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“Free Them All”: The Trampled Rights of Political Prisoners in the Arab World
May 27, 2022Yara M. AsiIn December 2021, Egyptian activist and blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah was sentenced to prison for five years after being…
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Washington Policy Weekly
The Senate’s Judiciary Committee passed the No Oil Producing or Exporting Cartels Act by a vote of 17 to…
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The GCC and the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
Mar 22, 2022Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council have responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine according to their…
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A Coup Cannot Serve Two Masters
Feb 22, 2022Kholood KhairAfter a two-year experiment in civilian-military power-sharing, Sudan’s military took over on October 25, 2021 in another bid to…
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Turkey’s Evolving Policy toward Iran
Feb 16, 2022Mustafa GurbuzTurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoğlu’s official call to his Israeli counterpart was a rarity since the Erdoğan-Peres confrontation in…
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Qatar’s New Designation as US Non-NATO Ally Serves Multiple Purposes
Feb 4, 2022Imad K. HarbLess than five years after the eruption of the Gulf crisis of June 2017 that seriously threatened Qatar’s security,…
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Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s Iraq: Challenges and Prospects
Nov 2, 2020Abbas KadhimThe Iraqi Council of Representatives voted to confirm Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on May 7, 2020, after two aborted…
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Many Challenges to Address as Somalis Go to the Polls
Jul 19, 2021Imad K. HarbThe recent agreement on Somali presidential and parliamentary elections is a good but insufficient sign that Somalia’s many antagonists…
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The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy: Key Features and Likely Changes
Jan 6, 2021Unit for Political StudiesHaving won the American presidential election, and despite incumbent President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede, Democratic candidate and President-elect…
Yara M. Asi
Jan 15, 2021Yara M. Asi, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida in the School of Global Health…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Apr 5, 2021Marcus MontgomeryI. Congress1) LegislationNo Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), Mike Lee (R-Utah),…
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Washington Abuzz with Questions about Middle East Policy
Jun 17, 2020Marcus MontgomeryDespite continued anti-racism protests and heightening coronavirus infections throughout the United States, it was also a busy week in…
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Many Facets and Aspects to the 2020 Election: A Backgrounder
Aug 1, 2019Imad K. HarbThe 2020 election cycle is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in American history. Arguably the…
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Iran’s Hardliners and Reformists and the Syria Gambit
Dec 27, 2018Daniel BrumbergIranian hardliners have tried to isolate reformists by asserting that in times of growing security threats, all political forces…
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The GCC Reconciliation: An Assessment
Leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) held their 41st summit meeting on January 5, 2021 in al-Ula, Saudi…
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Challenges to Biden’s Human Rights Agenda in the Middle East
Mar 9, 2021Khalil Al-AnaniIn his speech at the US State Department on February 4, 2021, US President Joe Biden pledged to support…
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The Libyan Interim Government: Hopes and Challenges
Apr 6, 2021ACW Research and Analysis UnitLibya has suffered years of violence and volatility. Recently, Libyan delegates to a conference in Geneva approved the re-formation of two…
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Time to Rethink International Intervention in Yemen
Apr 7, 2021Nadwa Al-DawsariTen years ago, youth-led peaceful protests spread in Yemen demanding political reforms and the removal of the corrupt regime…
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Crisis in the Gulf Cooperation Council: Challenges and Prospects
Aug 1, 2017Abdulwahab Al-Qassab Zeina Azzam George Doumar Mustafa Gurbuz Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Joe Macaron Marcus Montgomery Yousef Munayyer Radwan ZiadehThis booklet includes 14 policy papers written by ACW analysts since the 2017 Gulf crisis began, as well as…
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A Case for Human Rights and Democracy in US Middle East Policy
Jul 5, 2017Charles W. DunneAmerican advocacy of human rights has helped defend US security in the long term, stabilize US allies and the…