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  • 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
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance

    Jan 21, 2026Giorgio Cafiero

    The historically close alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under strain because of diverging strategic priorities and competiti…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    International Law and the Trump Board of Peace Charter

    Jan 21, 2026Brian Brivati

    President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) raise several international significant legal is…

  • Intern Corner
    MauritaniaUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration May Worsen Racial and Political Tensions in Mauritania

    Jan 2, 2026Marwa Elessawy

    On July 9, 2025, the Trump administration hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a White House summit. The summit aime…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    American Evangelicals’ Declining Support for Israel

    Dec 31, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    Evangelical Christian support for Israel and its policies has long been one of the bedrock factors behind backing for Israel in the United States. Such support…

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqUS Foreign Policy

    Undiplomatic Diplomacy Jeopardizes Improvements in US-Iraqi Relationship

    Dec 26, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    US-Iraqi ties have witnessed an improvement over the past few months, largely in the energy and defense sectors that are key components of the bilateral relati…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Does Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge Give the United States a Qualitative Disadvantage?

    Dec 4, 2025Josh Paul

    President Trump announced that he would approve the sale to Saudi Arabia of the most advanced US manned strike fighter aircraft, the F-35.

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    MBS Returns to Washington: Re-Assessing US-Saudi Relations

    Nov 18, 2025Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

    Mohammed bin Salman’s return to Washington after seven years signals a recalibration of US-Saudi ties, with Riyadh seeking security assurances as well as suppo…

  • Policy Analysis
    QatarUS Foreign Policy

    Qatar Copes with Trump’s Middle East Vision

    Nov 6, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Among Arab states, perhaps none faces a more complex challenge in managing relations with President Donald Trump than Qatar. Ironically, Doha’s deepening partn…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive

    Nov 5, 2025Gregory Aftandilian

    An October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration in the northea…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    No Protection, No Justice: US Citizens Killed with Impunity by Israel

    Oct 30, 2025Yara M. Asi

    On a cold night in January 2022, Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian American man, was driving back to his town in the West Bank after a night of playing cards …

  • Collective Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Willing Fools’ Peace of the Middle East

    Oct 15, 2025Hanna Alshaikh Yara M. Asi Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Nabeel A. Khoury Laurie King

    Rather than serving as a forum for hashing out difficult next steps for Gaza, the Sharm summit was largely a congratulatory gesture to Donald Trump.

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