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The Delicate Dynamics of Hezbollah’s Disarmament
Aug 27, 2025Quinn Katz-Zogby
On August 7, 2025, the Lebanese government met to discuss a proposal by US Envoy to Syria and Ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack that laid out the elements of…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The European Union Fails Its International Obligations in Gaza
Jul 24, 2025Quinn Katz-Zogby
On November 7, 2024, the German parliament, the Bundestag, passed a resolution by a vote of 695 to 10, that declared that the security of the State of Israel i…
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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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EgyptMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Egypt’s Policies and Rhetoric Target Sudanese Refugees
Jan 24, 2025Ingie Gohar
The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shows no signs of abating since its outbreak in April 2023. The violence has persi…
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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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AlgeriaDemocracy and Governance
Algeria’s Tebboune, Le Pouvoir, and the Challenges of Legitimacy
Oct 3, 2024Nour Taha
On September 7, Algerians headed to the polls for an early presidential election that revealed deep apathy and a potential risk to stability in Africa’s territ…
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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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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
The US Position on Saudi Arabia’s Civilian Nuclear Program
Aug 16, 2023 Seerat Sohal
In June 2023, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud affirmed the kingdom’s intent to enrich uranium, part of its desire to develop a civi…
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Disinformation as a Tool of Regime Survival in Tunisia
Jul 21, 2023C. Ian DeHaven
Disinformation—false information created with the intent to mislead others—swamped the 2019 Tunisian presidential election, creating a confused and volatile po…
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EgyptEnergy and Economics
Egypt Has Broken Its Social Contract with Its Citizens
Mar 14, 2023Salmah Arfouly
In response to rising oil and food prices, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi recently insinuated that Egyptians should “eat tree leaves” in order to surv…
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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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IraqIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
Iraq’s Opposition Builds a Blueprint for Dismantling a Corrupt Sectarian System
Jun 28, 2022Zahraa Alribeawi
Iraqi politicians’ continued failure to form a functioning government calls for a reexamination of the country’s current political system, al-muhasasa al-ta'if…
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Justice, Equality, and Human Rights
Twenty Years After 9/11: A Reckoning for Anti-Muslim Hostility in the United States
Dec 10, 2021Patricia Jannack
In his human rights speech at the University of Connecticut in October, President Joe Biden argued that the best way for the United States to fight for global …
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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 …