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Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The GREAT Trust for Gaza: A Blueprint for Dispossession, Not Reconstruction
Sep 4, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan Imad K. Harb Yousef Munayyer Assal Rad Annelle Sheline
The Trump administration is currently discussing the so-called Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust plan that projects a…
Policy Analysis
IranDemocracy and Governance
Political Divisions in Iran and the Uncertain Path to a New Nuclear Deal
Sep 4, 2025Daniel Brumberg
Some analysts have argued that the unprecedented Israeli and American June 2025 assault on Iran has created a “new regional order” in the Middle East. But what…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Trump’s Support for Netanyahu: A Political Liability?
Aug 29, 2025Gregory Aftandilian
Despite occasional irritations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump has made unconditional US backing of the Israeli leader a…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
OPEC Is Pushing Down Oil Prices Despite a Cash Crunch in Saudi Arabia. Here Is Why
Aug 21, 2025Jim Krane
Something odd is happening in oil markets. Demand is weaker than it has been in many years, yet OPEC+ is unwinding cuts and increasing production at a brisk pa…
Policy Analysis
LebanonSecurity and Defense
Disarming Hezbollah: Lebanon at a Crossroads
Aug 20, 2025Patricia Karam
The only viable route to lasting stability, economic recovery, and sovereignty is to restore the Lebanese state's constitutional monopoly over arms through a t…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The Growing Consensus over Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Aug 19, 2025Yara M. Asi
Just one week after October 7, 2023, more than 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies signed a public stat…
Research Paper
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution: More Empty Promises?
Aug 15, 2025Susan M. Akram
The New York Declaration on the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution” is the outcome document of …
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Saudi ArabiaThe War on Gaza
Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant
Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for a negotiated two-sta…
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…
Policy Analysis
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…
Policy Analysis
TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Moderation Without Transformation: Why Turkey Is Failing Syria’s Postwar Transition
Aug 8, 2025Salim Çevik
After years of investing in Syria’s opposition, Ankara is committed to see the emerging government in Damascus establish a functioning state that can restore b…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia and the New Syria: Constructive Pragmatism?
Aug 7, 2025Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
A large Saudi business delegation traveled to Syria on July 23-25, 2025, and participated in an inaugural Syrian-Saudi Investment Forum at the presidential pal…