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LebanonIdentity Politics and SectarianizationLessons from Lebanon’s Frustration: From the Christians Yesterday to the Shia Today
Mar 30, 2026Mark DaouAfter the civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon entered a new phase of rebuilding state institutions and ending internal conflict. However, that phase was not equit…
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IranDemocracy and GovernanceDid All That Was Solid Melt into Air? The Islamic Republic at an Impasse
Mar 26, 2026 Rouzbeh ParsiThe Islamic Republic is an oligarchy, not a personal dictatorship, and this is both its survival mechanism and its downfall. The system consists of what might …
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
The Shrinking Space for Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
Feb 26, 2026Gregory AftandilianIn January 2026, clashes between Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resulted in Damascus regaining large parts of territory that h…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Election Year in Israel: Portents of the Coming Political Battle
Feb 6, 2026Mtanes ShihadehThe upcoming elections will mostly focus on domestic issues, while those related to the occupation, settlers, and control of Gaza will recede from public debat…
- Policy AnalysisLebanonDemocracy and Governance
A First-Year Assessment of Lebanon’s Governing Coalition
Feb 4, 2026Patricia KaramIn January 2025, President Joseph Aoun took the oath of office and in his inaugural address declared the start of a “new era.” The government then began to rec…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s New Order: Centralization by External Consent
Jan 29, 2026Salim ÇevikOn January 8, 2026, Syrian interim government forces moved into two neighborhoods in Aleppo controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the US-backed coa…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Bribes and the Ballot Box: How Israel’s 2026 Budget Serves the Governing Coalition
Dec 10, 2025Mtanes ShihadehThe Israeli government will soon present its economic and financial agenda for 2026 in the form of a draft budget and an Economic Arrangements Law that will se…
- From our AffiliatesTunisiaDemocracy and Governance
The Illusion of the Tunisian Exception: Civil Society and Democratic Transition
Dec 1, 2025Mehdi Mabroukacrobat IconTunisia’s democratic transition has attracted considerable scholarly attention, and is often portrayed as a notable exception. However, the rever…
- Policy AnalysisSyriaDemocracy and Governance
Prospects for Syria’s Democratization Under Ahmed al-Sharaa
Nov 21, 2025Patricia KaramThe 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…
- Policy AnalysisMoroccoProtests and Activism
Morocco at Breaking Point? Drought, Misrule, and the Rise of Gen Z 212
Nov 20, 2025Samia ErrazzoukiFrom late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change from their government. Under the b…
