• Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Accountability for War Crimes in Gaza: Where We Are

    Aug 13, 2025Sarah Leah Whitson

    The global struggle to hold Israel accountable for war crimes in Gaza represents a critical test for international justice. At stake is not only the enforcemen…

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    LebanonRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Rumors and Risks: Lebanon’s Political Anxieties and Relations with the New Syria

    Aug 12, 2025Patricia Karam

    In May 2025, Syria’s transitional President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, confirmed that his government was in indirect communication with Israel, the first time the two s…

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    Palestine/IsraelDiplomacy and Negotiations

    Gaza: Is a Ceasefire Possible?

    On July 25, 2025, the United States and Israel announced that they were cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas and recalling their negotiating teams fro…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Starved, Ruined, and Displaced: What’s Next for Gaza?

    Jul 18, 2025Mohammed Samhouri

    In recent weeks, two significant developments have dominated the news from Gaza. One is the daily deadly violence surrounding the operations of the new Gaza Hu…

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Palestine and the Middle East After the Iran-Israel war

    Jul 15, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The Middle East in recent months has witnessed multiple military and ideological confrontations. Historic changes in regional power balances signal new strateg…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    A Trump-Netanyahu New Middle East?

    Jul 9, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    The Trump administration and the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been following a roadmap toward their own version of a…

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    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Hunger in Gaza and the Ongoing Weaponization of Aid

    Jun 20, 2025Yara M. Asi

    “Hunger slowly crushes you. It feels like dying alone in a desert that no foot has ever touched. I cannot sleep properly or sit still long enough to read. I fe…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered

    Jun 12, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    In January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the six years since, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah…

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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza

    Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Recent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support for, silence on, or, at the very least, turning a bl…

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    LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israel’s Justice System and the Genocidal War on Gaza

    May 30, 2025Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi

    IntroductionDespite attempts to portray it as liberal, many consider the justice system in Israel to be part of Israel’s illiberal political system.  This is b…

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    YemenUS Foreign Policy

    Implications of the US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal

    President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on May 6 of a ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Houthis—in which the militant group pledged not to target American shi…

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    President Trump’s Gulf Trip: Post-Visit Observations

    Last week President Donald Trump ended a three-country trip to the Arabian Gulf—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—where he signed lucrative arm…

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