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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Thomas-Greenfield’s Visit to Israel and Palestine: A Stark Asymmetry
Dec 3, 2021Daoud Kuttab
The Biden Administration’s ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, visited Israel, the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, and Jordan in mid-…
Policy Analysis
EgyptUS Foreign Policy
Agreements and Tensions in US-Egyptian Relations
Dec 2, 2021Sahar Khamis
The US-Egypt strategic dialogue was held in Washington, DC in early November between Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his American counterpart, Secre…
External Readings
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
Systematic Discrimination and Fragmentation as Key Barriers to Palestinian Health and Healthcare
Dec 1, 2021Medical Aid for Paestine
We would like to encourage you to read the latest paper by Medical Aid for Palestine (MAP). Their new position paper describes how systematic discrimination an…
Op-Eds
UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
Will the UAE succeed in Rehabilitating Assad
Nov 25, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
Politics, as it is said, is based on profit and loss, and profit and loss here is based on the interests of the people who are entrusted with the government to…
Policy Analysis
SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Russia’s Multifaceted Policy in Syria
Nov 23, 2021Gregory Aftandilian
More than six years after Russia began its military intervention in the Syrian civil war, President Vladimir Putin has chalked up some important victories amid…
Op-Eds
Political symbolism in the coup against Hassoun
Nov 19, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
Perhaps the abolition of the position of the Mufti in Syria, which dates back to 1918, and the formation of what the Assad regime called the “Scholarly Jurispr…
Policy Analysis
TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Is Tunisia Transitioning to a Liberalized Autocracy?
Nov 18, 2021Daniel Brumberg
If in the coming months Tunisia undergoes a transition, given current conditions, it will probably not be along a path back to democracy. Indeed, while Preside…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Political and Legal Implications of Israel’s Crackdown on Palestinian NGOs
Nov 18, 2021
On November 18, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a webinar titled “The Political and Legal Implications of Israel’s Crackdown on Palestinian NGOs.”…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Tip of the Spear: Israeli Settler Terror
Nov 17, 2021Yousef Munayyer
For people around the world, autumn brings cooler temperatures and bright orange leaves on trees. But for Palestinians in the Israeli occupied West Bank, autum…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
The Nakba in Israeli Public Discourse and School History Curriculum
Nov 17, 2021Amal Jamal
The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their villages by Israel’s armed forces during the 1948 war and the creation of the ongoing refugee problem is rarely…
Viewpoint
SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Failure of Syria’s Constitutional Committee
Nov 16, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
In October 2019, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres enthusiastically welcomed the creation of Syria’s Constitutional Committee that would…
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SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Emirati Normalization with the Syrian Regime: Motives and Implications
Nov 16, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
On 9 November, the UAE Foreign Minister, Abdullah bin Zayed, paid a visit to Damascus, the first in ten years, during which he met the head of the Syrian regim…