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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionEgypt and the Gulf: A Relationship under Pressure
Apr 21, 2026Imad K. HarbThe US-Israeli war on Iran has put Egypt in a predicament. Since the 2013 coup that brought him to power, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has enjoyed a…
- Policy Analysis
IranUS Foreign PolicyHow to Avoid Mutually Assured Devastation in the Gulf
Apr 17, 2026Daniel BrumbergThe April 12, 2026, collapse of US-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, could open the door to the perils of mutually assured devastation. This differs from the …
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
Protection or Vulnerability? Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Iran War
Apr 14, 2026Rohan AdvaniIn March 2026, a Gulf official told Reuters that three Gulf states were reviewing how to deploy their sovereign wealth fund (SWF) holdings to offset Iran war-r…
- ViewpointLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Without a National Consensus, Lebanon’s Talks with Israel Are Doomed to Fail
Apr 14, 2026Nabeel A. KhouryForcing Lebanon to accept an occupation will backfire, provoking even fiercer resistance, risking civil war, and sowing heightened anti-American sentiments acr…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonUS Foreign Policy
US Policy Toward Lebanon in a Time of War
Apr 10, 2026Patricia KaramFollowing the expansion of its ground operations in South Lebanon in late March 2026, Israel has significantly intensified airstrikes across the country, inclu…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israeli Settler Violence: A Strategy to Displace Palestinians from their Land
Apr 10, 2026Yara M. AsiOn April 9, 2026, news broke that the Israeli government had recently authorized the construction of 34 new settlements in the West Bank—nearly six times the n…
- Policy AnalysisIranUS Foreign Policy
The Iran War: Is Trump Looking for Exit Ramps or Escalation?
Apr 7, 2026Charles W. DunneUS President Donald Trump proclaimed total victory over Iran in his Oval Office address on April Fools’ Day, saying, “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Ira…
- ViewpointLebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
Lessons from Lebanon’s Frustration: From the Christians Yesterday to the Shia Today
Mar 30, 2026Mark DaouAfter the civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon entered a new phase of rebuilding state institutions and ending internal conflict. However, that phase was not equit…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
The Iran War and the End of the US-Gulf “Oil for Security” Deal
Mar 27, 2026Jim KraneIn early March 2026, Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the war launched by the United States and Israel, making it impossible for oil…
- Policy AnalysisIranUS Foreign Policy
US Backing for an Iranian Kurdish Armed Rebellion Likely to Backfire
Mar 25, 2026Gregory AftandilianSeveral of Iran’s Kurdish political factions are hopeful that they may be part of any effort to dismantle the Islamic Republic and achieve autonomy for their c…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Caught in the Crossfire: Gulf Security and Strategy in the US–Israel War on Iran
Mar 19, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe US-Israel war on Iran, which initially appeared as a series of escalatory exchanges, has evolved into a broader war spanning multiple theaters, drawing in …
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The GCC States and the War on Iran: Rethinking Responses to Unwanted Consequences
Mar 19, 2026Kristian Coates UlrichsenFour years and four days after President Vladimir Putin committed an act of aggression by launching the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the United Stat…
- Policy AnalysisTurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Turkey and the War on Iran: Between Opportunity and Catastrophe
Mar 18, 2026Salim ÇevikThe launch of the US-Israel war on Iran did not surprise Ankara, but it did not please it either. Turkey, along with other regional powers including Saudi Arab…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Crime in Palestinian Society Inside Israel: Securitization Discourse and Redefining Responsibility
Mar 13, 2026Saher GhazawiIntroductionRecently, the phenomenon of violence and organized crime in Palestinian communities inside Israel has become a central issue in political, media, a…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Crisis and Solidarity in Lebanon
Mar 12, 2026Patricia KaramThe widening of hostilities following the March 2026 US-Israeli attacks on Iran has placed Lebanon on a dangerous trajectory. Hezbollah’s decision to enter the…
- From our AffiliatesThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Gulf in the Line of Fire: The Calculations and Contradictions of Iranian Strategy
Mar 9, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesNo sooner had news broke of a US-Israeli attack on Tehran on the morning of 28 February 2026, than Iran had launched a series of its own strikes targeting the …
- Policy AnalysisIranUS Foreign Policy
After Khamenei: Operation Epic US–Iran Stalemate?
