Policy Analysis

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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Biden’s Gaza Announcement: What to Make of the Bizarre Spectacle
Jun 4, 2024Yousef Munayyer
On May 31, President Joe Biden announced what he described as a “comprehensive new proposal” offered by Israel for ending the war in Gaza that would be “a road…
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KuwaitDemocracy and Governance
The Supremacy of Executive Power in Kuwait
Jun 4, 2024Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
Two decades of political turbulence in Kuwait came to a head on the evening of May 10 when Emir Mishal al-Ahmad Al-Sabah announced he was suspending the Nation…
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IranDemocracy and Governance
Will Ebrahim Raisi’s Death Help Ultra-Hardliners ‘Make Iran Great Again’?
May 31, 2024Daniel Brumberg
The May 19 deaths of President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a fiery helicopter crash has created a challenge that Iran’s lead…
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LevantInternational Law
ICC Cases Against Israel and Hamas: A Preliminary Assessment
May 24, 2024Susan M. Akram John Quigley
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan, announced on May 20 that his office had applied for arrest warrants against both Isr…
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UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
UAE Restricts US Military Strikes from Its Territory
May 22, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
Fearing an attack by Iran or its allied militias in the region, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restricted US military aircraft from targeting these proxy g…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Determinants of Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Gaza War
May 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Following Hamas’s “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, Saudi Arabia publicly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza and blamed it for escalating tensions, desp…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Seven Months of War on Gaza, Israel Is in International Distress
May 17, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
The Israeli government has described the war on Gaza since last October as an “existential war and a second war of independence.” Israel’s official and public …
Policy Analysis
LevantRegional Implications and Geopolitics
The Gaza Crisis Pushes Washington and Riyadh Closer
May 15, 2024Daniel Brumberg
Hamas’s May 6 acceptance of a hostage deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar was surely designed to induce the White House to pressure Israel to produce a counteroff…
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YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Divergent Saudi-Emirati Agendas Cripple Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council
May 15, 2024Afrah Nasser
Two years into its existence, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) still has not effectively addressed critical problems facing the country: a dire ec…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
One Year On: The Calamities of the Sudan Conflict
May 14, 2024Imad K. Harb
Thirteen months have passed since the eruption of the military dispute between Sudan’s powerful generals Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed F…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
American Student Protest Movements, Then and Now
May 10, 2024Rami G. Khouri
Watching university students protest in the United States over the past three weeks begs the question of whether they will end American support for Israel’s ge…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Iraq’s Sudani Runs the Risks of Sustained Relations with the United States
May 7, 2024Rend Al-Rahim
On his recent visit to the United States, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia` al-Sudani proposed a bold new relationship with America, basing it on the joint S…