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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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    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    Israel’s Election and Eisenkot’s Arab Coalition Dilemma

    Jul 15, 2026Joseph Mansour

    Israelis are set to head to the polls on October 27, 2026, for what some have touted as the most consequential election in the country’s history. Gadi Eisenkot…

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    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Iran’s Nuclear Leverage Survives the War

    Jun 24, 2026Sina Azodi

    When President Donald Trump, in close partnership with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, attacked Iran on February 28, 2026, he anticipated the total capitula…

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    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    What Does the US-Iran Deal Mean for Lebanese Sovereignty?

    Jun 18, 2026Rola El-Husseini

    Lebanon has never possessed genuine sovereignty, and this chronic deficit of internal and external control renders it a permanent arena for proxy warfare.

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    LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Israel’s War of Displacement in Lebanon

    Jun 16, 2026Heba Gowayed

    Since March 2, 2026, the most recent bout of Israeli violence in Lebanon has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people—a fifth of the country’s population. Isr…

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