• Fresh Take
    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Netanyahu’s War on Diplomacy

    Sep 12, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh examines Israel’s attack on Qatar, exploring the motives behind it and its far-reaching implications.

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenDemocracy and Governance

    Fueling Instability: Hydrocarbons, Protests, and the Limits of Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Government

    Sep 12, 2025Nicholas Brumfield

    In late July 2025, large-scale protests against electricity outages, economic deterioration, and general mismanagement by Yemen’s Internationally Recognized Go…

  • Webinar
    SyriaPublic Opinion

    What Syrians Want: Prospects for Democracy and Economic Development

    Sep 18, 2025 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET

    Experts discuss the findings of the latest Syrian public opinion poll surveying more than 3500 Syrians in July-August 2025.

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptUS Foreign Policy

    The US-Egypt Relationship Might Face a Reckoning

    Sep 11, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    The relationship between the United States and Egypt has seen many highs and lows over the decades. Under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and now Trump …

  • QatarThe War on Gaza

    Striking a US Ally: Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Erosion of Regional Stability

    Sep 9, 2025

    On the morning of September 9, 2025, fifteen Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on residential buildings in Doha, Qatar. Israel claimed the strike was a pre…

  • Policy Analysis
    QatarThe War on Gaza

    Striking a US Ally: Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Erosion of Regional Stability

    On the morning of September 9, 2025, 15 Israeli jets carried out an airstrike on residential buildings in Doha, Qatar. Israel claimed that the strike was a pre…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    What Does Israel’s Planned Annexation of the West Bank Mean for the Palestinian National Project?

    Sep 9, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    ​​​The occupied West Bank is undergoing rapid political and on-the-ground developments that reflect a fundamental shift in the approach to the conflict establi…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The GREAT Trust for Gaza: A Blueprint for Dispossession, Not Reconstruction

    The Trump administration is currently discussing the so-called Gaza Reconstitution, Economic Acceleration and Transformation (GREAT) Trust plan that projects a…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    Palestinian Disarmament in Lebanon: Small Steps with Regional Implications

    Sep 4, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    On August 21, 2025, Palestinian factions in the Burj al-Barajneh refugee camp near Beirut transferred light weapons in pickup trucks to the Lebanese Armed Forc…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Political Divisions in Iran and the Uncertain Path to a New Nuclear Deal

    Sep 4, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Some analysts have argued that the unprecedented Israeli and American June 2025 assault on Iran has created a “new regional order” in the Middle East. But what…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Support for Netanyahu: A Political Liability?

    Despite occasional irritations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump has made unconditional US backing of the Israeli leader a…

  • Research Paper
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Weakness of Israeli Opposition to the War on Gaza

    Aug 29, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh

    On August 8, 2025, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to prepare for the occupation of Gaza City and of…