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    JordanProtests and Activism

    The Domestic Costs of Jordan’s US Alliance

    Aug 24, 2026Jillian Schwedler

    Since the start of the US-Israel war on Iran in February 2026, dozens of citizens of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan have been injured by debris falling from i…

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Lebanon’s False Bet on US Mediation

    Aug 20, 2026Imad K. Harb

    Earlier this month, Lebanon and Israel wrapped up another negotiating session in Rome—the seventh since their signing of the June 26, 2026, US-brokered Framewo…

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    SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    What Are Syria’s Political Trials For?

    Aug 18, 2026Daniel Neep

    On August 11, 2026, the Fourth Syrian Criminal Court sentenced to death former President Bashar al-Assad and seven other regime insiders—including his brother …

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    LibyaDemocracy and Governance

    Libya’s Heatwave Exposes a Crisis of Governance

    Aug 6, 2026Virginie Collombier

    In July 2026, a major heatwave swept the western Mediterranean, causing extreme temperatures and fueling wildfires in France, Italy, Spain, and North Africa. L…

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    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    How to Fail at Preventing Atrocities: Sudan’s Unlearned Lessons

    Jul 30, 2026Kholood Khair

    Since June 2026, the United Nations, the United States, several European governments, and human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Ri…

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    AlgeriaDemocracy and Governance

    What Algeria’s Elections Really Revealed

    Jul 28, 2026Patricia Karam

    The results of Algeria’s July 2, 2026, parliamentary elections were entirely predictable. The National Liberation Front (FLN), the party that has dominated pol…

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    YemenUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Threatens “Major Military Punishment” for Yemen’s Houthis

    Jul 23, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury

    Until this week, the Houthis had been waiting to see whether their military involvement might be needed or called for in the conflict between the United States…

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Hamas Dissolves its Government in Gaza, but the Board of Peace Remains the Problem

    Jul 15, 2026Dana El Kurd

    On July 6, 2026, Hamas’s Gaza government announced that it had dissolved its Emergency Committee, the body that has run the enclave since October 2023, and wou…

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