- Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
One Year After October 7: Assessments and Implications
Oct 8, 2024Learn MoreExperts analyze various aspects of the past year of Israel’s war on Gaza and now its campaign against Hezbollah and Lebanon.
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One Year after October 7: How have US and EU Foreign Policies Evolved?
Oct 10, 2024Learn MorePanelists explore how US and EU policies have adapted or remained consistent in response to the unfolding humanitarian, political, and military developments in…
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A Year That Has Brought Us to the Breaking Point
Oct 7, 2024Yousef MunayyerLearn MoreAlongside the mass graves and beneath the tons of rubble, there may lie another victim: the very possibility of a jointly imagined coexistence.
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One Year After October 7: Israel Descends into Endless War
Oct 11, 2024Daniel BrumbergAmong the many moments described in the Washington Post’s recent article on the Biden administration’s failed efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza, one stands…
- From our AffiliatesLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic Concerns and Regional Implications
Oct 9, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe positions of the GCC countries toward Israel's war on Lebanon are appear divided. All share a deep concern about escalation and its potential impact on the…
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Washington Policy Weekly: Iranian Attack on Israel Elicits Strong US Backing
Oct 7, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichIran’s October 1 missile attack on Israel drew sharp criticism from Biden administration officials. White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan called …
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Algeria’s Tebboune, Le Pouvoir, and the Challenges of Legitimacy
Oct 3, 2024Nour Taha - Policy Analysis
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Washington Policy Weekly
Sep 30, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich
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The 2024 Elections amid the Gaza War: The Future of US Democracy, Foreign Policy, and Global Standing
Sep 26, 2024The 9th Annual Conference is dedicated to discussing the 2024 US presidential elections and the impact of the results on US foreign policy in MENA and US globa…
- WebinarSecurity and Defense
Military Expenditure in MENA: Implications for Human Rights, Governance, and Socio-Economic Development
Aug 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 am ETExperts discuss drivers of military spending and its implications for transparency, socio-economic development, political power of the military, and the right …
From our Affiliates
- From our AffiliatesLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic Concerns and Regional Implications
Oct 9, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe positions of the GCC countries toward Israel's war on Lebanon are appear divided. All share a deep concern about escalation and its potential impact on the…
- From our AffiliatesLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
After Assassinating Nasrallah, Will Israel Escalate Further?
Sep 30, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesOn the evening of 27 September, Israel launched one of its biggest attacks on Lebanon since it stepped up operations on its northern front. The assault targete…
- From our AffiliatesAlgeriaDemocracy and Governance
Understanding Algeria’s Presidential Election
Sep 16, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesOn 7 September, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was re-elected for a second five-year term. The initial results showed that he won with more than 94 pe…
- Policy Analysis
- From our Affiliates
GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic Concerns and Regional Implications
Oct 9, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies - Policy Analysis
- ViewpointLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Nasrallah’s Killing Prompts Serious Calculations
Sep 30, 2024Nabeel A. KhouryIsrael’s killing of Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah has shocked many in Lebanon and the region regardless of what they thought of the man and hi…
- Policy Analysis
- From our Affiliates
GCC Responses to Israeli Aggression on Lebanon: Strategic Concerns and Regional Implications
Oct 9, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies - Policy Analysis
- Policy AnalysisYemenUS Foreign Policy
Assessing GCC Perspectives on American-British Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis
Sep 11, 2024Giorgio CafieroSince last November, Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, has been attacking commercial and merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden and th…
- Policy AnalysisYemenClimate and Environment
Climate Change: A New Battlefield in Yemen’s Ongoing Conflict
Sep 6, 2024Afrah NasserLike the rest of the world, Yemen is facing the profound effects of climate change on sectors from agriculture and health to the broader economy and natural re…
- Intern Corner
Algeria’s Tebboune, Le Pouvoir, and the Challenges of Legitimacy
Oct 3, 2024Nour Taha - Policy Analysis
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- Policy AnalysisEgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution
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…
- Policy AnalysisLibyaDemocracy and Governance
Libya: 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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The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan
Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil Daqash - Policy Analysis
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- Policy AnalysisSudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
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…
- Policy AnalysisNorth AfricaSecurity and Defense
The Fate of the Wagner Group in Syria, Libya, and Sudan
Jul 18, 2023Gregory AftandilianThe failed mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin has put the fate of his Wagner Group doubt, not only in Ukraine but in several Arab states as well.
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One Year after October 7: How have US and EU Foreign Policies Evolved?
Oct 10, 2024Panelists explore how US and EU policies have adapted or remained consistent in response to the unfolding humanitarian, political, and military developments in…
Op-eds & External Readings
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A Year That Has Brought Us to the Breaking Point
Oct 7, 2024Yousef MunayyerAlongside the mass graves and beneath the tons of rubble, there may lie another victim: the very possibility of a jointly imagined coexistence.
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Chaos Is Spreading Because Washington Has Learned Nothing
Oct 3, 2024Dana El KurdThe war in Gaza is only the beginning of mass violence that is likely to increase and spread in Israel and the Palestinian territories and across the region.Th…
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Harris’s Vibes Are Great, but Vibes Won’t Cut It on Israel Policy
Aug 15, 2024Yousef MunayyerUnless Harris takes some steps to break from Biden’s Israel policy, the same issue that helped tank him could put major obstacles in her path to victory.