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- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Return to First Principles: The ‘Day After’ and Palestinian Self-Determination
Mar 26, 2024Saul TakahashiOn numerous occasions since October 2023, Israel, the United States, and other countries have outlined their visions for how Gaza, and Palestine as a whole, sh…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders
Mar 20, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicated preliminary measures in the case brought against Israel by South Africa under the Genocide C…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Gaza and the Battle of Negations in the United States (and Beyond)
Mar 14, 2024Daniel BrumbergAt no point in the history of the Middle East has the Palestinian-Israeli conflict collided with US domestic politics in such a visceral way as today. As multi…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Case on Israeli Occupation: A Report
Mar 4, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn February 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on the issue referred to it by the General Assembly of the United Nations, by vi…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Limits of Justice in Lebanon—and What It Means for the Future of the Country
Feb 28, 2024Patricia KaramThree years ago this month, the assassination of Lokman Slim—public intellectual, human rights defender, writer and publisher, and outspoken critic of Hezbolla…
- Policy AnalysisSaudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Saudi Arabia May Be Taking Center Stage in Post-Gaza Peace
Feb 28, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenWith Israel’s war on Gaza in its fifth month amid ongoing international pressure for a ceasefire, Saudi Arabia has become the focus of much attention over what…
- Policy AnalysisYemenUS Foreign Policy
Instead of Houthi Designation, the United States Should Embrace a Comprehensive Approach
Feb 28, 2024Afrah NasserOn January 17, the United States designated the Houthis in Yemen, also known as Ansar Allah, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in response to t…
- Policy AnalysisLevantUS Foreign Policy
US Troops to Stay in Syria and Iraq but Perhaps Not for Long
Feb 22, 2024Gregory AftandilianIn recent weeks, there have been meetings in Washington and in Baghdad about the presence in Iraq and Syria of US troops, whose official mandate is to aid loca…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Arab States Have Supported and Shunned Hamas in the Gaza War
Feb 21, 2024Rami G. KhouriFour months of warfare between Israel and Hamas have generated regional and global dynamics that will shape the Middle East for decades. But the war in Gaza ha…