Mar 6, 2026Daniel BrumbergThere is no doubt that the United States will continue assassinating Iranian leaders in the belief that this strategy will deliver a political silver bullet to…
- From our AffiliatesIranUS Foreign Policy
Trump and Netanyahu’s Iran Gambit: The Strategic Calculations behind Epic Fury
Mar 6, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesFollowing weeks of military mobilization and statements hinting at escalation from the White House, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale attack …
- Policy AnalysisLevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Whither Palestine and the Palestinians?
Mar 5, 2026Nabeel A. KhouryLet down by the international community, Arab states, and their own leadership, Palestinians have survived more than 75 years of war, persecution, and isolatio…
- Policy AnalysisSudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Timeline of Key Events in Sudan
Mar 5, 2026Ingie GoharThis timeline traces the key political and military developments in Sudan from the 2018 uprising that toppled former President Omar al-Bashir to the ongoing wa…
- Collective AnalysisIranUS Foreign Policy
The US-Israel War on Iran: Analyses and Perspectives
Mar 2, 2026Susan M. Akram Charles W. Dunne Amy Hawthorne Patricia Karam Khalil E. Jahshan Annelle Sheline Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe United States has joined Israel in an all-out war on the Islamic Republic of Iran. On February 28, 2026, a US armada of two aircraft carrier strike groups …
- Policy AnalysisSaudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia Confronts the Israel–UAE Alignment in Somalia
Feb 26, 2026Giorgio CafieroIsrael’s December 2025 decision to recognize Somaliland’s unilateral declaration of independence was of grave concern to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh sees Somalia’s te…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
The Shrinking Space for Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
Feb 26, 2026Gregory AftandilianIn January 2026, clashes between Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resulted in Damascus regaining large parts of territory that h…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Israel’s Restrictions on Medical Evacuations from Gaza and the West Bank
Feb 25, 2026Yara M. AsiLike thousands of others across occupied Palestine, five-year-old Mohammad Abu Asad has cancer. Mohammad was diagnosed in the early 2020s with an aggressive fo…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Phase Two’s Baked-In Failure: Why the Chances for Trump’s Gaza Plan Are Dim
Feb 20, 2026Yousef MunayyerOn October 13, 2025, more than 20 world leaders gathered at a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to witness US President Donald Trump sign an agreement ending…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Trump’s Board of Peace: Rebuilding Gaza, or Remaking the World?
Feb 18, 2026Charles W. DunneThe Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…
- Policy AnalysisSaudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Constraint and Competition: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Policy in a Shifting Middle East
Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesIn a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics
Running on Empty: The Deepening Financial Crisis of the Palestinian Authority
Feb 12, 2026Mohammed SamhouriThe Palestinian Authority (PA) is nearly insolvent. A deep financial crisis is edging it closer to the brink of fiscal collapse. The PA’s main sources of reven…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Election Year in Israel: Portents of the Coming Political Battle
Feb 6, 2026Mtanes ShihadehThe upcoming elections will mostly focus on domestic issues, while those related to the occupation, settlers, and control of Gaza will recede from public debat…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonDemocracy and Governance
A First-Year Assessment of Lebanon’s Governing Coalition
Feb 4, 2026Patricia KaramIn January 2025, President Joseph Aoun took the oath of office and in his inaugural address declared the start of a “new era.” The government then began to rec…
- Policy AnalysisQatarThe War on Gaza
Israel’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives
Feb 3, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesSince the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s New Order: Centralization by External Consent
Jan 29, 2026Salim ÇevikOn January 8, 2026, Syrian interim government forces moved into two neighborhoods in Aleppo controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed coa…
- Policy AnalysisEgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Egypt: Partnering with Saudi Arabia on Security in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
Jan 27, 2026Gregory AftandilianDespite its extensive economic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt appears to be hitching its wagon to Saudi Arabia in the kingdom’s dispute w…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
A US Capture of Venezuelan Oil Could Come at OPEC’s Expense
Jan 23, 2026Jim KraneThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has a checkered relationship with American oil companies. In the 1970s, OPEC member states pushed the …
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Another Step in the Weaponization of Aid: Israel Bans Humanitarian Agencies in Gaza
Jan 22, 2026Yara M. AsiIn late December 2025, two months after the much-lauded ceasefire agreement that was meant to end the physical destruction of Gaza and bring a significant incr…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance
