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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
The Palestinian Arab Vote in Israel: Facing the Ultimate Test of Inclusion
Mar 2, 2020Khalil E. Jahshan
The Palestinian Arab vote can challenge the Palestinians’ disenfranchisement but that they will never be welcome as full partners in the Israeli political syst…
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SyriaEnergy and Economics
The Collapse of the Syrian Pound May Doom the Syrian Economy
Jan 23, 2020Radwan Ziadeh Imad K. Harb
Syria’s most difficult battle now is how to support its national currency and fix its collapsing economy with an impoverished central bank and the absence of r…
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IraqUS Foreign Policy
The Coming American Defeat in Iraq
Jan 6, 2020Marina Ottaway
The vote by Iraq’s Parliament to force the withdrawal of American troops from the country marks the beginning of the end of the 2003 US intervention.
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
US Policy Reversal on Israeli Settlements
Nov 21, 2019Khalil E. Jahshan
Khalil E. Jahshan believes that the Trump Administration’s policy reversal about Israeli settlements is an overture to the president’s evangelical supporters a…
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IraqUS Foreign Policy
Putting al-Baghdadi’s Demise in Perspective
Oct 30, 2019Khalil E. Jahshan
Khalil E. Jahshan looks at the deeper meaning of the United States’ killing of IS leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi and doubts if his demise will portend the end of …
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LebanonDemocracy and Governance
Lebanon’s Protests Cannot Be Ignored
Oct 18, 2019Imad K. Harb
Imad K. Harb writes that Lebanon’s current protests are a reminder that the Arab Spring is alive and well and that Lebanese politicians have no choice but to h…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Trump’s Syria Decision and the Turkish Operation
Oct 10, 2019Radwan Ziadeh
Without American forces on the ground, Washington will not be able to realize its objectives in Syria, especially in confronting the Iran-affiliated militias t…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Adiós, Jason: The Resignation of Jason Greenblatt
Sep 6, 2019Khalil E. Jahshan
The sudden resignation of Jason Greenblatt, a key architect of the Kushner Middle East peace plan, is apt to further diminish the prospects of its success.