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    YemenClimate and Environment

    Climate Change: A New Battlefield in Yemen’s Ongoing Conflict

    Sep 6, 2024Afrah Nasser

    Like the rest of the world, Yemen is facing the profound effects of climate change on sectors from agriculture and health to the broader economy and natural re…

  • Policy Analysis
    TunisiaDemocracy and Governance

    Kais Saied’s Policies and Practices May Lead to an Explosion in Tunisia

    Sep 6, 2024Patricia Karam

    Tunisia has experienced a disquieting authoritarian regression over the last few years following promising beginnings as a young democracy after the January 20…

  • Research Paper
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    The Failure of Political Sectarianism in Lebanon

    Sep 4, 2024Imad K. Harb

    As Lebanon finds itself on the precipice of a war with Israel, its political system suffers from complete stalemate and its economy exhibits clear signs of str…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Iran’s New President and Foreign Minister Stand on the Edge of a Precipice

    Aug 30, 2024Daniel Brumberg

    Commenting on Hezbollah’s retaliation to Israel’s August 25 pre-emptive strike on its positions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani asserted tha…

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqViolent Extremism

    The Islamic State Is Trying to Rebound

    Aug 29, 2024Gregory Aftandilian

    Taking advantage of the world’s attention to the Israel-Hamas and Israel-Hezbollah conflicts, the so-called Islamic State (IS) is trying to reconstitute itself…

  • From our Affiliates
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Fragile but Enduring Truce in Yemen 

    Aug 27, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    On April 1, 2022, the UN Special Envoy to Yemen, Hans Grundberg, announced a two-month truce between the country’s warring parties. This truce was extended twi…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism

    Palestinian Cultural Resistance in the Service of the National Project

    Aug 27, 2024Salim Nuqul

    The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has significantly shaped the political, social, and cultural identity of the Palestinian people. Spanning over a century, this…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey Is Not an Actor in the Gaza Conflict

    Aug 21, 2024Salim Çevik

    Prior to the Hamas attack on October 7, Turkey was in the process of political reconciliation with Israel. Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Turkey in 202…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelViolent Extremism

    Sde Teiman and Beit Lid Events: A Reading into the Militiazation of the Israeli State

    Aug 21, 2024Mohanad Mustafa

    The storming by right-wing groups of the Sde Teiman military camp in the Negev—a brutal detention center for residents of Gaza—and the Beit Lid barracks on the…

  • From our Affiliates
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan 

    Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil Daqash

    The war in Sudan, which broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has entered its s…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    “A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

    Aug 14, 2024Yara M. Asi

    On March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …

  • Intern Corner
    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…