, and Implications
Jan 22, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETLearn MoreExperts discuss the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, its prospects and challenges, the role of the United States and the Tru…
How Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year
Jan 15, 2025Learn MoreThe monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war…
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States & the EU must wake up to the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory
Jan 19, 2025Learn MoreSix months on from the ICJ ruling that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal, states & the EU are still in denial.
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Regime Change in Syria and Stabilization: The Limits of Turkey’s Unilateral Action
Jan 24, 2025Salim ÇevikTurkey has played a pivotal role in Syria’s conflict, significantly shaping the trajectory of opposition groups, particularly Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). With…
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Egypt Remains Cool to the New Syrian Government
Jan 23, 2025Gregory AftandilianThe Egyptian regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks upon the recent developments in Syria with a good deal of trepidation. That the Islamist rebel armed group, H…
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The Gaza Ceasefire Deal and the Trump Administration: Politics, Prospects, and Implications
Jan 22, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETExperts discuss the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, its prospects and challenges, the role of the United States and the Tru…
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Gaza: Economic Collapse and Humanitarian Catastrophe
Dec 26, 2024The Unit for Economic StudiesIt has been a year since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe tha…
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Incoherent Ceasefire Deal in Gaza Guaranteed to Fail
Jan 21, 2025Khalil E. JahshanAfter fifteen months of brutal military hostilities in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel finally announced their acceptance of a multi-phased and gradual ceasef…
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Political Change and the Fate of Syria’s Refugees Around the World
Jan 16, 2025Heba GowayedOn December 8, the Syrian armed resistance group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought the Assad regime to an abrupt end after more than 54 years of brutal rule.…
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Syrian Regime Change: The View from Oman
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Recalibrating US Engagement in Yemen Under a New Trump Administration
Dec 11, 2024Afrah NasserThe military escalation between the United States and the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen has significant implications for Yemen’s future. As the Houthis …
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Trump and Company Return to the Folly of “Maximum Pressure” on Iran
Dec 5, 2024Daniel BrumbergWhen it comes to US Iran policy, simple yet profound realities merit repeating. One of these is that economic sanctions are a tactic, not a strategy. Indeed, u…
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Algeria’s Tebboune, Le Pouvoir, and the Challenges of Legitimacy
Oct 3, 2024Nour Taha - Policy Analysis
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Middle East Leaders Prefer Trump’s Victory
Jul 24, 2024Gregory AftandilianDonald J. Trump’s candidacy seems to draw more interest and support from the Middle East than from other areas of the world, particularly from among the ruling…
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The Limits on Egypt’s Gaza “Containment Strategy”
Jul 1, 2024Daniel BrumbergEgypt has opted to follow a containment strategy in order to manage the fallout from the Israeli war on Gaza, such as the spillover of the conflict into the Si…
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War and Displacement in Sudan
Oct 22, 2024Heba Gowayed - From our Affiliates
The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan
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The Dangerous Chipping Away of Somalia’s Sovereignty
Feb 16, 2024Imad K. HarbOn New Year’s Day, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the president of Somalia’s breakaway federated state of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi signed a Memorand…
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In Sudan, Where Is the International Community’s Responsibility to Protect?
Aug 29, 2023Imad K. HarbIt has been more than four months since clashes erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Ra…
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States & the EU must wake up to the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory
Jan 19, 2025 Ralph WildeSix months on from the ICJ ruling that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal, states & the EU are still in denial.
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UNRWA’s expulsion from Jerusalem will seal Israel’s illegal annexation
Jan 13, 2025Chris GunnessIn the last week of January, two Knesset bills ending Israel’s “cooperation” with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), are scheduled to come in…
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The Harris Campaign’s Missed Opportunity on Palestine Voters
Nov 4, 2024Yousef MunayyerFrom deliberately excluding Palestinian speakers, to repeatedly failing to indicate any sort of shift from Biden policy in support of the genocide over several…