• Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Recent Arab Moves Deserve Bold Follow-Up

    Feb 21, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    Four key political actors in the Middle East have recently made surprising moves that offered hints of how Arab states and non-state actors can collectively en…

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    Normalization and Displacement: Saudi Arabia and Trump’s Gaza Proposal

    Feb 20, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Saudi Arabia is deeply concerned about the risks that Trump’s Gaza project poses to Egypt and Jordan and are uneasy about repeated American and Israeli stateme…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Plan to ‘Cleanse’ Gaza: Origins and Implications

    Feb 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    US President Donald Trump’s proposal to permanently displace more than two million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, while the US takes ove…

  • From our Affiliates
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    The New Syrian Administration Caught between Domestic Demands and Foreign Pressures

    Feb 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Nearly two months since the fall of the Assad regime, the new Syrian administration faces major domestic and foreign challenges as it tries to resurrect state …

  • Viewpoint
    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 …

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

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

    Feb 14, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    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…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Plan to Take Over and Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

    Feb 14, 2025

    Yousef Munayyer discusses Trump's plan to take over Gaza, displace its Palestinian population to other countries, and turn the strip into an economic and touri…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    Trump II and American-Gulf Relations

    Donald Trump re-entered the White House on January 20 as the first president to serve a non-consecutive second term since Grover Cleveland in 1893. Any expecta…

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    For Jordan, Trump’s Latest Pronouncements Threaten an Existential Disaster

    Feb 7, 2025Curtis Ryan

    With US President Donald Trump pushing Jordan to permanently resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the Hashemite Kingdom once again faces a crisis that is nothing s…

  • Webinar
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Transitional Government: Challenges, Prospects, and Global Implications

    Feb 13, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the myriad challenges facing Syria in this transitional period, assess the prospects for success in instituting a democratic and inclusive gove…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

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

    Feb 6, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    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
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Out With the Old, In With the New: Is There a New Hope for Lebanon?

    Feb 6, 2025Patricia Karam

    Following a surprising appointment as Lebanon’s new prime minister, independent jurist, academic, and former diplomat Nawaf Salam, finds himself enmeshed in th…