Regions

Webinar
SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Transitional Justice and Accountability Efforts in Syria: Challenges and Prospects
Jun 3, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET
About the WebinarMore than a year and a half after the establishment of Syria’s Transitional Justice Commission, the country’s accountability landscape is ente…
Policy Analysis
IranEnergy and Economics
Hormuz as Deterrent: How Iran’s Leverage Could Reshape Gulf Infrastructure
May 21, 2026Jim Krane
Iran has managed to convert its proximity to the Strait of Hormuz into a strategic deterrent. By blocking maritime trade, Iran has demonstrated that it can imp…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Dilemma in the Iran War
May 21, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
Saudi Arabia finds itself in the center of a storm not of its choosing and its choices in confronting that storm are narrow and costly.
Book Review
Syria
Review of Daniel Neep, Syria: A Modern History (New York: Basic Books, 2026, 560 pp.)
May 20, 2026Nader Atassi
In early December 2024, the Assad regime crumbled as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and allied groups swept major Syrian cities in a major military offensive, culminati…
Viewpoint
LebanonDemocracy and Governance
Federalism Would Deepen Lebanon’s Sectarian Tensions
May 20, 2026Imad K. Harb
Lebanon’s sectarian system is severely strained by political fragmentation, deep economic crisis, and the overwhelming impact of incessant and highly destructi…
Infographic
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
A New Wave of Discriminatory Israeli Laws Targeting Palestinians
May 14, 2026
Between October 2023 and July 2025, the Israeli Knesset passed more than 30 laws deepening its apartheid regime and intensifying its repression of Palestinians…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The Nakba in the Time of Genocide
May 14, 2026Yousef Munayyer
On May 15, 2026, Palestinians will mark the 78th year since the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. From late 1947 to 1949, the majority of the native in…
Intern Corner
IraqViolent Extremism
Shia Militias in Iraq: A Backgrounder
May 14, 2026Zainab Abdi
On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched a joint military operation against Iran. In response, a coalition of Iran-aligned armed groups in I…
Viewpoint
IranDiplomacy and Negotiations
Trump, Not Tehran, Is Blocking Diplomacy with Iran
May 13, 2026Daniel Brumberg
On April 26, 2026, Tehran offered the United States a proposal to lift the US and Iranian blockades of the Strait of Hormuz but to postpone talks on the nuclea…
Policy Analysis
IranProtests and Activism
Why Protest Has Not Produced Political Change in Iran
May 12, 2026Sina Toossi
Iran has not lacked moments of mass defiance against the regime. Over the past two decades, repeated waves of protest have challenged the authority, legitimacy…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Shifting US Opinion on Palestine
May 7, 2026
Matt Duss and Yousef Munayyer unpack the shifting landscape of American public opinion on Israel and its implications for the future US engagement in the Middl…
Fresh Take
SyriaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Transitional Justice in Syria: Progress and Challenges
May 6, 2026
Radwan Ziadeh examines Syria’s ongoing transitional justice process following the fall of the Assad regime, and the major challenges that continue to shape acc…