President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on May 6 of a ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Houthis—in which the militant group pledged not to target American shi…
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
President Trump’s Gulf Trip: Post-Visit Observations
Last week President Donald Trump ended a three-country trip to the Arabian Gulf—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—where he signed lucrative arm…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has worked in recent weeks to put his government coalition in order, reintegrating Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and h…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Israeli Practices in the Occupied West Bank: A Prelude to Annexation
While world attention has focused on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip for the past year and a half, significant events in the occupied West Bank have gone les…
Occupation Funded, Development Denied: How American Aid Cuts Affect the West Bank
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On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump made his opening moves to dismantle the fiscal and ideological foundations of American foreign…
Fresh Take
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Israel’s Regional Goals Clash with Trump’s Foreign Policy
May 16, 2025
Yousef Munayyer examines the growing disconnect between Israel’s regional objectives and Donald Trump’s transactional style of diplomacy, and how the president…
Podcast
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Trump heads to the Middle East
May 12, 2025
Experts discuss Trump's trip to the region, the US deal with the Houthis, the dismissal of Michael Walz, the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the release of …