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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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Khalil Jahshan: Americans Have Begun to Pay the Price of Electing Trump (in Arabic)
Jan 24, 2017Khalil E. Jahshan
Trump's political inexperience and lack of respect for America's allies and partners will cause problems for the US around the globe. Read More
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Radwan Ziadeh: Understanding Trump’s Victory (in Arabic)
Jan 24, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The American electorate was indifferent to Trump's numerous insensitive remarks towards minorities, even though a single similar remark was sufficient in the p…
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Roxanne Perugino: Republican-controlled Congress not a Carte Blanche for Donald Trump
Jan 24, 2017
Republican control of Congress and White House by no means ensures the relationship between Trump and Congress will be smooth sailing or that Trump’s proposals…
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Yousef Munayyer: Israel-Palestine? Forget Paris. It Won’t be Hard
Jan 24, 2017Yousef Munayyer
Alone, the conference amounts to little, but in the context of the past year it signals an ongoing, significant move away from the peace process. Read More
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Tamara Kharroub: Will the Democratic Party Elect a Black, Muslim, Pro-Palestine Leader?
Jan 18, 2017Tamara Kharroub
Could Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, and an outspoken supporter of Palestinian rights shape the Democratic Party's future as leader?Read …
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Radwan Ziadeh: Why did the League of Arab States Die? (in Arabic)
Jan 17, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
The Arab regimes' lack of faith in the role of the Arab League is one of the main reasons that explain the collapse of this organization.Read More
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Radwan Ziadeh: Russia Will not Be Able to Achieve Peace in Syria (in Arabic)
Jan 12, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Given Russia’s actions in Syria, no Syrian can assume that Moscow is looking for a peaceful resolution of the conflict there. Russia’s interest was simply to p…
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Radwan Ziadeh: The Implications of Trump’s Victory for the US and the World (in Arabic)
Jan 6, 2017Radwan Ziadeh
Trump's victory can be analyzed from two different angles. One would be to examine how he was able to win enough electoral votes to become the next President. …
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Yousef Munayyer: John Kerry’s “Separate and Unequal” Message on Israel and Palestine
Jan 4, 2017Yousef Munayyer
Last Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a lengthy and impassioned speech on Israel and Palestine that will go down as a major moment in America…
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The Reason for Israel’s Hysterical Response to the UN Security Council Resolution
Dec 28, 2016Yousef Munayyer
Netanyahu takes pride in killing the two-state solution—but he doesn’t want to be blamed for it, because he knows the only acceptable alternative is equality f…
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Roxanne Perugino: Gulf Arab States and the Trump Administration
Dec 27, 2016
Trump has shown little enthusiasm for America's commitment to security in the Middle East. How might US relations with Gulf states be set to change?Read More

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