• From our Affiliates

    Conflict Trends in the Arab World, 1946-2019

    Aug 17, 2021Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies

    The Arab world has been long afflicted by multiple forms of armed conflict, a trend that has been increasing notably in the past decade. To reverse this trend …

  • From our Affiliates

    Repercussions of the Taliban’s Return to Rule Afghanistan

    Aug 17, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    With the fall of the Afghan capital of Kabul on 15 August, the Taliban has returned to rule the country twenty years after being ousted by United States in Nov…

  • 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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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 …

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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 …

  • From our Affiliates

    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.…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…

  • From our Affiliates

    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…