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Security and DefenseSeventh Annual Conference: Security and Securitization in the Middle East and North Africa
Oct 12-13, 2022 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETLearn MoreArab Center Washington DC is dedicating its seventh annual conference to the issue of securitization in the Middle East and North Africa, the growth of which h…
- Featured Speakers
SyriaIdentity Politics and SectarianizationGovernance and Territorial Fragmentation in Syria: Assessing the Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Aug 2, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETLearn MoreThe webinar features Abdurrahman Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government, discussing his government’s achievements and challenges. Other panel…
- Podcast
TunisiaDemocracy and GovernanceWhere Does Tunisian’s Democratic Experiment Go from Here?
Aug 2, 2022Learn MoreSarah Yerkes and Yousef Munayyer discuss Kais Saied’s efforts to change Tunisia’s constitution and consolidate his power. Yerkes is a senior fellow in the Carn…
Latest Publications
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLibya’s Woes Persist in a Fractured Political Landscape
Aug 18, 2022Gregory AftandilianGregory Aftandilian examines the latest developments in Libya following the derailment of parliamentary and presidential elections and the ongoing division and…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsThe Palestinian misuse, and Zionist abuse, of the Holocaust
Aug 18, 2022Marwan BisharaBoth sides are guilty of invoking the Holocaust to justify their positions. Mahmoud Abbas is only the latest to do so. This article was published by Al Jazeera…
- Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsComparing the Palestinian and Irish-Catholic Struggles
Aug 18, 2022Daoud KuttabDaoud Kuttab compares Irish and Palestinian experiences with occupation and settlement, building on a remark made by President Biden during his July 2022 trip …
- Policy Analysis
US Foreign PolicyBiden Fails to Undermine Russia and China in the Middle East
Aug 17, 2022Charles W. DunneCharles W. Dunne writes that President Biden’s July 2022 trip to the Middle East to reassert American supremacy in the region and among US allies ran into the …
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- ConferencesSecurity and Defense
Seventh Annual Conference: Security and Securitization in the Middle East and North Africa
Oct 12-13, 2022 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM ETArab Center Washington DC is dedicating its seventh annual conference to the issue of securitization in the Middle East and North Africa, the growth of which h…
- Featured SpeakersSyriaIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
Governance and Territorial Fragmentation in Syria: Assessing the Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Aug 2, 2022 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETThe webinar features Abdurrahman Mustafa, Prime Minister of the Syrian Interim Government, discussing his government’s achievements and challenges. Other panel…
- Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelEducation and DevelopmentInternational Aid to the Palestinians: Between Politicization and Development
Aug 4, 2022Omar ShabanFollowing the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, an international conference was held in Washington …
- Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelSecurity and DefenseA Developing Authoritarian-Israeli Nexus in the Middle East
Aug 3, 2022Imad K. HarbAuthoritarianism in the Arab world has assumed many shapes and shades in the decades since the end of formal European colonialism in the mid-twentieth century.…
- Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict ResolutionYemen’s Prospects for Unity Are Uncertain after Many Years of War
Jul 28, 2022Afrah NasserIn 2018, the United Nations Security Council’s Panel of Experts on Yemen suggested that the Yemeni State had begun to fragment as a result of a conflict that i…
- Policy Analysis
IranUS Foreign PolicyUS Diplomacy with Iran Is Needed to Achieve Security in the Middle East
Jul 28, 2022Daniel BrumbergNow that President Joe Biden has completed his trip to the Middle East, his administration will likely make one last bid to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, …
- Policy Analysis
LevantRegional Relations and GeopoliticsIraq-Jordan-Egypt Entente Moves Ahead Despite the GCC’s Shadow
Jul 19, 2022Gregory AftandilianIn recent years, Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan have come together to form a sort of alliance based on shared security, political, and economic interests. Since 2019,…
- Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and GovernanceTunisia’s New Constitution Will Hasten the Country’s Transition to Autocracy
Jul 14, 2022Daniel BrumbergThe gathering storm provoked by Tunisian President Kais Saied’s attempt to forge a new political system could reach a critical moment on July 25. On that day T…
- Viewpoint
SudanDemocracy and GovernanceSudan’s Revolution Must Be Allowed to Continue
Jan 4, 2022Imad K. HarbIn a move that reflected his failure to garner the support of the Sudanese public, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok submitted his resignation on January 2…
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Governance and Territorial Fragmentation in Syria: Assessing the Humanitarian and Political Challenges
Aug 2, 2022On August 2, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a webinar titled “Governance and Territorial Fragmentation in Syria: Assessing the Humanitarian and Politic…
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