Policy Analysis

Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
Palestinian Cultural Resistance in the Service of the National Project
Aug 27, 2024Salim Nuqul
The Palestinian-Israeli conflict has significantly shaped the political, social, and cultural identity of the Palestinian people. Spanning over a century, this…
Policy Analysis
TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Turkey Is Not an Actor in the Gaza Conflict
Aug 21, 2024Salim Çevik
Prior to the Hamas attack on October 7, Turkey was in the process of political reconciliation with Israel. Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Turkey in 202…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelViolent Extremism
Sde Teiman and Beit Lid Events: A Reading into the Militiazation of the Israeli State
Aug 21, 2024Mohanad Mustafa
The storming by right-wing groups of the Sde Teiman military camp in the Negev—a brutal detention center for residents of Gaza—and the Beit Lid barracks on the…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan
Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil Daqash
The war in Sudan, which broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has entered its s…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
“A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Aug 14, 2024Yara M. Asi
On March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …
Intern Corner
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus and the Inadequacy of International Law
Aug 7, 2024Karam Burjas
On October 16, 2023, Israel indiscriminately targeted civilians in Al-Duhayra, a town in Southern Lebanon, with a chemical agent that can burn skin to the bone…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
No Good ‘Day After’ Under Current Palestinian Politics
Aug 7, 2024Dana El Kurd
Some 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negoti…
Policy Analysis
IranDemocracy and Governance
Iran’s New President Must Navigate Dangerous Waters
Aug 1, 2024Daniel Brumberg
For the third time in the young history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a political leader identified with the “Reformist” camp has won the presidency. Masoud…
Research Paper
Palestine/IsraelMedia and Technology
The War on Gaza and Israel’s Technology Sector
Aug 1, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
The decline in the status of the Israeli economy due to the war and the difficulties in attracting capital for modern technology have become a reality that hau…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Israel Has Opted for War on All Fronts
Jul 31, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Imad K. Harb Yousef Munayyer Hanna Alshaikh
Israel's assassination of Hamas’s Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah military leader Fuad Shukr is an unwarranted escalation that could lead t…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Decision on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
Jul 26, 2024Jonathan Kuttab
On Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its Advisory Opinion in the case brought before it on Israel’s occupation of the Pale…
Policy Analysis
TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Erdoğan’s Renewed Push for Syria Reconciliation: Domestic Pressures and Regional Dynamics
Jul 25, 2024Salim Çevik
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made his most explicit appeal yet to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Setting a high bar for the future of relations, E…