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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Gaza Ceasefire Deal and the Trump Administration: Politics, Prospects, and Implications
Jan 22, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETLearn MoreAfter 15 months of horrific bombardment in the Gaza Strip, a ceasefire agreement was finally reached in the last days of the Biden Administration and with the …
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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Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsUNRWA’s expulsion from Jerusalem will seal Israel’s illegal annexation
Jan 13, 2025Learn MoreIn 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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SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsPolitical 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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LebanonDemocracy and GovernanceThe Emergence of Lebanon’s Third Republic
Jan 16, 2025Imad K. HarbThe election on January 9, 2025, of the Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the fourteenth president of Lebanon can very well be the inauguration of the Leb…
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The Arab WorldHow Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year
Jan 15, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan Daniel Brumberg Dana El Kurd Imad K. Harb Patricia Karam Nabeel A. Khoury Yousef Munayyer Annelle ShelineThe 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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Washington Policy Weekly: United States Sanctions Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces
Jan 13, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichSecretary Blinken announced that the administration determined that members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genoc…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaThe Digital Side of MENA Conflicts: The Role of Disinformation and Cyber Warfare in Gaza and Beyond
Nov 26, 2024 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM CEST defaultThis conference on the Mediterranean, promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and ISPI (Italian Institute for Interna…
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Palestine/IsraelEnergy and EconomicsGaza: 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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LebanonDemocracy and GovernanceLebanon’s Post-Hezbollah “Day After”
Jan 7, 2025Patricia KaramThe surprising fall of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria on the heel of Hezbollah’s spectacular losses and, with it, the tremendous weakening of Ir…
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YemenUS Foreign PolicyRecalibrating 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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IranUS Foreign PolicyTrump 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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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe 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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LibyaDemocracy and GovernanceLibya: Despite Talks on a Unified Government, Impasse Remains
Mar 27, 2024Gregory AftandilianTalks last month in Cairo between representatives of Libya’s two rival governments raised hopes over progress in resolving the country’s 10-year political impa…
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SomaliaRegional Relations and GeopoliticsThe 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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SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionIn 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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