From Our Affiliates

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…
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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…
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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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“Deal of the Century”: What Is It and Why Now?
Feb 4, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
While the circumstances may seem favorable in the United States and Israel for the implementation of Trump’s so-called peace plan, it is unlikely to win popula…
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Turkey’s Growing Role in Libya: Motives, Background, and Responses
Jan 9, 2020Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
There are fears that external interventions in Libya may prolong its conflict and threaten the future and territorial integrity of the country. Read this analy…
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Could the Presidential Elections Constitute a Milestone for Algeria?
Dec 18, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tebboune’s presidential test in the coming months will be in his ability to gain the confidence of Algerians in general, and the popular movement in particular.
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Is a resolution of the GCC crisis imminent?
Nov 18, 2019Ibrahim Fraihat
Ibrahim Fraihat argues that the September 14 attack on Aramco has had a significant effect on Riyadh and has forced Saudi Arabia to revise its policies toward …
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The Riyadh Agreement on Yemen: Arrangements and Chances of Success
Nov 18, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
The Riyadh Agreement’s success will depend in large part on the local parties’ conviction that it serves their purposes at this time more than continued war do…
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Modernity and the Mechanisms of Moral Neutralisation
Nov 8, 2019Azmi Bishara
Azmi Bishara’s introduction to the Arabic edition of Zygmunt Bauman’s Modernity and the Holocaust (1989).
Policy Analysis
The Lebanon Uprising: Causes and Ramifications
Oct 24, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Lebanon’s protests have been unique and inclusive and are united by a wish to topple the ruling political class and abandon the system of sectarian power-shari…
Policy Analysis
The Tunisian Elections: Surprise Results and Challenges Ahead
Oct 21, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Tunisia after its elections will be ruled by a governmental coalition the nature of which will depend on the relationship between the new president and the new…
Policy Analysis
The Turkish Military Operation in Northeastern Syria: Scope, Aims and Reactions
Oct 17, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Turkey seems to be in a hurry to achieve its operational goals before pressure increases to bring the operation to an end or in order to pre-empt any operation…

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