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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Timeline of Key Events in Sudan
Mar 5, 2026Ingie Gohar
This timeline traces the key political and military developments in Sudan from the 2018 uprising that toppled former President Omar al-Bashir to the ongoing wa…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
The Huckabee Affair: Whose Foreign Policy Is It Anyway?
Mar 4, 2026Mouin Rabbani
It is not unusual for the US ambassador to Israel to be a political appointee. Since Martin Indyk secured the post in 1995, only three of the eight men who hav…
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IranUS Foreign Policy
The War on Iran
Mar 3, 2026Mehran Kamrava
After months of tension and speculation, Israel and the United States jointly attacked Iran. The attacks started with a bombardment of the compound of the Isla…
Collective Analysis
IranUS Foreign Policy
The US-Israel War on Iran: Analyses and Perspectives
Mar 2, 2026Susan M. Akram Charles W. Dunne Amy Hawthorne Patricia Karam Khalil E. Jahshan Annelle Sheline Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
The United States has joined Israel in an all-out war on the Islamic Republic of Iran. On February 28, 2026, a US armada of two aircraft carrier strike groups …
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Disarming Hamas: What Analysts Get Wrong
Mar 2, 2026Yazan Alhamdan
On November 17, 2025, United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2803 authorized the international stabilization force proposed by the United States to…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia Confronts the Israel–UAE Alignment in Somalia
Feb 26, 2026Giorgio Cafiero
Israel’s December 2025 decision to recognize Somaliland’s unilateral declaration of independence was of grave concern to Saudi Arabia. Riyadh sees Somalia’s te…
Policy Analysis
SyriaDemocracy and Governance
The Shrinking Space for Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
Feb 26, 2026Gregory Aftandilian
In January 2026, clashes between Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resulted in Damascus regaining large parts of territory that h…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Israel’s Restrictions on Medical Evacuations from Gaza and the West Bank
Feb 25, 2026Yara M. Asi
Like thousands of others across occupied Palestine, five-year-old Mohammad Abu Asad has cancer. Mohammad was diagnosed in the early 2020s with an aggressive fo…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Phase Two’s Baked-In Failure: Why the Chances for Trump’s Gaza Plan Are Dim
Feb 20, 2026Yousef Munayyer
On October 13, 2025, more than 20 world leaders gathered at a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to witness US President Donald Trump sign an agreement ending…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Trump’s Board of Peace: Rebuilding Gaza, or Remaking the World?
Feb 18, 2026Charles W. Dunne
The Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…
Policy Analysis
Regional Relations and Geopolitics
A New World Order and Geopolitics in the Arab World
Feb 17, 2026Muhannad Ayyash
The current period is a crucial inflection point in world politics for many countries, including Arab states. It is today essential to ask whether leading Arab…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Constraint and Competition: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Policy in a Shifting Middle East
Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
In a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…