Latest Publications

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Gaza, Biden, and an American Intifada

    Mar 27, 2024Charles W. Dunne

    As Israel’s devastating Gaza invasion wears on, tensions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are spiking, endangering the…

  • Research Paper
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People

    Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud Mhareb

    Israel took advantage of October 7, 2023, to launch a war of extermination against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. It announced that its goal in the …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Return to First Principles: The ‘Day After’ and Palestinian Self-Determination

    Mar 26, 2024Saul Takahashi

    On numerous occasions since October 2023, Israel, the United States, and other countries have outlined their visions for how Gaza, and Palestine as a whole, sh…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    The Biden Administration Abstains on Today’s Ceasefire Vote

    Mar 25, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich

    The UN Security Council (UNSC) approved a resolution on March 25 calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The resolution, led by the ten non-permanent membe…

Webinars & Events

  • Webinar
    LevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    The Impact of the Gaza War on US Presidential Election

    Mar 26, 2024 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ET

    Experts discuss the impact of the Gaza war on the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election.

  • Webinar
    Climate and Environment

    Climate Change and Environmental Injustice in MENA: Challenges and Pathways Forward

    Mar 6, 2024 9:30 AM - 11:00 ET

    Experts discuss the regional impacts of climate change in the Middle East, the compounding challenges of ongoing conflict, humanitarian needs, environmental in…

  • Keynote Conversations
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Lebanon’s Domestic and Regional Developments: A Conversation with MP Ibrahim Mneimneh.

    Feb 29, 2024

    Arab Center Washington DC hosted Lebanese Member of Parliament Ibrahim Mneimneh to discuss Lebanon's domestic and regional policy in light of the Gaza war and …

From our Affiliates

  • From our Affiliates
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    The American Presidential Elections: A Repeat of the 2020 Scenario

    Mar 25, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    On Tuesday, March 12, President Joe Biden and his rival, former President Donald Trump, won the nominations of the Democratic and Republican parties for the US…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The Consequences of Israel’s Failure to Implement Provisional Measures to Prevent Genocide in Gaza

    Mar 12, 2024Nizar Ayoub

    The Israeli government appears to remain determined to storm the Rafah area of southern Gaza, ignoring international demands to refrain from doing so due to th…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Netanyahu’s Political Calculus and the Future of Israel’s Emergency Cabinet

    Mar 3, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    Netanyahu, is in a position that enables him to disregard the emergency government and to take sole control over war strategy and decision-making and in drawin…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Whither the Arab World from What is Happening in Gaza?

    Mar 20, 2024Imad K. Harb

    Israel’s war on Gaza has recently entered its sixth straight month with no respite or apparent possibility of a permanent ceasefire that could spare the lives …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders

    Mar 20, 2024Jonathan Kuttab

    On January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicated preliminary measures in  the case brought against Israel by South Africa under the Genocide C…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantUS Foreign Policy

    US Troops to Stay in Syria and Iraq but Perhaps Not for Long

    In recent weeks, there have been meetings in Washington and in Baghdad about the presence in Iraq and Syria of US troops, whose official mandate is to aid loca…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkish-Gulf Relations in the Context of Regional Reconciliation

    Feb 14, 2024Salim Çevik

    Since 2021, Turkey has been resetting its policies in the Middle East and has started to reconcile with its rivals in the previous decade—Egypt, Israel, Saudi …

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab WorldRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Important Considerations for the Middle East in 2024

    The 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
    EgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Egypt Muddles Through the Crisis in Gaza

    Dec 6, 2023Imad K. Harb

    Egypt has considered the Gaza Strip to be a soft underbelly since it ruled it prior to 1967, but also after it regained control of the Sinai Peninsula from Isr…

  • Policy Analysis
    SudanUS Foreign Policy

    The US and the Sudan Conflict: Motives and Ability to Influence Events

    Jun 27, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    The 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…

  • Policy Analysis
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Sudan Crisis: How Regional Actors’ Competing Interests Fuel the Conflict

    May 11, 2023Khalil Al-Anani

    The 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…

Multimedia

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Behind the US Abstention on the Gaza Ceasefire Resolution

    Mar 25, 2024

    Yousef Munayyer discusses the recent UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the US decision to abstain.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Repercussions of Invading Rafah

    Mar 25, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the repercussions of invading Rafah and the futility of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Attempting to “Flood” Gaza with Aid

    Mar 19, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses Washington's new effort to "flood" Gaza with humanitarian aid as famine threatens the lives of more than 2.3 million Palestinians i…

Op-eds & External Readings

Affiliated Centers and Projects

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