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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Must Push for a Gaza Ceasefire Without Indulging Netanyahu’s Iran Strategy

    Jul 7, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    We may never, or at least not anytime soon, know definitively how much of Iran's nuclear program Israel and the United States destroyed. But even if the attack…

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Pragmatism Shapes Iraq’s Position Toward Post-Assad Syria

    Jul 1, 2025Giorgio Cafiero

    Sharing a 375-mile border with Syria, Iraq has high stakes in its neighbor’s successful transition following the December 2024 fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Syrian Kurds Attempt to Maneuver Amid New Realities

    Jun 27, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    Syrian Kurds face new realities that have put their experiment in autonomy in serious doubt. Although in March 2025 they signed an agreement with the new Syria…

  • Research Paper
    Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    The Shifting Sands of European Diplomacy: The EU’s Evolving Alignment with Israel

    Jun 24, 2025Isabel Ruck

    AbstractThis paper examines the evolution of the European Union's (EU) foreign policy stance toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, specifically focusing on …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Hunger in Gaza and the Ongoing Weaponization of Aid

    Jun 20, 2025Yara M. Asi

    “Hunger slowly crushes you. It feels like dying alone in a desert that no foot has ever touched. I cannot sleep properly or sit still long enough to read. I fe…

  • Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    President Trump’s Iran War

    Jun 20, 2025Yousef Munayyer

    As the smoke rises above Iran and Israel after waves of Israeli airstrikes and Iranian retaliation, only one thing is immediately clear: President Donald Trump…

  • Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Political Divisions Over Israel’s Iran Attack Highlight Tough Choices for Trump

    Jun 19, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and an ever-expanding list of targets has exposed fundamental disagreements among Americans over support for Isr…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey’s Repositioning in the Middle East’s Emerging Order

    Jun 17, 2025Salim Çevik

    The Middle East has undergone a profound upheaval following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    The Significance of Hussein al-Sheikh’s Appointment as PLO Vice President

    Jun 17, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), he sent many signals to …

  • Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Israel’s Iran Assault Has Created a Crisis for Which Trump Is Not Prepared

    Jun 16, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Over the last 18 months, Iran quadrupled its stock of 60 percent enriched uranium. Yet however “successful,” this effort was fraught with danger for the Islami…

  • Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension

    Jun 16, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    For the past three decades as a political figure, Benjamin Netanyahu has been obsessed with Iran’s perceived existential threat to Israel, particularly its eme…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered

    Jun 12, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    In January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the six years since, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah…

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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza

    Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Recent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support for, silence on, or, at the very least, turning a bl…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    The Prickly Issue of Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon

    Jun 4, 2025Imad K. Harb

    Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reached an agreement to regulate the presence of armed Palestinian factions in …

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israel’s Justice System and the Genocidal War on Gaza

    May 30, 2025Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi

    IntroductionDespite attempts to portray it as liberal, many consider the justice system in Israel to be part of Israel’s illiberal political system.  This is b…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Israel’s New Gaza Food Plan: Military-Directed Starvation

    May 30, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    On May 5, 2025, Israel announced that it had reversed its position on prohibiting all food and other humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and is launching a ne…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenUS Foreign Policy

    Implications of the US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal

    May 21, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    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

    May 20, 2025Charles W. Dunne Dana El Kurd Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Assal Rad Annelle Sheline

    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…

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Occupation Funded, Development Denied: How American Aid Cuts Affect the West Bank 

    May 16, 2025Adriana Hashem

    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…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Resumption of Beirut Port Blast Investigation Offers Lebanon New Hope

    May 15, 2025Patricia Karam

    Nearly five years after the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut that killed some 220 people, injured some 7,000, and left a large portion of the city i…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    Has Netanyahu’s Government Become More Cohesive and Stable?

