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From our Affiliates
The Biden-Trump Presidential Debate: Implications and Prospects
Jul 4, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On Thursday, June 27, 2024, US President and Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden and former President and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump held their first…
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Israel’s Rafah Incursion: How Far Can Netanyahu Go on Ignoring US Policy?
May 16, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Ignoring warnings from his international allies, especially in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on 6 May greenlighted a “limited” milita…
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The Biden Administration’s Response to the War on Gaza: How Can Its “Calculated Bias” be Explained?
Oct 25, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Biden established his support for the Israeli version of events early into the Hamas attack on military targets and settlements around the Gaza Strip on 7 Octo…
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The India-Middle East-Europe Corridor: A US Project to Confront China and Normalize Arab Israeli Relations
Sep 18, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
AS the 9-10 September G20 summit in New Delhi was underway, the US, Saudi Arabia, India, UAE, France, Germany, Italy and the EU signed a memorandum of understa…
Policy Analysis
The US and the Sudan Conflict: Motives and Ability to Influence Events
Jun 27, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The United States and Saudi Arabia announced on June 17, 2023 that both sides to the conflict in Sudan—the Sudanese Army Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support For…
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US-Saudi Relations in Turmoil after the OPEC+ Decision to Reduce Oil Production
Nov 2, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The OPEC+ decision to reduce oil production by 2 million barrels daily, starting from November 2022, ignited tensions between long-standing allies, the US and …
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The India-Israel-US-UAE Alliance (I2-U2): Background and Objectives
Jul 19, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
US President Joe Biden held a virtual meeting with the leaders of a new economic group known as I2-U2, which includes India, Israel and the UAE, as well as the…
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Biden’s Middle East Tour: Motives and Strategic Calculations
Jun 23, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
The White House announced that President Biden will embark on a regional tour of the Middle East from 13-16 July 2022, including Israel and the Occupied Palest…
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The Vienna Negotiations and the Elusive Return of the Iranian Nuclear Deal
May 1, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Despite the passage of more than a year since the launch of the Vienna negotiations to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly kno…
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Russia, Ukraine and NATO: Reflections on the Determination to Not Avoid the Road to War
Feb 27, 2022Azmi Bishara
With Vladimir Putin’s accession to the presidency of Russia on March 26, 2000, an energetic battle began to save Russia from becoming what he called a second-t…
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The Omnipresence of America and the Absence of American Studies
Nov 16, 2021Azmi Bishara
This article addresses the relative absence of American Studies, as a discipline, and in cultural and intellectual debates on America in the Arab world.
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Biden-Bennett Summit: Resetting the US-Israel Relationship?
Aug 31, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 27 August 2021, US President Joe Biden held his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the White House. In June, Bennett succeeding in…
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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…
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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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“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…
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…
Policy Analysis
How Turkey’s ‘Peace Spring’ changed the dynamics of Syria’s war
Oct 15, 2019Marwan Kabalan
Turkey's military action on Syria will have consequences far beyond the 'safe zone' it is trying to establish.
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Prospects of the US-Afghan Negotiations
Sep 17, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
President Trump cancelled American talks with the Taliban; but his need for a foreign policy achievement ahead of the presidential elections may prompt him to …
Policy Analysis
Iraq’s Dilemma: The Uncertain Future of the Popular Mobilization Forces
Sep 13, 2019Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)
Although Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces were instrumental in defeating the Islamic State, their political influence has had a profound impact on the future…
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To be precise: Not Deal, but chutzpah of the Century
May 15, 2019Azmi Bishara
The ideas of the 'Deal of the Century' are already a reality, it will simply confer legitimacy on what Israel has snatched by force.

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