- WebinarLevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The Impact of the Gaza War on US Presidential Election
Mar 26, 2024 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ETLearn MoreExperts discuss the impact of the Gaza war on the outcome of the 2024 US presidential election.
- Fresh TakePalestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Behind the US Abstention on the Gaza Ceasefire Resolution
Mar 25, 2024Learn MoreYousef Munayyer discusses the recent UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the US decision to abstain.
- Fresh TakePalestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
The Repercussions of Invading Rafah
Mar 25, 2024Learn MoreHanna Alshaikh discusses the repercussions of invading Rafah and the futility of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza.
Latest Publications
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Gaza, Biden, and an American Intifada
Mar 27, 2024Charles W. DunneAs Israel’s devastating Gaza invasion wears on, tensions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are spiking, endangering the…
- Research PaperPalestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
The Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People
Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud MharebIsrael 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 AnalysisPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Return to First Principles: The ‘Day After’ and Palestinian Self-Determination
Mar 26, 2024Saul TakahashiOn 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-RichThe 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…
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Israel’s War on the Education Sector in the Gaza Strip
Mar 20, 2024Nour Naim - Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly
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Climate Change and Environmental Injustice in MENA: Challenges and Pathways Forward
Mar 6, 2024 9:30 AM - 11:00 ETExperts discuss the regional impacts of climate change in the Middle East, the compounding challenges of ongoing conflict, humanitarian needs, environmental in…
- Keynote ConversationsLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Lebanon’s Domestic and Regional Developments: A Conversation with MP Ibrahim Mneimneh.
Feb 29, 2024Arab 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 AffiliatesUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The American Presidential Elections: A Repeat of the 2020 Scenario
Mar 25, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesOn 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 AffiliatesPalestine/IsraelInternational Law
The Consequences of Israel’s Failure to Implement Provisional Measures to Prevent Genocide in Gaza
Mar 12, 2024Nizar AyoubThe 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 AffiliatesPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Netanyahu’s Political Calculus and the Future of Israel’s Emergency Cabinet
Mar 3, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesNetanyahu, 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…
- Policy Analysis
- Research Paper
The Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People
Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud Mhareb - Policy Analysis
A Return to First Principles: The ‘Day After’ and Palestinian Self-Determination
Mar 26, 2024Saul Takahashi
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Whither the Arab World from What is Happening in Gaza?
Mar 20, 2024Imad K. HarbIsrael’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 AnalysisPalestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders
Mar 20, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn 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
- Policy Analysis
- Policy Analysis
The UAE and the Red Sea Security Crisis
Feb 27, 2024Giorgio Cafiero
- Policy AnalysisLevantUS Foreign Policy
US Troops to Stay in Syria and Iraq but Perhaps Not for Long
Feb 22, 2024Gregory AftandilianIn 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 AnalysisTurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Turkish-Gulf Relations in the Context of Regional Reconciliation
Feb 14, 2024Salim ÇevikSince 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 Unprecedented Internal Displacement in Gaza
Feb 14, 2024Kelsey Norman - Policy Analysis
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- Policy AnalysisThe Arab WorldRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Important 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 AnalysisEgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Egypt Muddles Through the Crisis in Gaza
Dec 6, 2023Imad K. HarbEgypt 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…
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- Policy AnalysisSudanUS Foreign Policy
The 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…
- Policy AnalysisSudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The 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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West Bank’s settler violence problem is a second sign that Israel’s policy of ignoring Palestinians’ drive for a homeland isn’t a long-term solution
Nov 26, 2023Dana El KurdIsraeli settlers, empowered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, have increased their attacks on and harassment of Palestinian rural c…
- External Readings
This Israel has no future in the Middle East
Nov 24, 2023Marwan BisharaIsrael’s deliberate, industrial-scale murder of the Palestinian people under the pretext of “self-defence” won’t enhance its security or secure its future. Rat…
- External Readings
Israel’s Central Bank Governor Tries to Assure International Markets
Nov 21, 2023Barhoum JaraisiLast October, at a conference of the International Monetary Fund in the United States, the Governor of the Central Bank of Israel Amir Yaron sought to reassure…