    May 8, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh

    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

    May 7, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    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…

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanDemocracy and Governance

    Jordan Bans the Muslim Brotherhood Amid Increasing Regional Strife

    May 1, 2025Curtis Ryan

    The Jordanian government made a dramatic move on April 23 against the oldest opposition movement in the country when it declared the Muslim Brotherhood illegal…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s False Paramedics Story Exemplifies Its Information War Against Palestinians

    May 1, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Over the past 18 months, a seemingly unending stream of horrific stories has emerged from Gaza, publicized across social media and in humanitarian reports.Thes…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Legacies of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 Civil War

    Apr 25, 2025Imad K. Harb

    On April 13, 2025, the Lebanese, to the day, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the start of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war that, with hindsight, can be seen …

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Lebanese Civil War in Iran’s Narrative of Resistance

    Apr 25, 2025Assal Rad

    As Lebanon marks 50 years since the start of its devastating civil war of 1975-1990, it finds itself at another inflection point. Israel occupies parts of sout…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Syria’s Role in the Lebanese Civil War of 1975–1990

    Apr 25, 2025Marwan Kabalan

    On April 14, 2025, a day after the Lebanese people were commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1975-1990 civil war, the new prime minister, Nawaf Salam, was…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    A Calculus of Conflict: Netanyahu’s Political Survival Through Extended War

    Apr 16, 2025Thair Abu Ras

    After nearly two months of ceasefire, the Israeli government resumed its genocidal campaign in Gaza in March 2025. The Israeli government’s decision was not su…

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Saudi Arabia’s Calculated Re-engagement in Syria and Lebanon

    Apr 8, 2025Unit for Political Studies

    On March 28, the Syrian and Lebanese defense ministers signed an agreement in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, affirming the importance of demarcating borders between the…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Challenges Facing Syria’s Constitutional Declaration

    Apr 4, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime on December 8, 2024, Syria’s new administration announced on January 29, 2025, the appointment of Ahmed al-Shara…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    The United States Is a Frontline in the Palestine vs. Israel Conflict

    Apr 3, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    In the past year—especially over the last two months—unprecedented developments in the Middle East and the United States have pulled the Palestinian struggle f…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    The Impact of Israeli Cyber Operations on Hezbollah

    Apr 2, 2025Amal Chmouny

    Alongside its war on Gaza, Israel has executed an array of cyber-attacks against Hezbollah that have disrupted the group’s communication systems, carried out c…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Denying Genocide through Terminological Hairsplitting

    Apr 1, 2025Azmi Bishara

    Genocide is a denial of the right of existence of entire human groups, as homicide is the denial of the right to live of individual human beings; such denial o…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyDemocracy and Governance

    The Arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu: A Critical Turning Point in Turkey’s Politics

    Mar 29, 2025Salim Çevik

    Turkey's political landscape has undergone a dramatic shift with the recent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's most form…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Impulse-Driven Middle East Policy Creates Dangers and Opportunities

    Mar 27, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    A recent report by a pro-Israel think tank in Washington cautions against making any deal with Iran that does not provide for the total dismantlement of Tehran…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Does Trump Still Want to “Clean Out” the Gaza Strip?

    Mar 25, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    As the January 15, 2025 ceasefire agreement that had brought limited calm to Gaza fell apart in early March when Israel resumed its air and land military onsla…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    A New Opportunity for Palestinians in Syria

    Mar 21, 2025Nidal Betare

    In Syria under former President Hafez al-Assad, liberating Palestine at all costs was a regime slogan commensurate to freeing the Golan Heights of Israeli occu…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Timeline of the Recent Sectarian Strife on Syria’s Coast

    Mar 19, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    On March 6, loyalists to Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad attacked the new government’s troops in the coastal areas of Syria where Assad’s Alawite sect…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Center-Right and Leftist Parties Have Always Supported Displacing Gaza’s Palestinians

    Mar 12, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh

    IntroductionDuring his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, US President Donald Trump announced a plan to displace the residen…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyDemocracy and Governance

    A New Phase in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict: Ocalan’s Call and Its Implications

    Mar 12, 2025Salim Çevik

    On February 27, 2025, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a historic call, through a letter, for the organizatio…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Sidesteps Congress, Giving Billions to Israel

    Mar 7, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    For the second time in six weeks, the Trump administration has bypassed Congress to send Israel billions of dollars of weaponry. Continued US military support …

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab WorldConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    An Arab Plan for Gaza: Obstacles and Possibilities

    Mar 7, 2025Yara M. Asi Heba Gowayed Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Yousef Munayyer Annelle Sheline

    In response to President Donald Trump’s February 4 proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, displacing its indigenous Palestinians and transforming it into “the R…

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Favorite Dictator Feels the Heat

    Feb 28, 2025Imad K. Harb

    US President Donald Trump appears to have developed different ideas about Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi upon whom he bestowed the moniker “favorite d…

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

    The Lessons from Gaza Manifest in the West Bank: Israel’s Escalating Threats to Palestinian Life

    Feb 26, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Palestinian fatalities from Israeli military actions and settler violence have reached unprecedented heights since October 2023.

