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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Phase Two’s Baked-In Failure: Why the Chances for Trump’s Gaza Plan Are Dim

    Feb 20, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    On October 13, 2025, more than 20 world leaders gathered at a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to witness US President Donald Trump sign an agreement ending…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Trump’s Board of Peace: Rebuilding Gaza, or Remaking the World?

    Feb 18, 2026Charles W. Dunne

    The Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…

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    Regional Relations and Geopolitics

    A New World Order and Geopolitics in the Arab World

    Feb 17, 2026Muhannad Ayyash

    The current period is a crucial inflection point in world politics for many countries, including Arab states. It is today essential to ask whether leading Arab…

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    Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Constraint and Competition: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Policy in a Shifting Middle East

    Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    In a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…

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    Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics

    Running on Empty: The Deepening Financial Crisis of the Palestinian Authority  

    Feb 12, 2026Mohammed Samhouri

    The Palestinian Authority (PA) is nearly insolvent. A deep financial crisis is edging it closer to the brink of fiscal collapse. The PA’s main sources of reven…

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    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    Election Year in Israel: Portents of the Coming Political Battle

    Feb 6, 2026Mtanes Shihadeh

    The upcoming elections will mostly focus on domestic issues, while those related to the occupation, settlers, and control of Gaza will recede from public debat…

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    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    A First-Year Assessment of Lebanon’s Governing Coalition

    Feb 4, 2026Patricia Karam

    In January 2025, President Joseph Aoun took the oath of office and in his inaugural address declared the start of a “new era.” The government then began to rec…

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    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Israel’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives

    Feb 3, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    Since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…

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    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s New Order: Centralization by External Consent

    Jan 29, 2026Salim Çevik

    On January 8, 2026, Syrian interim government forces moved into two neighborhoods in Aleppo controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed coa…

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    EgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egypt: Partnering with Saudi Arabia on Security in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

    Jan 27, 2026Gregory Aftandilian

    Despite its extensive economic relations with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt appears to be hitching its wagon to Saudi Arabia in the kingdom’s dispute w…

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics

    A US Capture of Venezuelan Oil Could Come at OPEC’s Expense

    Jan 23, 2026Jim Krane

    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has a checkered relationship with American oil companies. In the 1970s, OPEC member states pushed the …

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    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration and the Fracturing Saudi-UAE Alliance

    Jan 21, 2026Giorgio Cafiero

    The historically close alliance between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is under strain because of diverging strategic priorities and competiti…

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