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America Never Had the Arab World: The Ruins of the Liberal International Order
May 4, 2026Dana El Kurd
A recent Foreign Affairs article by Amaney Jamal and Michael Robbins of the Arab Barometer public opinion project carries a blunt headline: “America Has Lost t…
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International Law
The Uncertainties of the New World Order Affect the Middle East
Feb 11, 2026Amal Mudallali
The rules-based world order is facing its most serious, indeed existential, challenge since it was created after World War II. What makes this moment in world …
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US Foreign Policy
US National Security Strategies: From Carter to Trump
Dec 11, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury
Over the past several decades, US National Security Strategies (NSS) have reflected a combination of goals and approaches that remained general enough to refle…
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US Foreign Policy
The Machinery of Impunity: How Washington’s Elite Stays above the Law—and How to End It
Dec 3, 2025Jasmine El-Gamal
From the torture carried out during the George W. Bush administration to the surge in drone warfare under President Barack Obama, from President Joe Biden’s un…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown
Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan
On November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …
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SyriaUS Foreign Policy
The Populist and the Pragmatist: Why Trump Sees a Kindred Spirit in Syria’s al-Sharaa
Nov 11, 2025Daniel Neep
At first glance, US President Donald J. Trump and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa inhabit very different political universes. Trump, the populist pre…
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US Foreign Policy
Trump Administration Guts State’s Human Rights Reports
Aug 29, 2025Ingie Gohar
On August 12, 2025, the US Department of State released the 2024 human rights reports, covering 198 countries and territories. State’s annual reports were prev…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Trump Must Push for a Gaza Ceasefire Without Indulging Netanyahu’s Iran Strategy
Jul 7, 2025Daniel Brumberg
We may never, or at least not anytime soon, know definitively how much of Iran's nuclear program Israel and the United States destroyed. But even if the attack…