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TunisiaDemocracy and GovernanceTunisia’s Fractured Transition in Comparative Perspective
Oct 20, 2026 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM ETLearn MoreExperts discuss Tunisia’s fractured transition, the challenges of political reform and power sharing, and the broader implications for democracy in divided soc…
Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaIsrael’s Genocide in Gaza: Domestic, Regional, and International Dynamics
Sep 1, 2026Learn MoreAt this critical juncture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, this edited volume provides a critical, extensive analysis of the genocide in Gaza as well as it…
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Saudi ArabiaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionSaudi Arabia’s Search for Allies in Yemen
Oct 9, 2026Learn MoreOn October 5, 2026, Yemen’s internationally recognized government began an offensive with support from Saudi Arabia to retake the territory taken by Ansar Alla…
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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…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Endorses Netanyahu Ahead of Israeli Elections
Oct 19, 2026Ingie GoharPresident Trump endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s October 27 parliamentary elections. Trump praised Netanyahu as a partner in combat…
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Palestine/IsraelViolent ExtremismSettler ‘rioters’ are Israeli state policy—through deniable means
Oct 16, 2026Dana El KurdThe official framing from the Israeli state, repeated often in western media, is that this is fringe behaviour. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the…
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SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsThe “Syria Without Camps” Initiative: Necessary but Premature?
Oct 15, 2026Heba GowayedTwo years after the end of a nearly 14-year war that resulted in one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian crises, Syria is envisaging the hi…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and DefenseA Post-US Regional Order? The Shifting Security Architecture in MENA Amid the Iran War
Sep 1, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETExperts examine how the Iran war has altered the balance of power in the Middle East and reshaped foreign policy calculations across the region.
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceThe 2026 Knesset Elections: Parties, Political Camps, and the Race to Power
Sep 15, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe forthcoming Knesset elections are set to be among the most consequential in Israel’s history, as they could bring down one of the country’s longest-serving…
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JordanClimate and EnvironmentPublic Right or Economic Commodity? The Evolution of Water Policy in Jordan and Morocco
Aug 27, 2026Youssef DahrajiWater management policies in Jordan and Morocco have never been neutral. Rather, since independence, they have functioned as strategic instruments, leveraged t…
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLibya’s Political Deadlock: Why Multiple Initiatives Keep Stalling
Aug 19, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesLibya is seeing a flurry of political and diplomatic activity across several fronts. The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has launched a new in…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and DefenseHow Smaller GCC States Are Navigating the Mecca Defense Agreement
Oct 1, 2026Giorgio CafieroThe recent recommencement of the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, raises important questions abou…
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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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TurkeyDemocracy and GovernanceTunisia, Turkey, and the New Authoritarian Playbook
Jul 8, 2026Salim ÇevikOn May 21, 2026, an Ankara appeals court annulled the 2023 congress of Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP). It removed the chai…
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EgyptMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsEgypt’s New Asylum Law Could Deepen Refugee Insecurity
Jun 29, 2026Ingie GoharThe war in Sudan, which began in April 2023, has entered its fourth year and remains the world’s largest displacement and hunger crisis. The conflict has force…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and GeopoliticsIsrael’s Recognition of Somaliland Is Nibbling at the Margins of Arab Security
Jan 8, 2026Imad K. HarbIsrael’s December 26, 2025, recognition of the Republic of Somaliland showed that it will continue to threaten the security architecture of the Arab world, dis…
- Collective Analysis
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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YemenConflicts and Conflict ResolutionYemen’s Shifting Battlefield
Oct 6, 2026Imad K. HarbImad Harb discusses how recent developments in Yemen could reverse Houthi territorial gains, why GCC states are concerned about Houthi control of the Bab el-Ma…
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