From Our Affiliates

From our Affiliates
Tunisia after 25 July: Prospects for a Country in Crisis
Aug 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Three weeks after what many considered as a coup against the constitution, Tunisian President Kais Saied continues to enforce measures aimed at changing the na…
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Israeli Observer Status at the African Union: What Do They Gain?
Aug 5, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Almost two weeks after Israel accepted an offer of observer status to the African Union, seven Arab countries, namely Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Mauritani…
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Tunisia’s Presidential Coup: Circumstances, Characteristics, and Potential Outcomes
Jul 30, 2021Unit for Political Studies
On Sunday, July 25, 2020, Tunisian President Qais Saied dismissed Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and promised to appoint a replacement, took over judicial auth…
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Israel’s Decision to Wage War on Gaza
May 27, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On May 10, Israel launched its fourth war on Gaza, a territory it had blockaded since 2007. This study examines Israel’s decision-making that led to the war, t…
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The Palestinian Popular Revolt: Background, Causes, and Characteristics
May 21, 2021Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies
On both sides of the Green Line, Occupied Palestine is seeing a popular upsurge in its resistance movement. Beginning in mid-April, the Israeli occupation auth…
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A New Interim Government Elected in Libya: Background and Prospects
Feb 8, 2021Unit for Political Studies
On February 5, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) finished off the final round of a voting process that elected Mohamed al-Menfi as the head of a three…
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Tunisia’s Night Protests: Background and Repercussions
Jan 28, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tunisia is still vulnerable to more tension due to structural economic and social crises and the failure of political elites to agree on a national project tha…
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Al-Ula GCC Summit Ends the Blockade of Qatar
Jan 7, 2021ACRPS Unit for Political Studies
Three and a half years after the crisis that struck the core of the Gulf Cooperation Council, the 41st GCC summit, held on January 5, 2021 in the Saudi Arabian…
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Negotiations between Somaliland and the Federal Government: Prospects of Success or Failure
Jul 7, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
A new round of discussions was held in Djibouti June 14-18 between the unilaterally declared “Republic of Somaliland” and the federal Republic of Somalia. The …
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How is Arab Normalization with Israel Playing Out?
Jun 30, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
For decades, Arab countries have considered Israel an enemy state; but recently, many Gulf Arab states have appeared ready to normalize relations with it despi…
Policy Analysis
US Protests against Police Brutality: Election Disaster for Trump?
Jun 11, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The United States of America is witnessing massive protests against the killing of a black citizen, George Floyd, by a white policeman who was filmed kneeling …
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Libya after the Fall of Al-Watiya
Jun 5, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The latest military successes by forces loyal to Libya's Government of National Accord could open the door for a political solution for the country's troubles.…
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Netanyahu’s Fifth Government: Securing Legal Immunity and Annexing the West Bank
May 27, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
A week before his trial was due to begin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu managed to form his fifth government in alliance with the leader of the Blu…
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Iraq’s Al-Kazemi Government: Real Change or a Temporary Settlement?
May 20, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The formation of the new government in Iraq may represent a window of opportunity for gradual political change that is less costly than toppling the entire reg…
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Welcome to the “New Gaza”
May 19, 2020Ibrahim Fraihat
Ibrahim Fraihat suggests that Palestinians should disabuse themselves of the idea that a one-state solution is possible for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict si…
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Coronavirus Contemplations
May 16, 2020Azmi Bishara
Having realised in our housebound isolation that this year there will be no spring for us – telling ourselves that this is at least better than losing whatever…
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Will the Defeat of Haftar in the West of Libya Lead to Reviving the Political Process?
Apr 22, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Haftar's losses in recent battles in western Libya may convince him and his domestic and foreign supporters that they should pursue a peaceful resolution to th…
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The Moscow Summit: Will the Ceasefire Hold in Idlib?
Mar 11, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The failure of previous arrangements regarding Syria suggests that the latest ceasefire agreement between Turkey and Russia may only be temporary. Read this an…
Policy Analysis
Three scenarios for the battle for Idlib
Feb 19, 2020Marwan Kabalan
Major decisions have to be made by Turkey, Russia, and the United States in the coming weeks that may determine the next phase of the Syrian conflict.
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Actors, Structures and Qatari Foreign Policy
Feb 10, 2020Marwan Kabalan
In a research paper on Qatar’s foreign policy, Marwan Kabalan concludes that a small state’s geopolitical factors and relative capabilities remain central in a…

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