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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyCovering Palestine: A Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Symposium
May 9, 2024 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM ETLearn MoreThis symposium will focus on the challenges of covering Palestine. The panels in this conference will focus on both the journalists at risk on the ground as we…
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Launch of Syrian Memory: A Digital Archive Documenting Events since the Outbreak of the Syrian Revolution
May 3, 2024Learn MoreOn Monday, 6 May 2024, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies is launching the Syrian Memory platform, a digital archive created to document events in…
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLibya’s Frozen Conflict and Potential Ways Forward
Apr 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ETLearn MoreExperts discuss Libya’s current conflict dynamics and potential pathways for peace and justice.
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionMiddle East Trajectories Emanating from the War on Gaza
May 2, 2024Nabeel A. KhouryIsrael’s still unfolding war on Gaza is finishing its seventh month with no let-up in sight. The Palestinian death toll from Israeli operations has surpassed 3…
- Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismAlthough Limited, Arab Public Protests Against the War in Gaza Continue
Apr 30, 2024Dana El KurdSeven months into Israel’s violence in Gaza—which has credibly been identified as an active genocide—the Middle East has teetered on the brink of chaos. Unders…
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US PolicyWashington Policy Weekly
Apr 29, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichAntony Blinken told reporters that he has confidence in the "many open investigations" into possible human rights abuses committed by Israel in Gaza.
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionWhere Does the Palestinian National Movement Go from Here?
Apr 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ETExperts discuss the future of the Palestinian national movement amid the Gaza war and the legitimacy crisis of the Palestinian Authority.
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicySaudi-Israeli Normalization Persists Amid Gaza War
May 3, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesBefore “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Biden administration was attempting to conclude a diplomatic groundbreaking deal in…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionA Year of War: Conflict Transformations and Peace Prospects in Sudan
Apr 30, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesA year since clashes broke out between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)militias, the Sudanese government has submitted a request …
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Palestine/IsraelSecurity and DefenseWhat Provoked Israel’s Limited Response to Iran’s Attack?
Apr 29, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesAt dawn on 14 April, 2024, Iran launched its first ever direct attack from its own territory against Israel, involving some 120 ballistic missiles, 36 cruise m…
- Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict ResolutionGulf Arab States Avoid Iran-Israel Tensions
Apr 25, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenYears of shadow conflict between Israel and Iran, which included targeted assassinations as well as cyberattacks, gave way in April to direct confrontation and…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsThe Gaza War Still Can Decide the American Presidential Election
Apr 24, 2024Gregory AftandilianLatest polls indicate that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in a dead heat in the presidential race at this point in the campaign, whi…
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Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and GeopoliticsSaudi Arabia May Be Taking Center Stage in Post-Gaza Peace
Feb 28, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenWith Israel’s war on Gaza in its fifth month amid ongoing international pressure for a ceasefire, Saudi Arabia has become the focus of much attention over what…
- Policy Analysis
YemenUS Foreign PolicyInstead of Houthi Designation, the United States Should Embrace a Comprehensive Approach
Feb 28, 2024Afrah NasserOn January 17, the United States designated the Houthis in Yemen, also known as Ansar Allah, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in response to t…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and GeopoliticsNormalization Survives Despite the Gaza War
Jan 11, 2024Imad K. HarbThe current Israeli war on Gaza, now well into its fourth deadly month, has cast a calamitous shadow over the lives of Palestinians and Israelis, as well as ov…
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The Arab WorldRegional Relations and GeopoliticsImportant Considerations for the Middle East in 2024
Jan 10, 2024Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Laurie King Dana El Kurd Yousef MunayyerThe October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip will play a major role in shaping what unfolds in the Middle East in 20…
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SudanUS Foreign PolicyThe US and the Sudan Conflict: Motives and Ability to Influence Events
Jun 27, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe United States and Saudi Arabia announced on June 17, 2023 that both sides to the conflict in Sudan—the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support For…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Sudan Crisis: How Regional Actors’ Competing Interests Fuel the Conflict
May 11, 2023Khalil Al-AnaniThe outbreak of military clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have resulted in the deaths of hundreds and t…
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