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    The Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Activism Intensifies in the United States

    Feb 26, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    The new Trump administration has made it clear that repressing pro-Palestine activism is a priority. Trump issued an executive order that the White House said …

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Recent Arab Moves Deserve Bold Follow-Up

    Feb 21, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    Four key political actors in the Middle East have recently made surprising moves that offered hints of how Arab states and non-state actors can collectively en…

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    Normalization and Displacement: Saudi Arabia and Trump’s Gaza Proposal

    Feb 20, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned about the risks that Trump’s Gaza project poses to Egypt and Jordan and are uneasy about repeated American and Israeli stateme…

  • Viewpoint
    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    An Existential Oval Office Moment for Jordan—and All Arabs

    Feb 14, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The scene in the White House on February 11 was startling. King Abdullah II of Jordan listened to President Donald Trump ramble on about how the United States …

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Gaza War and the Future of Democracy in the United States and Israel

    Feb 14, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    In a way that few could have predicted a few short weeks ago, the fate of democracy in the United States (and in some ways Israel) has now been irrevocably tie…

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    For Jordan, Trump’s Latest Pronouncements Threaten an Existential Disaster

    Feb 7, 2025Curtis Ryan

    With US President Donald Trump pushing Jordan to permanently resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the Hashemite Kingdom once again faces a crisis that is nothing s…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Drama, Delusion, and Dangers of Trump’s Gaza Plan

    Feb 6, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    Donald Trump displayed his usual combination of disruption and delusion with his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip after displacing its Palestini…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Out With the Old, In With the New: Is There a New Hope for Lebanon?

    Feb 6, 2025Patricia Karam

    Following a surprising appointment as Lebanon’s new prime minister, independent jurist, academic, and former diplomat Nawaf Salam, finds himself enmeshed in th…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Revolutionary Legitimacy in Syria: Sharaa as President

    Feb 4, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    In all transitional periods, it is important to move quickly from revolutionary legitimacy to representative legitimacy, which Syria’s new authorities did by a…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The Slowdown in Enforcing International Law

    Jan 29, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    International law has helped govern the behavior of states for hundreds of years. Early principles like the prohibition on poisoning wells (rooted in just war …

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Liberation from the “Human Slaughterhouse”: A Dark History of Imprisonment in Syria

    Jan 28, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Assad's regime imprisoned more than 150,000 people, including some 5,000 children. Multiple reports have emerged of horrific torture, neglect, and murder insid…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Estimated Cost of the Gaza War on the Israeli Economy

    Jan 27, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh

    More than a year after the Hamas attack on the towns of the so-called Gaza envelope, it has become clear that the economic and financial cost of Israel’s genoc…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Will Not Stop Israel from Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

    Jan 24, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Several observers of the Middle East have suggested that President Donald Trump’s “transactional” instincts could impel him to push for a wider Palestinian-Isr…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Regime Change in Syria and Stabilization: The Limits of Turkey’s Unilateral Action

    Jan 24, 2025Salim Çevik

    Turkey has played a pivotal role in Syria’s conflict, significantly shaping the trajectory of opposition groups, particularly Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). With…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egypt Remains Cool to the New Syrian Government

    Jan 23, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    The Egyptian regime of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi looks upon the recent developments in Syria with a good deal of trepidation. That the Islamist rebel armed group, H…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    A Blind Spot in Post-Assad Syria: The Fate of State Archival Records

    Jan 21, 2025Marwa Daoudy Noureddine Jebnoun

    The fall of the Assad regime has highlighted a crucial but often overlooked issue: the fate of Syria’s state archives. Former officials have left behind millio…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Incoherent Ceasefire Deal in Gaza Guaranteed to Fail

    Jan 21, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    After fifteen months of brutal military hostilities in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel finally announced their acceptance of a multi-phased and gradual ceasef…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Political Change and the Fate of Syria’s Refugees Around the World

