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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Gaza, the American Elections, and the Fallout of a Disaster
Sep 19, 2024Charles W. Dunne
The United States, sometimes considered the adult in the room when arbitrating international conflicts, has proved to be more of an adolescent when it came to …
Policy Analysis
YemenUS Foreign Policy
Assessing GCC Perspectives on American-British Strikes Against Yemen’s Houthis
Sep 11, 2024Giorgio Cafiero
Since last November, Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis, has been attacking commercial and merchant vessels in the Gulf of Aden and th…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections
If Biden Drops Out, Where Do Democrats Go on Israel-Gaza War?
Jul 17, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich
On the heels of a disappointing presidential debate performance, much has been made of whether the Democratic Party will replace Joe Biden on the ticket this N…
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US Domestic Politics and Elections
The Biden-Trump Presidential Debate: Implications and Prospects
Jul 4, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On Thursday, June 27, 2024, US President and Democratic Party nominee Joe Biden and former President and Republican Party nominee Donald Trump held their first…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Difficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement
Jun 25, 2024Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
The search for a US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal to normalize relations has assumed outsized significance in the administration’s approach to the Middle East.
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Biden’s Warmed-over Ceasefire Proposal
Jun 6, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan
In the midst of what the White House touted to supporters as a significant update of his administration’s diplomatic efforts regarding the eight-month-old unab…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Biden’s Gaza Announcement: What to Make of the Bizarre Spectacle
Jun 4, 2024Yousef Munayyer
On May 31, President Joe Biden announced what he described as a “comprehensive new proposal” offered by Israel for ending the war in Gaza that would be “a road…
Policy Analysis
UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
UAE Restricts US Military Strikes from Its Territory
May 22, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
Fearing an attack by Iran or its allied militias in the region, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restricted US military aircraft from targeting these proxy g…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
The Gaza Crisis Pushes Washington and Riyadh Closer
May 15, 2024Daniel Brumberg
Hamas’s May 6 acceptance of a hostage deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar was surely designed to induce the White House to pressure Israel to produce a counteroff…
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Iraq’s Sudani Runs the Risks of Sustained Relations with the United States
May 7, 2024Rend Al-Rahim
On his recent visit to the United States, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia` al-Sudani proposed a bold new relationship with America, basing it on the joint S…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Saudi-Israeli Normalization Persists Amid Gaza War
May 3, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
Before “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Biden administration was attempting to conclude a diplomatic groundbreaking deal in…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections
The Gaza War Still Can Decide the American Presidential Election
Apr 24, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
Latest polls indicate that President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are in a dead heat in the presidential race at this point in the campaign, whi…