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The Arab WorldUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsDemocrats Sweep Congress: Implications for the Middle East and US Foreign Policy
The astonishing victories of the Democratic Party in the November 3, 2026, midterm elections have rekindled hopes of curbing the Trump administration’s worst e…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceFive Key Questions After Israel’s Elections
Oct 30, 2026Yousef MunayyerIsraeli politics have once again arrived at a familiar dead end. For the eighth time in 13 years, an Israeli election that effectively served as a referendum o…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaThe Gaza Ceasefire That Quieted the World
Oct 28, 2026Yousef MunayyerOne year after President Donald Trump secured a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, Israel continues to kill Palestinians on a near daily basis, w…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceIsrael’s 2026 Elections: Jewish Power Hopes to Lead the Populist and Extremist Right
Oct 20, 2026Mohanad MustafaIn Israel’s 25th Knesset election (held in 2022), the electoral strength of Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party increased when it won six seat…
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SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsThe “Syria Without Camps” Initiative: Necessary but Premature?
Oct 15, 2026Heba GowayedTwo years after the end of a nearly 14-year war that resulted in one of the world’s largest and most protracted humanitarian crises, Syria is envisaging the hi…
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SyriaSecurity and DefenseTurkey, Israel, and the Struggle over Syria’s New Order
Oct 14, 2026Salim ÇevikIsrael’s August 18, 2026, airstrike on the Abu al-Dhuhour airbase, about 70 kilometers from the Turkish border, marked a new escalation in Turkish-Israeli comp…
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The Arab WorldEducation and DevelopmentUNGA 2026: War, Diplomacy, and the Middle East’s Changing Order
Sep 28, 2026Nur Arafeh Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Negar Mortazavi Yousef Munayyer Daniel NeepNearly 130 world leaders attended the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), held in New York from September 22 to 2…
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The Arab WorldRegional Relations and GeopoliticsWhat the Iran War Reveals about China’s Middle East Strategy
Sep 22, 2026Andrea GhiselliOn September 24, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet President Donald Trump for the second time since the start of the US-Israeli war on Ira…
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Palestine/IsraelViolent ExtremismFrom Hilltops to Houses: A New Phase of Israeli Settlement Expansion
Sep 18, 2026Dalia HatuqaOn August 9, 2026, Israeli settlers surrounded three houses in the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, a Palestinian village southeast of Nablus in the West Bank. The se…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaReading Palestinian Polls—and Misreading Palestinian Politics
Sep 3, 2026Yousef MunayyerWhile the polling data may be eye-catching, interpreting the numbers requires reading Palestinian public sentiment correctly at an unprecedented moment. Misrea…
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IraqRegional Relations and GeopoliticsTurkey and Iraq’s Emerging Partnership in a Changing Regional Order
Aug 26, 2026Salim ÇevikTurkey-Iraq relations have undergone a significant transformation over the past two years. For much of the post-2003 period, relations between Ankara and Baghd…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionLebanon’s False Bet on US Mediation
Aug 20, 2026Imad K. HarbEarlier this month, Lebanon and Israel wrapped up another negotiating session in Rome—the seventh since their signing of the June 26, 2026, US-brokered Framewo…
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Saudi ArabiaSecurity and DefenseDiversification Without Substitution: What the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia
Aug 19, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesDespite the headlines, the Mecca agreement is unlikely to produce a real military response if an attack happens. Not only has the text of the accord not been m…
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SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human RightsWhat Are Syria’s Political Trials For?
Aug 18, 2026Daniel NeepOn August 11, 2026, the Fourth Syrian Criminal Court sentenced to death former President Bashar al-Assad and seven other regime insiders—including his brother …
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Israeli Public Supports Wars, but Is Dissatisfied with the Results
Aug 17, 2026Mtanes ShihadehPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and most Israeli political and security leaders have repeatedly said that they will continue to use military means to deal wi…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCan the Board of Peace’s Gaza Roadmap Survive the Disarmament Deadlock?
