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Public OpinionArab Public Opinion and Implications for Trump’s Policies in the Region
Feb 10, 2026 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM ETLearn MoreExperts present the findings of the 2025 Arab Opinion Index survey and discuss their implications for the US policy in the region.
- Policy Analysis
QatarThe War on GazaIsrael’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives
Feb 3, 2026Learn MoreSince the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…
- WebinarPalestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
West Bank in the Crosshairs: Updates on Israel’s Increasing Violence
Jan 29, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETLearn MoreExperts discuss the intensifying Israeli violence in the West Bank and the systematic efforts to displace Palestinian communities.
Latest Publications
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Election Year in Israel: Portends of the Coming Political Battle
Feb 6, 2026Mtanes ShihadehIntroductionIsrael has entered the year of parliamentary elections, whether they are held on time at the end of October 2026 or brought forward to an earlier d…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonDemocracy and Governance
A First-Year Assessment of Lebanon’s Governing Coalition
Feb 4, 2026Patricia KaramIn January 2025, President Joseph Aoun took the oath of office and in his inaugural address declared the start of a “new era.” The government then began to rec…
- Policy AnalysisQatarThe War on Gaza
Israel’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives
Feb 3, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesSince the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…
- Book ReviewPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide
Feb 2, 2026Imad K. HarbA sobering reminder for the American reader of the Gaza genocide will soon land in bookstores and libraries throughout the United States, offering firsthand a…
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- From our AffiliatesIranProtests and Activism
Iran Protests Stir International Convergences and Conflicting Interests
Jan 20, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesSince December, Iran has witnessed its largest wave of anti-government demonstrations since the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom movement sparked by the death of stud…
- From our AffiliatesUS Foreign Policy
The US Intervention in Venezuela: Establishing International Chaos Through the Logic of Force
Jan 14, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn 3 January, the United States launched a military operation, in violation of Venezuelan sovereignty, which led to the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro a…
- From our AffiliatesYemenSecurity and Defense
Saudi Emirati Tensions and the Struggle for Influence in Southern Yemen
Jan 6, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe Saudi airstrike targeting an Emirati weapons shipment in the port of Mukalla on 29 December 2025, marked a dramatic escalation in the simmering tension bet…
- Book ReviewPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide
Feb 2, 2026Imad K. HarbA sobering reminder for the American reader of the Gaza genocide will soon land in bookstores and libraries throughout the United States, offering firsthand a…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s New Order: Centralization by External Consent
Jan 29, 2026Salim ÇevikOn January 8, 2026, Syrian interim government forces moved into two neighborhoods in Aleppo controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed coa…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance
Jan 21, 2026Giorgio CafieroThe historically close alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under strain because of diverging strategic priorities and competiti…
- Policy AnalysisIranProtests and Activism
Iran’s Rebellion Will Transform Iran’s Islamic Republic for Better or Worse
Jan 14, 2026Daniel BrumbergAs the popular rebellion in Iran accelerates, the country’s sclerotic autocracy is fighting for survival. The reported deaths of at least 2,000 protesters and …
- Policy AnalysisMoroccoProtests and Activism
Morocco at Breaking Point? Drought, Misrule, and the Rise of Gen Z 212
Nov 20, 2025Samia ErrazzoukiFrom late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change from their government. Under the b…
- ViewpointEgyptDemocracy and Governance
Egyptian Democracy Is What Sisi Makes of It
Nov 18, 2025Imad K. HarbEgyptians are currently casting their ballots in parliamentary elections, the final results of which will not be announced before late December 2025. In two ph…
- Policy AnalysisSudanJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Sudan’s War on Civilians: A Continuation of Decades of Atrocities
Dec 1, 2025Yara M. AsiFor more than a year, the al-Saudi Maternity Hospital was the only functioning hospital in al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan. The largest…
- Policy AnalysisThe Horn of AfricaEnergy and Economics
Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan
Nov 12, 2025Lama ElhatowEthiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the completion of…
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