    Jan 16, 2025Heba Gowayed

    On December 8, the Syrian armed resistance group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought the Assad regime to an abrupt end after more than 54 years of brutal rule.…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    The Emergence of Lebanon’s Third Republic

    Jan 16, 2025Imad K. Harb

    The election on January 9, 2025, of the Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the fourteenth president of Lebanon can very well be the inauguration of the Leb…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab World

    How Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year

    Jan 15, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan Daniel Brumberg Dana El Kurd Imad K. Harb Patricia Karam Nabeel A. Khoury Yousef Munayyer Annelle Sheline

    The monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war…

  • Policy Analysis
    OmanRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Syrian Regime Change: The View from Oman

    Jan 9, 2025Giorgio Cafiero

    The abrupt end of 61 years of Baathist rule in Syria on December 8 caught the Gulf states by surprise. Both governments and citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Co…

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism

    The Ongoing Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Advocacy in the United States

    Jan 8, 2025Selma Karame

    On October 15, 2024, the United States and Canada jointly announced terrorist sanctions against the Vancouver-based NGO Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarit…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Lebanon’s Post-Hezbollah “Day After”

    Jan 7, 2025Patricia Karam

    The surprising fall of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria on the heel of Hezbollah’s spectacular losses and, with it, the tremendous weakening of Ir…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonGlobal Health and Health Policy

    Lebanon’s Health System: Decades of Struggle and a Year of Israeli Attacks

    Jan 2, 2025Yara M. Asi

    On September 17 and 18, 2024, a coordinated Israeli attack turned pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon into explosive devices, killing at least 42 people and i…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaUS Foreign Policy

    Damascus Falls, and So Does US Policy

    Jan 2, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    With a presidential transition imminent, US policy on Syria, not to mention the broader Middle East, is in limbo.

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Israel, Syria, and International Law

    Dec 26, 2024Jonathan Kuttab

    The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has provided Israel with yet more opportunities to brazenly tear apart the fabric of international legal norms, f…

  • Intern Corner
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Rebuilding and Strengthening Syria’s State Institutions

    Dec 23, 2024Nour Taha

    Nour Taha discusses the need for reviving and strengthening state institutions in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime, stating that they are necessary…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey and the Transition to a Post-Assad Regime in Syria

    Dec 20, 2024Salim Çevik

    Turkey's intervention in Syria and its approach to the post-Assad era reflects a complex interplay of short and long-term objectives shaped by domestic politic…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Syria’s Kurds Facing Dangerous Headwinds

    Dec 18, 2024Gregory Aftandilian

    The rapid collapse of the Assad regime by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters has put Syrian Kurds of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their autonomous …

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Deciphering the Quick Collapse of the Assad Regime

    Dec 17, 2024Radwan Ziadeh

    Many western media outlets have speculated about the quick collapse of the Syrian regime and its military and security services in their battle against a coali…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Will Assad’s Fall Give Iran’s Reformists a New Lease on Life?

    Dec 11, 2024Daniel Brumberg

    For Iran, the fall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and what was left of his regime—together with Moscow’s decision to throw its leading Middle East ally to the wind…

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    A New Syria is Born: Hopes and Challenges

    Dec 11, 2024Marwa Daoudy

    December 8, 2024, marked a historic turning point in Syria and the Middle East region—a day when the Syrian people achieved what had seemed unattainable: the t…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Violations of the Ceasefire with Hezbollah Threaten to Undo It

    Dec 10, 2024Imad K. Harb

    The ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon on November 27 was a welcome development after 14 months of skirmishes between the Israeli Army and …

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Implications of Assad’s Fall for Syria and the Region

    Dec 10, 2024Heba Gowayed Imad K. Harb Bahraa Hijazi Khalil E. Jahshan Patricia Karam Annelle Sheline

    The fall of Damascus marked the end of the regime of Bashar al-Assad, who inherited the presidency from his father Hafez al-Assad in 2000.

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Hezbollah’s Likely Demise and Lebanon’s Uncertain Future

    Dec 4, 2024Patricia Karam

    Israel's approval of a US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah set the stage for an end to fourteen months of fighting between the two parties, ushering in the po…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Election and Future of Turkish-American Relations

    Dec 4, 2024Salim Çevik

    Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed clear satisfaction with the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States, quickly congratulating…

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