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SyriaIdentity Politics and SectarianizationKurdish Dilemmas in Syria
Jan 13, 2021Gregory AftandilianThe Syrian Kurds, who constitute about 10 percent of Syria’s population, are at a crossroads, trying to preserve their shrunken statelet in the northeastern pa…
- Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign PolicyChina’s Belt and Road Initiative and US Middle East Policy
Jan 13, 2021Charles W. DunneMore than seven years after Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the vast infrastructure and economic developme…
- Policy AnalysisTunisiaDemocracy and Governance
As 2021 Begins, Rival Populisms Menace Tunisia’s Democracy
Jan 8, 2021Daniel BrumbergTen years after Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” sparked grassroots uprisings in Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, and Syria, the pressures of an economic crisis, rampant c…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The Gulf
Saudi Arabia Ends the GCC Crisis
Jan 7, 2021Imad K. HarbIt finally happened: the GCC crisis is seemingly over. The 41st summit meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) succeeded in surmounting the three-and-a-h…
- Policy AnalysisThe Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy: Key Features and Likely Changes
Jan 6, 2021Unit for Political StudiesHaving won the American presidential election, and despite incumbent President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede, Democratic candidate and President-elect Joe …
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelEducation and Development
Building a Nation without a State: Civil Society in Palestine
Dec 23, 2020Yara M. AsiNever before has the Palestinian Authority (PA) seemed so isolated. American policy under President Donald Trump has unprecedentedly and openly been favorable …
- Policy AnalysisSomaliaSecurity and Defense
Increasing Contestation over the Red Sea and Horn of Africa
Dec 23, 2020Gregory AftandilianGrowing international and regional involvement in the Red Sea-Horn of Africa theater has made this area a potential hot spot that is somewhat reminiscent of Be…
- Policy AnalysisUS Foreign Policy
The Limits of American Multilateral Diplomacy in the Middle East
Dec 21, 2020Daniel BrumbergPerhaps the hardest among the many challenges that the new Biden Administration will face is renewing the spirit and practice of multilateral diplomacy in regi…
- Policy AnalysisMedia and Technology
Media Use and Its Anomalies a Decade after the Arab Spring
Dec 18, 2020Sahar KhamisWhen the Arab Spring movements erupted in at least six Arab countries in 2011––Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain––they were accompanied by high …
- Policy AnalysisUS Foreign Policy
The Biden Administration and US Foreign Policy Decision-Making
Dec 15, 2020Joe MacaronPresident-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration will have a lasting impact on the American foreign policy decision-making process, most notably when it com…
