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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe US-Iran Interim Deal: A Fragile Ceasefire
Jun 18, 2026Learn MoreThe “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” signed in Versailles, France, on June 17, 20…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyThe Full Text of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran
Jun 17, 2026Learn MoreA senior U.S. official disclosed what the official said was the full text of the deal between the United States and Iran to cease hostilities, open the Strait …
- Viewpoint
LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsIsrael’s War of Displacement in Lebanon
Jun 16, 2026Heba GowayedLearn MoreSince March 2, 2026, the most recent bout of Israeli violence in Lebanon has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people—a fifth of the country’s population. Isr…
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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe US-Iran Interim Deal: A Fragile Ceasefire
Jun 18, 2026Daniel Brumberg Khalil E. Jahshan Patricia Karam Yousef Munayyer Daniel Neep Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” signed in Versailles, France, on June 17, 20…
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Israel’s War of Displacement in Lebanon
Jun 16, 2026Heba GowayedSince March 2, 2026, the most recent bout of Israeli violence in Lebanon has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people—a fifth of the country’s population. Isr…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: The United States and Iran Reach a Deal to End the War
Jun 15, 2026Ingie GoharPresident Trump announced that the US and Iran had reached a deal to end the war, halt the US blockade of Iran, and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. He confirmed t…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsPalestine Under the Cover of the Iran War: Oppression and Ethnic Cleansing Escalate
May 20, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETExperts examine developments in Palestine since the onset of the Iran war, and how Israel has used the conflict to advance its annexation objectives.
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLebanon’s Hard Choices: Israeli Aggression and the Washington Ceasefire
Apr 22, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesFollowing the announcement of a temporary ceasefire between the United States and Iran, US President Donald Trump announced, on 16 April 2026, a ten-day truce …
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IranUS Foreign PolicyGlobal Energy is Caught in a Dark Tunnel and Future Prospects Are Bleak
Mar 30, 2026The Economic Studies UnitThe world waits apprehensively to see where the heated conflict between Israel and the United States on one side, and Iran on the other, will lead. It is a con…
- Policy Analysis
IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Humanitarian Impact of the War on Iran
Jun 3, 2026Yara M. AsiFor the hundreds of children that attended the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, Saturday, February 28, 2026, probably began like any other d…
- Policy Analysis
IraqRegional Relations and GeopoliticsIraq’s Kurdistan Region After the Iran War
Jun 9, 2026Patricia KaramThe US-Israeli war on Iran has spilled over into other countries, including neighboring Iraq. The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has been highly exposed to the confl…
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YemenConflicts and Conflict ResolutionA Tale of Two Yemens
Jun 4, 2026Nabeel A. KhouryThe May 28, 2026, death of former president Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi marked the end of an era for Yemen. As vice president from 1994-2012, Hadi was often oversha…
- 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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MauritaniaUS Foreign PolicyThe Trump Administration May Worsen Racial and Political Tensions in Mauritania
Jan 2, 2026Marwa ElessawyOn July 9, 2025, the Trump administration hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a White House summit. The summit aime…
- Collective AnalysisThe Arab World
The 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…
- Policy Analysis
SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionSudan: International Actors Need to be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
Dec 1, 2025Gregory AftandilianThe war in Sudan has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with an estimated 150,000 people dead and millions displaced since the conflict broke…
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