- Conferences
Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyCovering Palestine: A Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Symposium
May 9, 2024Learn MoreExperts focus on the challenges of covering Palestine. The panels in this conference will focus on both the journalists at risk on the ground as well as an ass…
Diplomacy and NegotiationsFull Text of the Ceasefire Agreement That Hamas has Accepted
May 6, 2024Learn MoreAl-Araby al-Jadeed obtained the text of the Gaza ceasefire agreement announced on Monday, May 6, 2024. Hamas has informed Qatar and Egypt of its acceptance of …
The War on Gaza – A comprehensive resource on Israel’s war on the Strip
May 4, 2024Learn MoreA comprehensive resource addressing the numerous aspects of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip
Latest Publications
- Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict ResolutionDivergent Saudi-Emirati Agendas Cripple Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council
May 15, 2024Afrah NasserTwo years into its existence, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) still has not effectively addressed critical problems facing the country: a dire ec…
- Policy Analysis
SudanConflicts and Conflict ResolutionOne Year On: The Calamities of the Sudan Conflict
May 14, 2024Imad K. HarbThirteen months have passed since the eruption of the military dispute between Sudan’s powerful generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed F…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Biden Announces a Pause on Offensive Weapons as Israel Intensifies Its Attack on Rafah
May 13, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichPresident Joe Biden made news last week in an interview with CNN when he announced that his administration will pause the delivery of some offensive weapons to…
- Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismAmerican Student Protest Movements, Then and Now
May 10, 2024Rami G. KhouriWatching university students protest in the United States over the past three weeks begs the question of whether they will end American support for Israel’s ge…
Webinars & Events
From our Affiliates
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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 …
- From our Affiliates
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…
- From our Affiliates
Palestine/IsraelReligion and PoliticsHaredim Conscription and the Future of Netanyahu’s Coalition
Apr 21, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military conscription has represented a major source of contention in Israeli society since 1948. This disagreement h…
- 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…
- 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…
- Viewpoint
IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionA Failed Iranian Performance and Its Repercussions
Apr 15, 2024Imad K. HarbRare are the occasions when a purportedly capable country’s determined military response to attack turns out to be a mere theatrical performance. Such was the …
- Policy Analysis
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…
- Policy Analysis
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…
- Policy Analysis
North AfricaSecurity and DefenseThe 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.
- Policy Analysis
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…
Multimedia
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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyLunch Keynote Conversation – Covering Palestine: A Shireen Abu Akleh Memorial Symposium
May 9, 2024Ayman Mohyeldin, Host of the “Ayman” show on MSNBC, and Yousef Munayyer, Head of Palestine/Israel Program, Arab Center Washington DC, discuss the challenges jo…
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ACW is affiliated with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) and its network of research centers around the world. Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, ACRPS is one of the premier independent research institutes in the Arab region.
