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LevantJustice, Equality, and Human RightsReceiving Netanyahu, Trump Must Emphasize America’s Interests
Feb 14, 2017Imad K. HarbPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to Washington this week to officially reset US-Israeli relations after the chill of the last few years of the Obama Adm…
- Policy Analysis
Security and Defense“America First” Will Compromise Homeland Security and Disrupt American Soft Power
Feb 7, 2017Mustafa GurbuzThe Trump Administration’s two promises—pursuing an “America first” policy and exterminating radical jihadism—require an investment in American soft power that…
- Policy AnalysisDemocracy and Governance
Ten Days of Trump: Prospects for Democracy and Human Rights vis-à-vis the Arab World
Feb 1, 2017Tamara KharroubIn his first 10 days in office, President Trump signed executive orders and made statements that greatly influence US foreign policy, from suspending refugee r…
- Policy AnalysisJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Strategic Costs of the Muslim Ban
Jan 30, 2017Imad K. HarbThe Trump Administration’s first week has clearly exposed both its limited depth in strategic thinking and, worse, its lack of commitment to US leadership arou…
- Policy AnalysisDemocracy and Governance
President Trump and the Republican Congress: Smooth Sailing or Choppy Waters?
Jan 25, 2017Roxanne PeruginoFor only the third time since 1929, the Republican Party will control the House, Senate and the White House and have the opportunity to choose a Supreme Court …
- Policy AnalysisLevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Recalculating Route: America and Israel on Divergent Paths
Jan 3, 2017Yousef MunayyerIn May 2016, I wrote that the Obama Administration should carefully weigh options for how to address the Israeli/Palestinian issue during its last months in of…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
US President-elect Donald J. Trump and his Foreign Policy Cabinet Choices: Focus on Middle East Issues
Dec 29, 2016Roxanne PeruginoIn the last few weeks, President-elect Donald Trump has been building his team of senior officials. The team selected as his foreign policy appointees presents…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
President-elect Donald Trump Nominates David Friedman as US Ambassador to Israel
Dec 22, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn December 15, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated David Friedman to the post of US ambassador to Israel. Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer, has no diplo…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Secretary of Energy-designate Rick Perry
Dec 22, 2016Roxanne PeruginoIn an ironic twist, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Texas Governor Rick Perry as his secretary of energy. The Energy Department is the same agency Perr…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Profile of Secretary of State-designate Rex W. Tillerson
Dec 15, 2016Roxanne PeruginoPresident-elect Donald Trump named Rex Tillerson, Exxon-Mobil CEO, as his choice for secretary of state on December 13. The appointment is controversial and ha…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Nominates Treasury and Commerce Secretaries
Dec 5, 2016Roxanne PeruginoSteven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury-designatePresident-elect Donald Trump has nominated his campaign finance chairman, Steven Mnuchin, to be secretary of…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Announces Retired USMC General James “Mad Dog” Mattis as Secretary of Defense
Dec 5, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn December 1, during a victory rally in Ohio, President-elect Donald Trump announced the nomination of retired Marine Corps General James “Mad Dog” Mattis to …
- Policy AnalysisViolent Extremism
Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) in the United States: An Assessment of Domestic and International Efforts
Countering Violent Extremism, or CVE, is a relatively new but expanding framework of practices for US “soft power” engagement with radicalization and extremism…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump Announces Additions to National Security Team
Dec 1, 2016Roxanne PeruginoNikki R. Haley, Ambassador-designate to the United NationsOn November 22, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump nominated South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as h…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump’s Cabinet Begins to Take Shape
Nov 23, 2016Roxanne PeruginoOn November 18, President-elect Donald Trump named three Cabinet positions, all of which are considered controversial to varying degrees
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Understanding the Conditions Leading to Trump’s Victory
Nov 17, 2016Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on November 8 came as a complete shock to many in the United States and abroad, as if the statistical li…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
What can President-elect Trump achieve with a Republican Congress?
Nov 17, 2016Roxanne PeruginoElection ResultsIn a departure from the voter tradition of preferring a divided government, i.e. one party controlling the presidency and another the Congress,…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The Two Presidential Candidates and Their Middle East Policies
Oct 13, 2016Roxanne PeruginoMost voters almost never decide a presidential election based on foreign policy, but Clinton is one of the leaders of the centrist Democratic foreign policy es…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Senate Races 2016 Update
Sep 7, 2016Roxanne PeruginoIn 62 days voters will cast their ballots for President and for 34 Senate seats up for re-election. Democrats remain cautiously optimistic that their party ca…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
A Sane Alternative to Trump: Hillary has yet to Define her Nomination
Aug 2, 2016Joe MacaronAfter scrambling to unite her Democratic Party at the outset of the convention in Philadelphia last week, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton rolled out her n…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
DNC 2016 Platform: In Denial over Mideast Challenges, Dispensable Language on Israel
Jul 29, 2016Joe MacaronLike every partisan document in a tense prelude to national elections, the 2016 Democratic platform reflected the party’s status quo with presidential nominee …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Democratic Party Unity Remains a Challenge for Hillary Clinton
Jul 27, 2016Joe MacaronThe Democratic Party confirmed on July 26 the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, making her the first female presidential nominee of a major party in American polit…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Trump’s Convention Speech and the Rise of Conservative Nationalism
Jul 25, 2016Joe MacaronRepublican presidential nominee Donald Trump is the first American politician in modern history to invoke both nationalism and populism in a successful bid to …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Kaine: A Political Profile
Jul 23, 2016John GregoryTimothy Michael “Tim” Kaine was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on February 26, 1958, but grew up mainly in the suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. After graduating…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Republican Vice Presidential Nominee Mike Pence: A Political Profile
Jul 20, 2016John GregoryIndiana Governor Mike Pence was born on June 7, 1959, in Columbus, Indiana. His family was Irish Catholic and Democratic and had President John F. Kennedy as o…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
GOP Platform on the Middle East Offers Tough Talk, Little Change
Jul 20, 2016Joe MacaronAs far as the 2016 Republican Party Platform is concerned, the campaign of the presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is nowhere to be found. The hands-of…
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
With Trump Taking Over, A New Republican Party Is Born
Jul 19, 2016Joe MacaronThe Republican National Convention began its deliberations on July 18 to confirm the party’s presidential and vice-presidential nominees for the 2016 US nation…
- Policy AnalysisLevantUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Why the World Shouldn’t Panic About Trump
Jun 1, 2016Joe Macaron“Everything I say right now is a suggestion, I am not the President,” the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Fox News on May 13. However, his …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The promise of democratic socialism: Bernie Sanders, Palestine, and US policy in the Middle East
Apr 11, 2016Tamara KharroubBernard (or Bernie) Sanders is one of two remaining candidates running for the Democratic Party’s nomination for the 2016 US presidential elections. Following …
- Policy AnalysisUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Presidential Elections 2016: Profile of Senator Ted Cruz
Feb 7, 2016Roxanne PeruginoPersonal Background:Senator Ted Cruz was elected to the US Senate from Texas in November 2012, replacing fellow Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. He is …
- Research PaperMedia and Technology
Beyond Trump: Celebrity Candidates, Mediatization of Politics, and US Middle East Policy
Oct 20, 2015Tamara KharroubThe political and media discussions of the presidential campaigns have given great attention to some of the most flamboyant GOP nomination candidates (a.k.a. c…
