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“Shoulder to Shoulder with Sorrow”: Afghan Refugees, Past and Present
Sep 9, 2021Yara M. AsiFor weeks, images and stories of Afghans leaving their homeland have flooded all forms of media. Recent events only…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly
Oct 8, 2020Marcus MontgomeryThe full House Foreign Affairs Committee held a markup session this week where members considered, amended, and passed a slate of…
- Washington Policy Weekly
Pentagon Clarifies US Priorities in the Middle East
Jul 30, 2020Over the course of President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, the Department of Defense has responded to…
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Trump’s Parting Gift: No Diplomacy with Iran
Nov 11, 2020Marcus MontgomeryOn October 28, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) published a report detailing how the Trump Administration was accelerating action in favor…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Dec 9, 2020Esra Gurcay Yoseph HamidI. Congress1) Hearings and BriefingsHouse of Representatives Passes Resolution Condemning Iran’s Persecution of Its Bahai Minority and Its Violations…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Dec 23, 2020Marcus MontgomeryOn December 21st, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations…
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Turkey and the Gulf States: A New Era of Détente
Dec 8, 2021Mustafa GurbuzTurkish officials celebrated the November 24 visit of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to Ankara…
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Sudan Coup: The Regional Interference behind a Faltering Transition
Dec 11, 2021Khalil Al-AnaniOn October 25, 2021, Sudan’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan staged a coup, declared a state of emergency, dissolved the power-sharing…
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Assault on Salman Rushdie Generates Diplomatic and Political Tremors
Sep 2, 2022Daniel BrumbergIt will probably never be known whether the 24-year-old Lebanese American man who repeatedly stabbed world-renowned author Salman Rushdie…
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Libya’s Belligerent Elites May Doom the Country’s Future
Jul 5, 2022Imad K. HarbOnce again, Libya is falling victim to its political elites’ failure to agree on a long-awaited election mechanism and…
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Gauging Gulf Responses to President Biden’s Middle East Diplomacy
Aug 31, 2022Jon HoffmanWhen examining how the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) perceived and reacted to US President Joe Biden’s…
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First, Do No Harm? The World Health Organization in the MENA Region
Aug 26, 2022Yara M. AsiIn June 2022, Richard Horton, the editor in chief of The Lancet, one of the world’s most well-regarded health…
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American Evangelicals, the Gulf States, and Israel: A Cynical Covenant
Aug 24, 2022Mimi KirkEach July, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the largest pro-Israel organization in the United States, holds a multi-day conference…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Aug 22, 2022Peyton DashiellSenators introduced the Solidify Iran Sanctions Act of 2022, which aims to extend the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Aug 8, 2022Peyton DashiellPeyton Dashiell reports on legislation targeting amphetamine trafficking based in Syria and efforts to make sanctions on Iran permanent;…
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Sand and Dust Storms in the MENA Region: A Problem Awaiting Mitigation
Jul 29, 2022Achref ChibaniThe cities of the Arabian Gulf are presented as the epitome of the hypermodern urban environment. Skyscrapers made of…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Jul 25, 2022Peyton DashiellSenators Graham and Menendez introduced a bill that would assemble a task force dedicated to Iran’s nuclear program and…
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Palestinian Perceptions of International Threats
Jun 23, 2022Dana El KurdDespite its small size, Palestine has always played an outsized role in international politics. Palestine and the Palestinians have…
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Rehabilitation of the Assad Regime
Dec 15, 2021Radwan ZiadehWith the approaching date of the next Arab Summit to be hosted by Algeria in March 2022, some member…
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The Muddled Diplomacy of Sudan’s Tripartite Mechanism
Jun 17, 2022Kholood KhairThe international community was largely unprepared to deal with the fallout of Sudan’s October 2021 coup, organized by the…