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Mustafa Gurbuz: What’s going on inside Trump’s National Security Council?
May 18, 2017
On the eve of Trump's first Middle East visit, a power struggle over the shape of US policy is brewing in the National Security Council.Read more
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Tamara Kharroub: Peace for Palestinians Begins with Recognizing the Nakba
May 15, 2017Tamara Kharroub
Israel continues to enjoy full impunity for its ongoing violations of human rights and international law. The time for accountability has come.Read more
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Imad K. Harb: Trump’s embrace of petty dictators only empowers them further
May 11, 2017Imad K. Harb
While US foreign policy has never been averse to collaborating with authoritarian leaders, Trump's policy of rolling out the red carpet is unacceptable.Read mo…
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Radwan Ziadeh: The Federal Bureaucracy Roadblocks in Trump’s Path (in Arabic)
May 11, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Federal Bureaucracy and the system of checks and balances has created several roadblocks impeding the execution of Trump's agenda in his first 100 days. Re…
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Yousef Munayyer: Hamas Charts a Mew, more Tolerant Course
May 4, 2017Yousef Munayyer
The anti-Semitic language of the previous Charter is gone, and references to the Muslim Brotherhood are absent, representing a willingness by Hamas to adapt to…
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Radwan Ziadeh: Building justice for Syria
Apr 24, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The brutality of the Syrian regime's widespread crimes requires a response from the international community beyond condemnations and statements.Read more
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The Enigma of Assad-How a Painfully Shy Eye Doctor Turned into a Murderous Tyrant
Apr 21, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Damascus spring was only a cosmetic step by Assad to try to get legitimacy.Read more
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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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