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    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    An Existential Oval Office Moment for Jordan—and All Arabs

    Feb 14, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The scene in the White House on February 11 was startling. King Abdullah II of Jordan listened to President Donald Trump ramble on about how the United States …

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    The Gaza War and the Future of Democracy in the United States and Israel

    Feb 14, 2025

    In a way that few could have predicted a few short weeks ago, the fate of democracy in the United States (and in some ways Israel) has now been irrevocably tie…

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    Trump’s First Three Weeks in Office: Signs of Disruption and Chaos

    Feb 13, 2025

    In his first few weeks back in office, Donald J. Trump delivered his characteristic ‘shock and confusion’ tactics by unleashing dozens of draconian and vindict…

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    The Drama, Delusion, and Dangers of Trump’s Gaza Plan

    Feb 6, 2025

    Donald Trump displayed his usual combination of disruption and delusion with his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip after displacing its Palestini…

  • Policy Analysis

    Revolutionary Legitimacy in Syria: Sharaa as President

    Feb 4, 2025

    In all transitional periods, it is important to move quickly from revolutionary legitimacy to representative legitimacy, which Syria’s new authorities did by a…

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    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    A Blind Spot in Post-Assad Syria: The Fate of State Archival Records

    Jan 21, 2025Marwa Daoudy Noureddine Jebnoun

    The fall of the Assad regime has highlighted a crucial but often overlooked issue: the fate of Syria’s state archives. Former officials have left behind millio…

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Incoherent Ceasefire Deal in Gaza Guaranteed to Fail

    Jan 21, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    After fifteen months of brutal military hostilities in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel finally announced their acceptance of a multi-phased and gradual ceasef…

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    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    The Emergence of Lebanon’s Third Republic

    Jan 16, 2025Imad K. Harb

    The election on January 9, 2025, of the Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the fourteenth president of Lebanon can very well be the inauguration of the Leb…

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