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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Occupation Funded, Development Denied: How American Aid Cuts Affect the West Bank
May 16, 2025Adriana Hashem
On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump made his opening moves to dismantle the fiscal and ideological foundations of American foreign…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
The Ongoing Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Advocacy in the United States
Jan 8, 2025Selma Karame
On October 15, 2024, the United States and Canada jointly announced terrorist sanctions against the Vancouver-based NGO Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarit…
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SyriaDemocracy and Governance
Rebuilding and Strengthening Syria’s State Institutions
Dec 23, 2024Nour Taha
Nour Taha discusses the need for reviving and strengthening state institutions in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime, stating that they are necessary…
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EgyptMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
How Egypt has Failed Palestinians in Gaza
Aug 22, 2024Emily Costello
Egypt’s policy for Palestinian refugees has worsened the already immense suffering of those fleeing the war on Gaza. Corruption within the border security appa…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus and the Inadequacy of International Law
Aug 7, 2024Karam Burjas
On October 16, 2023, Israel indiscriminately targeted civilians in Al-Duhayra, a town in Southern Lebanon, with a chemical agent that can burn skin to the bone…
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Palestine/IsraelViolent Extremism
Militarization of Settler Groups Threatens to Open a West Bank Front
Jun 20, 2024Kellie Kuenzle
Mobs of masked, weapon-wielding men descended upon the Palestinian villages of al-Mughayyir, Duma, Deir Dibwan, Beitin, and Aqraba throughout the month of Apri…
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SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Captagon: Assad’s Ticket to Normalization in the Arab World?
May 22, 2024Emily Costello
On May 19, 2023, Bashar al-Assad made headlines by attending the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the first time since the start of the Syria Civ…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Young Americans and the War on Gaza: President Biden Should Worry
Jan 5, 2024Suravi Kumar
For decades, Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan backing from Americans. But in recent years, there has been a measurable shift in public opinion away from this t…
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TurkeyMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Disaster Politics and Earthquake Diplomacy in Syria and Turkey
Mar 6, 2023Fadi Hilani
The earthquake must not be an opportunity for Assad’s regime to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the international community; nor should it be an opening for…
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SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Syria Is Not Ready to Repatriate Displaced Syrians
Sep 20, 2022Hannah Jacobs
By 2015, over four million Syrians had fled the country’s civil war and arrived in neighboring countries, in Europe, and beyond. Today, the number of displaced…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Palestinian Youth and the Futility of the Two-State Solution
Sep 30, 2021Kerent Benjumea
Following Israel’s expulsions of Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and its war on Gaza this year, pro-Palestine movements revitalized the …
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IraqClimate and Environment
Mitigating Conflict over Water in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Dec 15, 2020Yoseph Hamid
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)—the most water-scarce region in the world—has arguably borne the brunt of climate change in the planet. Nowhere is this…