Jan 21, 2026Giorgio CafieroThe historically close alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under strain because of diverging strategic priorities and competiti…
- Policy AnalysisIranProtests and Activism
Iran’s Rebellion Will Transform Iran’s Islamic Republic for Better or Worse
Jan 14, 2026Daniel BrumbergAs the popular rebellion in Iran accelerates, the country’s sclerotic autocracy is fighting for survival. The reported deaths of at least 2,000 protesters and …
- ViewpointYemenRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The Saudi–Emirati Drama in Yemen
Jan 13, 2026Nabeel A. KhouryOf the three interrelated levels of conflict at play in Yemen—local, regional, and international—it was the regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and the Unite…
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland Is Nibbling at the Margins of Arab Security
Jan 8, 2026Imad K. HarbIsrael’s December 26, 2025, recognition of the Republic of Somaliland showed that it will continue to threaten the security architecture of the Arab world, dis…
- Collective AnalysisThe Arab World
The Legacies of the Middle East in 2025 Are Likely to Repeat in 2026
Jan 6, 2026Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Elobaid Elobaid Samia Errazzouki Imad K. Harb Marwan Kabalan Nabeel A. Khoury Laurie King Assal Rad Rend Al-Rahim Mtanes ShihadehIn 2025, the Middle East and North Africa saw Israel’s genocidal war on Palestinians and destabilizing military attacks across the wider region, Sudan’s unsalu…
- Intern CornerMauritaniaUS Foreign Policy
The Trump Administration May Worsen Racial and Political Tensions in Mauritania
Jan 2, 2026Marwa ElessawyOn July 9, 2025, the Trump administration hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a White House summit. The summit aime…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
American Evangelicals’ Declining Support for Israel
Dec 31, 2025Jonathan KuttabEvangelical Christian support for Israel and its policies has long been one of the bedrock factors behind backing for Israel in the United States. Such support…
- Policy AnalysisYemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Reality and Threats of the STC’s Takeover of Eastern Yemen
Dec 29, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryTwo superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated the greater Middle East during the days of the Cold War. What happened from the Levant down …
- Policy AnalysisIraqUS Foreign Policy
Undiplomatic Diplomacy Jeopardizes Improvements in US-Iraqi Relationship
Dec 26, 2025Gregory AftandilianUS-Iraqi ties have witnessed an improvement over the past few months, largely in the energy and defense sectors that are key components of the bilateral relati…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonEnergy and Economics
Financial Regulation as the Foundation of Sovereignty? A Path to Disarmament for Lebanon
Dec 26, 2025Patricia KaramSince 2019, Lebanon has experienced cumulative economic and institutional breakdown, leaving the state hollowed out, public trust shattered, and large segments…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Turkey’s Emerging Role in Trump’s Gaza Plan
Dec 17, 2025Salim ÇevikPresident Donald Trump envisions a central role for Turkey in Gaza. At the October 2025 Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit, Trump named Turkey as one of four guarant…
- ViewpointLebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Unmitigated Danger of Lebanon’s Current Moment
Dec 16, 2025Imad K. HarbLebanon today is facing what is arguably its most dangerous moment, as its leaders and politicians grapple with the choice of continuing hostility with Israel …
- ViewpointUS Foreign Policy
US National Security Strategies: From Carter to Trump
Dec 11, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryOver the past several decades, US National Security Strategies (NSS) have reflected a combination of goals and approaches that remained general enough to refle…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Bribes and the Ballot Box: How Israel’s 2026 Budget Serves the Governing Coalition
Dec 10, 2025Mtanes ShihadehThe Israeli government will soon present its economic and financial agenda for 2026 in the form of a draft budget and an Economic Arrangements Law that will se…
- ViewpointUS Foreign Policy
The Machinery of Impunity: How Washington’s Elite Stays above the Law—and How to End It
Dec 3, 2025Jasmine El-GamalFrom the torture carried out during the George W. Bush administration to the surge in drone warfare under President Barack Obama, from President Joe Biden’s un…
- Policy AnalysisSudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Sudan: International Actors Need to be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
Dec 1, 2025Gregory AftandilianThe war in Sudan has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with an estimated 150,000 people dead and millions displaced since the conflict broke…
- Policy AnalysisSudanJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Sudan’s War on Civilians: A Continuation of Decades of Atrocities
Dec 1, 2025Yara M. AsiFor more than a year, the al-Saudi Maternity Hospital was the only functioning hospital in al-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in western Sudan. The largest…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
What the Recent US Elections Mean for Trump and for US Foreign Policy
Nov 26, 2025Charles W. DunnePresident Donald Trump and congressional Republicans were not directly on the ballot in the November 4, 2025, elections, but the results were still a consequen…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelSecurity and Defense
The CMCC and the US-Israel Alliance: Collusion or Enforcement Mechanism?
