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  • Expert Interview
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Reality Check: Update from the Ground in Palestine and Israel

    Mar 24, 2023

    Leading human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab gives an update on the situation in Palestine under the new far-right Israeli government.

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqUS Foreign Policy

    Iraq 20 Years since the 2003 US Invasion

    Mar 24, 2023Imad K. Harb Patricia Karam Abdulwahab Al-Qassab Rend Al-Rahim

    On March 20, 2003, the United States led an invasion of Iraq supposedly meant to halt its development of weapons of mass destruction. Lacking the support of th…

  • Webinar
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    The Global Significance of the China-Brokered Saudi-Iran Deal

    Mar 30, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the significance and scope of this agreement, the motivations of the three countries involved, the sustainability and feasibility of implementi…

  • Event Video
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israel’s Judicial Overhaul: Domestic and International Implications

    Mar 23, 2023

    Experts discuss recent events in Israel and their implications for the country as a whole, for Palestinians in particular, for Israeli relations with the globa…

  • External Videos
    Palestine/IsraelEducation and Development

    Palestinian Students at Israeli Universities Access and Challenges

    Mar 23, 2023

    Panelists discuss the discrimination faced by Palestinian students under the Israeli educational system and the lack of resources, access, and opportunities to…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab WorldUS Foreign Policy

    US Middle East Policy: The Trump-Biden Doctrine in Action

    Mar 22, 2023Charles W. Dunne

    All US presidents, it seems, need their own foreign policy “doctrine.” President James Monroe famously started the trend in 1823, and many others—Truman, Eisen…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Yemen and the Saudi-Iran Rapprochement

    Mar 22, 2023Nabeel A. Khoury

    In the closing scene of the 1942 film Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart, walking off into the fog with his occasional nemesis as they plan their next move together, …

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqUS Foreign Policy

    Unfinished Business: Nation-Building in Iraq Since 2003

    Mar 21, 2023Rend Al-Rahim

    Nothing so perfectly expresses the failure of nation-building in Iraq as the cry of protesters in 2019, when they chanted, nureed watan, “we want a country.” T…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Lebanon and Syria and the Saudi-Iran Detente

    Mar 21, 2023Imad K. Harb

    The recent China-brokered agreement between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran is expected to have a de-escalating effect on many issues in the Midd…

  • External Readings
    IraqUS Foreign Policy

    From Iraq to Ukraine: Reflections on imperial hubris

    Mar 20, 2023Marwan Bishara

    Twenty years ago, as the United States prepared to wage war on Iraq, then-Democratic Senator Joe Biden voted in favour of President George Bush’s reckless adve…

  • Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israel’s Judicial Overhaul: Domestic and International Implications

    Mar 23, 2023

    Experts discuss recent events in Israel and their implications for the country as a whole, for Palestinians in particular, for Israeli relations with the globa…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Unpacking the Issue of Security in Palestine/Israel

    Mar 16, 2023

    Yousef Munayyer discusses the lack of safety and security that Palestinians experience under Israeli occupation. Munayyer is a Non-resident fellow at Arab Cent…