Aug 13, 2026Mohammed SamhouriOn July 30, 2026, Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace (BoP) High Representative for Gaza and the plan’s lead architect, announced a 15-point framework for a …
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LevantUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsChanging Democratic Party Views on Israel and Palestine Boost US Democratic Socialists
Aug 5, 2026Gregory AftandilianThe Israeli war on Gaza that has resulted in at least 73,000 Palestinian deaths, more than half of whom have been women and children, has made Democrats in gen…
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LebanonRegional Relations and GeopoliticsNeither Iran nor Israel: Saudi Arabia’s Vision for Lebanon
Jul 28, 2026Giorgio CafieroSaudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman (MBS)’s recent reaffirmation of support for Lebanese President Joseph Aoun underscores an increasingl…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionIsrael’s Policy of Irreversible Occupation
Jul 22, 2026Imad K. HarbSince October 2023, Israel’s quest to establish itself as the preeminent power in the Middle East and to expand its territory at the expense of its neighbors h…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsSexual Violence as a Tool of Domination and Displacement in Palestine
Jul 16, 2026Yara M. AsiIn May 2026, the State of Israel was added to the United Nations (UN) blacklist of governments that commit sexual violence in conflict zones. UN Secretary-Gene…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionHamas Dissolves its Government in Gaza, but the Board of Peace Remains the Problem
Jul 15, 2026Dana El KurdOn July 6, 2026, Hamas’s Gaza government announced that it had dissolved its Emergency Committee, the body that has run the enclave since October 2023, and wou…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceOpposition Parties Offer No Alternative Political Visions in Israel’s Elections
Jul 9, 2026Mtanes ShihadehIsrael is preparing for new elections, whether they take place on time at the end of October 2026 or are brought forward to an earlier date in September. In re…
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TurkeyDemocracy and GovernanceTunisia, Turkey, and the New Authoritarian Playbook
Jul 8, 2026Salim ÇevikOn May 21, 2026, an Ankara appeals court annulled the 2023 congress of Turkey's main opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP). It removed the chai…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Trilateral Framework Agreement: Drivers and Implications for Lebanon
Jun 30, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn 26 June, the United States announced that a "trilateral framework" had been agreed between Lebanon and Israel – with US support, redefining the nature of th…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyLimiting the Damage: Saudi Arabia and the Islamabad Memorandum
Jun 24, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesThe war affected Saudi Arabia and further complicated its economic diversification plans, which were already facing setbacks. Iranian missiles and drones hit s…
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Palestine/IsraelEducation and DevelopmentIsrael’s Academia Deepens Colonial Control After the Gaza War
Jun 23, 2026Saher GhazawiThis paper investigates Israeli academia in the post-Gaza war era (2023–25) as a structural actor involved in the production of a security-military discourse t…
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LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsIsrael’s War of Displacement in Lebanon
Jun 16, 2026Heba GowayedSince March 2, 2026, the most recent bout of Israeli violence in Lebanon has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people—a fifth of the country’s population. Isr…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismThe New University Order: How Repressing the Pro-Palestine Student Movement Has Reshaped US Higher Education
Jun 15, 2026Emesa MelkiIt has been more than two years since Columbia University students established the first Palestine Solidarity Encampment on April 17, 2024. Within weeks, stude…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceProspects for an Effective Arab Joint List in Israel
Jun 5, 2026Khalil E. JahshanOn May 24, 2026, three Palestinian Arab parties in Israel announced that they would run on a joint list in the parliamentary elections scheduled to be held by …
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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Humanitarian Impact of the War on Iran
Jun 3, 2026Yara M. AsiFor the hundreds of children that attended the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, Saturday, February 28, 2026, probably began like any other d…
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LebanonDemocracy and GovernanceFederalism Would Deepen Lebanon’s Sectarian Tensions
May 20, 2026Imad K. HarbLebanon’s sectarian system is severely strained by political fragmentation, deep economic crisis, and the overwhelming impact of incessant and highly destructi…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaThe Nakba in the Time of Genocide
May 14, 2026Yousef MunayyerOn May 15, 2026, Palestinians will mark the 78th year since the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. From late 1947 to 1949, the majority of the native in…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawAnnexation Through Law: Land Registration and Palestinian Dispossession in the West Bank
May 7, 2026Alaa MahajnaOn February 8, 2026, Israel’s security cabinet adopted a series of decisions concerning the occupied West Bank, followed on February 15 by a government resolut…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceThe 2026 Israeli Election: Will Bennett and Lapid Oust Netanyahu?
Apr 30, 2026Khalil E. JahshanOn April 26, 2026, right-wing Israeli politician Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announced the formation of a new party, officially named Beyachad (Tog…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyAmong US Democrats, Support for Israel Continues to Erode
Apr 24, 2026Amy HawthorneAmid all the dysfunction and paralysis on Capitol Hill, an important foreign policy change is taking place among Senate Democrats. On April 15, 2026, the Unite…
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TurkeyDemocracy and GovernanceHow to Topple an Autocrat: What Turkey’s Opposition Can Learn from Hungary
Apr 23, 2026Salim ÇevikViktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary's April 2026 elections, after 16 years in power, showed that entrenched rulers can be defeated at the ballot box even when the…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionWithout 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…
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LebanonUS Foreign PolicyUS 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…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsIsraeli 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…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyThe 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…
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LebanonIdentity Politics and SectarianizationLessons 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…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyUS 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…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCaught 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 …
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TurkeyRegional Relations and GeopoliticsTurkey 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…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsCrime 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…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCrisis 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…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyAfter 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…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyTrump 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 …
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LevantConflicts and Conflict ResolutionWhither 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…
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IranUS Foreign PolicyThe 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 …
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Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and GeopoliticsSaudi 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…
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SyriaDemocracy and GovernanceThe 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…
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Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and GenocideIsrael’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…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaPhase 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…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaTrump’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…
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Palestine/IsraelEnergy and EconomicsRunning 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…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceElection 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…
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LebanonDemocracy and GovernanceA 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…
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QatarThe War on GazaIsrael’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…
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SyriaDemocracy and GovernanceSyria’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…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaAnother 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…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and GeopoliticsIsrael’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…
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The Arab WorldThe 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…
