• Panel Discussions
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics

    Feb 2, 2021

    On February 2, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar titled “The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics.”

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    President Biden’s Initial Steps toward a Palestine Policy

    Jan 29, 2021

    Zaha Hassan joins host Yousef Munayyer to discuss Biden’s Palestine policy and the prospects of returning to a pre-Trump status for US-Palestinian relations. Z…

  • From our Affiliates
    TunisiaDemocracy and Governance

    Tunisia’s Night Protests: Background and Repercussions

    Jan 28, 2021Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)

    Tunisia is still vulnerable to more tension due to structural economic and social crises and the failure of political elites to agree on a national project tha…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    Biden will Contend with Divergent Middle East Preferences on Iran

    Jan 27, 2021Daniel Brumberg

    The Middle East is experiencing a period of diplomatic and strategic readjustment that will create both challenges and opportunities for the Biden Administrati…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Iran between Avenging Soleimani and Engaging Biden

    Jan 27, 2021Joe Macaron

    Two events in January serve as reminders of how US-Iran dynamics are pulled in two different directions: the inauguration of President Joe Biden on January 20,…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/Israel

    Netanyahu’s Latest Election Scheme: The Arab Vote?

    Jan 27, 2021Yousef Munayyer

    As the State of Israel once again heads to a new election, its prime minister—who infamously fearmongered against Arab citizens to drive Israeli right-wing vot…

  • Podcast
    EgyptUS Foreign Policy

    10 years from Tahrir: How will a Biden Administration Engage Egypt

    Jan 26, 2021

    Sarah Leah Whitson joins host Yousef Munayyer to discuss US-Egypt relations under the Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations as well as current human rights c…

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egypt’s Changing policy in Libya: Opportunities and Challenges

    Jan 21, 2021Khalil Al-Anani

    On December 27, 2020, a high-ranking Egyptian diplomatic and security delegation visited the Libyan capital of Tripoli to hold talks with the United Nations-ba…

  • Book
    LevantUS Foreign Policy

    Biden and The Middle East: A Challenging Road Ahead

    Biden and the Middle East: A Challenging Road Ahead is a compilation of articles by Middle East experts published as President-elect Joe Biden takes office on …

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenUS Foreign Policy

    Pompeo’s Departing Sabotage in Yemen

    Jan 19, 2021Imad K. Harb

    With less than two weeks in office before he checks out of Foggy Bottom, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Yemen’s Houthi movement a foreign terrorist …

  • Op-Eds

    Israel’s vaccine efforts are incomplete until they include Palestinians

    Jan 15, 2021Yara M. Asi

    Palestinians depend on Israel for lifesaving medical care not because of poverty but because of politics.

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Kurdish Dilemmas in Syria

    The Syrian Kurds, who constitute about 10 percent of Syria’s population, are at a crossroads, trying to preserve their shrunken statelet in the northeastern pa…

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