Nov 24, 2025Hanna AlshaikhThe fastest route to Washington no longer runs through Tel Aviv, as the saying once went, but through Kiryat Gat, a small industrial city in southern Israel. O…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Prospects for Syria’s Democratization Under Ahmed al-Sharaa
Nov 21, 2025Patricia KaramThe spectacular and unforeseen fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 upended Syria’s political order and launched a precarious transition. Ahmed al-Sharaa o…
- Policy AnalysisMoroccoProtests and Activism
Morocco at Breaking Point? Drought, Misrule, and the Rise of Gen Z 212
Nov 20, 2025Samia ErrazzoukiFrom late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change from their government. Under the b…
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown
Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. JahshanOn November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …
- Policy AnalysisSaudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
MBS Returns to Washington: Re-Assessing US-Saudi Relations
Nov 18, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenMohammed bin Salman’s return to Washington after seven years signals a recalibration of US-Saudi ties, with Riyadh seeking security assurances as well as suppo…
- ViewpointEgyptDemocracy and Governance
Egyptian Democracy Is What Sisi Makes of It
Nov 18, 2025Imad K. HarbEgyptians are currently casting their ballots in parliamentary elections, the final results of which will not be announced before late December 2025. In two ph…
- Policy AnalysisYemenRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Israel, the UAE, and Yemen’s South: The Politics of Unlikely Alliances
Nov 14, 2025 Giorgio CafieroHaving emerged in 2017 from Yemen’s Southern Movement, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) is the preeminent political and military force in southern Yemen…
- Policy AnalysisThe Horn of AfricaEnergy and Economics
Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan
Nov 12, 2025Lama ElhatowEthiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the completion of…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Who Profits? US Corporations and the Whitewashing of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Nov 11, 2025Annelle ShelineSince Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza in October 2023, observers have asked how the world could allow the indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians to c…
- ViewpointSyriaUS Foreign Policy
The Populist and the Pragmatist: Why Trump Sees a Kindred Spirit in Syria’s al-Sharaa
Nov 11, 2025Daniel NeepAt first glance, US President Donald J. Trump and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa inhabit very different political universes. Trump, the populist pre…
- Policy AnalysisQatarUS Foreign Policy
Qatar Copes with Trump’s Middle East Vision
Nov 6, 2025Daniel BrumbergAmong Arab states, perhaps none faces a more complex challenge in managing relations with President Donald Trump than Qatar. Ironically, Doha’s deepening partn…
- Policy AnalysisYemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Yemen Caught Between Domestic Fragmentation and Regional Tensions
Nov 5, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryMore than a decade into Yemen’s civil war, no end to the conflict is in sight. The lines of control between the two main belligerents have barely changed, and …
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive
Nov 5, 2025Gregory AftandilianAn October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration in the northea…
- Policy AnalysisSudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Sudan’s War: The Failure of Mediation and the Struggle for Civilian Rule
Oct 31, 2025Ingie GoharOn April 15, 2023, a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led b…
