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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernancePalestinian Elections 2021: Reconciling Competing Motives
Feb 18, 2021Khalil E. JahshanOn January 15, 2021, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority (PA) issued a decreecalling for legislative, presidential, and National Council elect…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIs International Criminal Justice Coming for Israel?
Feb 17, 2021Jonathan KuttabOn February 5, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled, for purposes of its jurisdiction, that Palestine is a state. The chief prosecutor who sought this …
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TunisiaDemocracy and GovernanceTunisia’s Multiple Crises Threaten Its Brittle Democracy
Feb 16, 2021Daniel BrumbergOn January 26, Tunisia witnessed a scene that echoed the dramatic events of January 6 in Washington, DC. Outside the Tunisian parliament in Tunis, hundreds of …
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EgyptRegional Relations and GeopoliticsEgyptian-Saudi Relations: Strategic Ties with Some Political Strains
Feb 9, 2021Gregory AftandilianEgypt and Saudi Arabia continue to be strategic partners in the Middle East, buoyed by shared interests and certain threat perceptions. Saudi Arabia values Egy…
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict ResolutionA New Interim Government Elected in Libya: Background and Prospects
Feb 8, 2021Unit for Political StudiesOn February 5, the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) finished off the final round of a voting process that elected Mohamed al-Menfi as the head of a three…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsIs Israel an Apartheid State?
Feb 6, 2021Jonathan KuttabJonathan Kuttab explains the fundamental elements of the crime of apartheid committed by Israel against the Palestinians under its control, including legislati…
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LebanonIdentity Politics and SectarianizationThe Assassination of Lebanon’s Lokman Slim
Feb 4, 2021Imad K. HarbAssassination reared its ugly head once again in Lebanon when unknown assailants killed political analyst and activist Lokman Slim in southern Lebanon in the e…
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IraqViolent ExtremismThe Terrorist Attacks in Baghdad: A New Chapter in Iraq’s Instability?
Feb 3, 2021Abdulwahab Al-QassabAbdulwahab Al-Qassab writes that the latest suicide bombings in Baghdad portend a feared return of the Islamic State after it was supposedly vanquished in Dece…
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Saudi Arabia‘Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia,’ by Rosie Bsheer
Feb 3, 2021Imad K. HarbIn her book, Rosie Bsheer argues that the Saudi state’s material politics shows how the regime wants to reengineer the social order in the kingdom away from re…
