Regions

Podcast
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Hezbollah and Israel’s Ongoing War on Lebanon
Dec 2, 2025
Imad K. Harb and Khalil E. Jahshan examine the situation in Lebanon, focusing on the challenges of disarming Hezbollah and the ongoing Israeli military campaig…
Collective Analysis
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Tabatabai’s Killing: Perspectives on Hezbollah
Nov 25, 2025Imad K. Harb Patricia Karam Nabeel A. Khoury
On November 23, 2025, Israel succeeded in assassinating Hezbollah’s chief military commander, Haitham Ali Tabatabai, in its latest violation of the ceasefire n…
Collective Analysis
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Tabatabai’s Killing: Perspectives on Hezbollah
Nov 25, 2025
Israeli attacks on Hezbollah’s positions and personnel since last November’s ceasefire have elicited no response from the party despite its leaders’ continued …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelSecurity and Defense
The CMCC and the US-Israel Alliance: Collusion or Enforcement Mechanism?
Nov 24, 2025Hanna Alshaikh
The fastest route to Washington no longer runs through Tel Aviv, as the saying once went, but through Kiryat Gat, a small industrial city in southern Israel. O…
Policy Analysis
SyriaDemocracy and Governance
Prospects for Syria’s Democratization Under Ahmed al-Sharaa
Nov 21, 2025Patricia Karam
The spectacular and unforeseen fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 upended Syria’s political order and launched a precarious transition. Ahmed al-Sharaa o…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown
Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan
On November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Does Israel Really Want Peace?
Nov 18, 2025
Khalil E. Jahshan analyzes how the US and Israel are promoting normalization with Arab and Islamic countries, alongside Trump’s Gaza plan, as a means to avoid …
External Readings
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
What is missing from UNSC Resolution 2803?
Nov 18, 2025Brian Brivati
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2803 on Gaza governance and a “credible pathway” to Palestinian self-determination notably omits the foun…
Podcast
SyriaUS Foreign Policy
Mr. Sharaa Comes to Washington
Nov 17, 2025
Radwan Ziadeh and Yousef Munayyer discuss Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House, exploring what Syrians hope to gain from the trip, and w…
Fresh Take
SyriaUS Foreign Policy
Ahmad Al-Sharaa and Donald Trump
Nov 13, 2025
Daniel Neep draws parallels between Donald Trump and Syria’s Ahmed al-Sharaa, contending that both leaders favor a style of governance rooted in transactional …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Who Profits? US Corporations and the Whitewashing of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Nov 11, 2025Annelle Sheline
Since Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza in October 2023, observers have asked how the world could allow the indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians to c…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections
A Changing Conversation on the Left and Right
Nov 11, 2025
Experts examine how the war on Gaza has reshaped global public opinion toward Israel, and explore how these shifting perceptions influenced the New York mayora…