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Sudan’s War: Humanitarian Cost, Prospects for Peace, and Potential Ways Forward
Aug 6, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 am ETLearn MoreExperts examine the latest developments in Sudan’s civil war and the direction the conflict may take.
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyFull Text of the Proposed Agreement on Hamas Disarmament and Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza
Aug 3, 2026Learn MoreOn July 30, 2026, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social a proposed agreement under which Hamas would disarm and Israel would complete a withdrawal o…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Board of Peace’s Gaza Plan: Broken or Working as Intended?
Jul 30, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETLearn MoreExperts assess where the Board of Peace plan stands, what has been implemented and what has not, and whether the plan has any chance of success.
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Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Announces Gaza Disarmament and Israeli Withdrawal Agreement
Aug 3, 2026Ingie GoharPresident Trump announced an agreement for Hamas’s complete disarmament and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, calling it a step toward establishing a new Palestin…
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US Foreign PolicyTrump’s War on the ICC is an Attack on Global Justice
Jul 30, 2026Khalil E. JahshanEarlier this month, Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a political campaign aimed at dismantling what the United States Department of State (DOS) formally…
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AlgeriaDemocracy and GovernanceWhat Algeria’s Elections Really Revealed
Jul 28, 2026Patricia KaramThe results of Algeria’s July 2, 2026, parliamentary elections were entirely predictable. The National Liberation Front (FLN), the party that has dominated pol…
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Neither Iran nor Israel: Saudi Arabia’s Vision for Lebanon
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IraqDemocracy and GovernanceIraq’s New Premier Faces Pressing Challenges as US-Iran Conflict Rages
Aug 3, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesAl-Zaidi was presented as a compromise candidate to bridge a rift within the Coordination Framework over the selection of a prime minister. The bloc had split …
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLocked Out: France and the New Rules of Diplomacy in Lebanon
Jul 22, 2026Victor MassonFrance’s absence from the negotiating table is especially significant because Paris had spent decades trying to prevent precisely this kind of marginalisation.…
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QatarMedia and TechnologyDon’t Shoot the Mediator: The Campaign to Undermine Qatar’s Role in the Iran and Lebanon Ceasefires
Jul 17, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOver the past three decades, conflict mediation has become a central pillar of Qatar’s foreign policy, building on a diplomatic model it had built around estab…
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Neither Iran nor Israel: Saudi Arabia’s Vision for Lebanon
Jul 28, 2026Giorgio Cafiero - Policy Analysis
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionHamas Dissolves its Government in Gaza, but the Board of Peace Remains the Problem
Jul 15, 2026Dana El KurdOn July 6, 2026, Hamas’s Gaza government announced that it had dissolved its Emergency Committee, the body that has run the enclave since October 2023, and wou…
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Neither Iran nor Israel: Saudi Arabia’s Vision for Lebanon
Jul 28, 2026Giorgio Cafiero - Viewpoint
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Don’t Shoot the Mediator: The Campaign to Undermine Qatar’s Role in the Iran and Lebanon Ceasefires
Jul 17, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyLimiting the Damage: Saudi Arabia and the Islamabad Memorandum
Jun 24, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe war affected Saudi Arabia and further complicated its economic diversification plans, which were already facing setbacks. Iranian missiles and drones hit s…
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LibyaDemocracy and GovernanceLibya: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
May 5, 2026Gregory AftandilianIn April 2026, with the help of the United States, Libya’s two parallel governments reached an agreement on a unified national budget for the first time since …
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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionEgypt and the Gulf: A Relationship under Pressure
Apr 21, 2026Imad K. HarbThe US-Israeli war on Iran has put Egypt in a predicament. Since the 2013 coup that brought him to power, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has enjoyed a…
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How to Fail at Preventing Atrocities: Sudan’s Unlearned Lessons
Jul 30, 2026Kholood Khair - Policy Analysis
A Timeline of Key Events in Sudan
Mar 5, 2026Ingie Gohar - Policy Analysis
Saudi Arabia Confronts the Israel–UAE Alignment in Somalia
Feb 26, 2026Giorgio Cafiero
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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…
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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…











