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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Did Mike Huckabee Just Green-Light Israel to Invade Half the Levant?
Feb 26, 2026Yousef Munayyer
Huckabee’s latest interview with Tucker Carlson, and the statements he made during it, are roiling the region and making it clear to regional players that thei…
Policy Analysis
SyriaDemocracy and Governance
The Shrinking Space for Kurdish Autonomy in Syria
Feb 26, 2026Gregory Aftandilian
In January 2026, clashes between Syrian government forces and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) resulted in Damascus regaining large parts of territory that h…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Israel’s Restrictions on Medical Evacuations from Gaza and the West Bank
Feb 25, 2026Yara M. Asi
Like thousands of others across occupied Palestine, five-year-old Mohammad Abu Asad has cancer. Mohammad was diagnosed in the early 2020s with an aggressive fo…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Free Speech and Palestine
Feb 24, 2026
Yousef Munayyer and Jenin Younes examine the escalating crackdown on Palestine advocacy and explore the legal questions it raises for freedom of expression.
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Phase Two’s Baked-In Failure: Why the Chances for Trump’s Gaza Plan Are Dim
Feb 20, 2026Yousef Munayyer
On October 13, 2025, more than 20 world leaders gathered at a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to witness US President Donald Trump sign an agreement ending…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Complexities of Human Rights Reporting on Palestine
Feb 20, 2026
Yousef Munayyer and Omar Shakir discuss his decision to depart from Human Rights Watch, the contents of the report that the organization sought to withhold, an…
Webinar
IranUS Foreign Policy
The Future of US-Iran Engagement: Domestic Unrest, Regional Tensions, and Prospects for Diplomacy
Feb 26, 2026
Experts assess the impact of domestic developments in Iran, the role of regional geopolitics, and the Trump administration’s approach toward Tehran.
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Trump’s Board of Peace: Rebuilding Gaza, or Remaking the World?
Feb 18, 2026Charles W. Dunne
The Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…
Fresh Take
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Trump’s “Board of Peace”
Feb 18, 2026
Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the “Board of Peace,” highlighting how the administration’s statements are disconnected from the realities on the ground in Gaza an…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Constraint and Competition: Saudi Arabia’s Regional Policy in a Shifting Middle East
Feb 17, 2026The Unit for Political Studies
In a striking episode that captured the delicate intersection between domestic transformation and foreign policy, Saudi Investment Minister Khalid Al-Falih pub…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics
Running on Empty: The Deepening Financial Crisis of the Palestinian Authority
Feb 12, 2026Mohammed Samhouri
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is nearly insolvent. A deep financial crisis is edging it closer to the brink of fiscal collapse. The PA’s main sources of reven…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Crime, Neglect, and Politics in Israel
Feb 11, 2026
Yousef Munayyer and Mohanad Mustafa explore rising crime in Palestinian towns inside Israel, the government’s willful neglect, and the shifting domestic politi…