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Radwan Ziadeh: A New American Strategy needed for Syria (in Arabic)
Apr 19, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Trump administration is expected to develop a new strategy in Syria to combat ISIL and simultaneously push for a political transition to remove Assad.Read …
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Radwan Ziadeh: Trump and Syria after the Khan Sheikhoun Massacre (in Arabic)
Apr 11, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Trump administration has to realize that any commitment in Syria would be a long-term commitment that would guarantee the ending of one of the worst catast…
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Radwan Ziadeh: How Can We Prevent Syria’s Partition (in Arabic)
Apr 6, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
There are many analyses and proposals in Washington on how to govern Syria after the end of the conflict, many of which are based on the idea of partitioning S…
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Yousef Munayyer: Can Trump revive the Arab Peace Initiative?
Apr 3, 2017Yousef Munayyer
Egypt, Jordan and Palestine's leaders are all visiting Washington this month. Is a regional summit on the horizon? If so, Palestinians are right to remain wary…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Trump and Human Rights (in Arabic)
Mar 28, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with an Indian official instead of joining the State Department press conference announcing the annual Human Rights Rep…
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Mustafa Gurbuz: Turkey’s Kurdish conflict has surged again. Here is why
Mar 21, 2017
Since the end of a cease-fire between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Turkish state in July 2015, thousands of Kurdish politicians, academics and ci…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Ending the Culture of Escaping Accountability in Syria (in Arabic)
Mar 10, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Prosecution of those responsible for war crimes in Syria is difficult due to Syria not being a signatory of the Rome Statute, and Russia's blocking of Secu…
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Imad K. Harb: Can a Headless Chicken Continue to Lead the World?
Mar 9, 2017Imad K. Harb
Politics in the United States is in a state of unprecedented chaos and confusion not two months into the presidency of Donald Trump.Read more
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Radwan Ziadeh: Trump and Safe Zones in Syria (in Arabic)
Mar 9, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Donald Trump has again called for safe zones in Syria in order to protect refugees he doesn't want to admit to the US, and demanded that Arab Gulf States finan…
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Yousef Munayyer: The Roots of Israeli Apartheid
Mar 1, 2017Yousef Munayyer
For decades, Israeli law has enshrined the principles of apartheid, stripping Palestinians of their rights for the purposes of maintaining Israel's grip on pow…
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Zeina Azzam: Trump and Netanyahu at the White House: Hate-Mongering Against Palestinians
Feb 27, 2017Zeina Azzam
When US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at the White House on February 15, 2017, they not only glo…
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Roxanne Perugino: General McMaster: A Wise Choice for National Security Adviser?
Feb 27, 2017
After the fiasco that saw National Security adviser Flynn forced to resign over his links with Russia, new nominee General McMaster could temper Trump's bluste…
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Tamara Kharroub: American Democracy Under Threat: Fake News, Alternative Facts
Feb 23, 2017Tamara Kharroub
Freedom of the press is one of the pillars of American democracy. In casting criticism as fake news, Trump is playing a very dangerous game.Read More
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Let’s Talk About a One-State Solution Where Israelis and Palestinians Are Equal
Feb 17, 2017Yousef Munayyer
President Trump may have opened the door to this conversation, but he certainly isn’t going to be the one pushing the parties to where they need to go. He is u…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Trump and Foreign Policy: Searching for a New Vision (in Arabic)
Feb 16, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Neoconservatism was dealt a major blow after the failure of the Iraq war which made Donald Trump take a position against the war and anyone associated with it,…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Is Trump a Threat to American Democracy (in Arabic)
Feb 11, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Analysts are debating whether the different branches of government in the United States are strong enough to withstand the populace wave that brought Trump to …
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Imad K. Harb: Trump’s Tug-of-war with America’s Political Establishment
Feb 10, 2017Imad K. Harb
President Donald Trump's executive orders are ready-made mechanisms that his administration believes will help it to institutionalise his campaign promises. Th…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Russia Writes a Constitution for Syrians (in Arabic)
Feb 9, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Russia has distributed a draft for a new Syrian constitution during the Astana Conference in order to "expedite negotiations to end the Syrian conflict." Why h…
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Joe Macaron: Foreign Issues Will Shape Trump’s Presidency but not the Opposite (in Arabic)
Jan 24, 2017Joe Macaron
Trump's political tactics emanate from his businessman background, but Washington can't be run like a business. Read More
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Why did the Democratic Transition Succeed in Tunisia while Failing in Other Countries (AR)
Jan 24, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Tunisian democratic experiment is very attractive to analysts and researchers seeking to understand the social and political makings of a successful democr…

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