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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Mohammed bin Salman in the Hot Seat
Feb 26, 2021Imad K. Harb
The Biden Administration’s release on February 26 of a declassified intelligence report implicating Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) in the assassi…
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MoroccoJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Morocco’s Unmissed Opportunity in the Western Sahara
Dec 21, 2020Mohamed Daadaoui
In a final act by his administration, President Donald Trump announced that Morocco and Israel will normalize relations, making the kingdom the fourth Arab cou…
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UAESecurity and Defense
Comments on the UAE’s Acquisition of the F-35
Sep 8, 2020Abdulwahab Al-Qassab
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have condoned the sale of the advanced American F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to the United Arab Emirates afte…
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IraqUS Foreign Policy
Iraq’s Mustafa Al-Kadhimi Comes to Washington
Aug 18, 2020Abdulwahab Al-Qassab
Abdulwahab Al-Qassab previews Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi’s upcoming visit to Washington and writes that the American capital may be too preoccupie…
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US Foreign Policy
Pompeo and His Unalienable Rights Scam
Aug 5, 2020Khalil E. Jahshan
Commenting on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s latest speech about support for human rights around the world, Khalil E. Jahshan argues that affiliating with mi…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Threat of Israeli Annexation: The American Dimension
Jun 9, 2020Khalil E. Jahshan
Khalil E. Jahshan writes that there is nothing new about depopulating Palestine and confiscating and annexing Palestinian land, policies that have been necessa…
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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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IranUS Foreign Policy
A Middle East Calamity Is about to Unfold
Jan 3, 2020Imad K. Harb
Killing Soleimani has put the Middle East at the edge of a dangerous abyss and hastened an inevitable confrontation between the United States and Iran.