• Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy

    Vaccinations in Israel/Palestine: Inequality in the Fight against COVID

    Feb 9, 2021

    Yara Asi joins host Yousef Munnayer to discuss how Israel excluded Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Yara M.…

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Egyptian-Saudi Relations: Strategic Ties with Some Political Strains

    Egypt and Saudi Arabia continue to be strategic partners in the Middle East, buoyed by shared interests and certain threat perceptions. Saudi Arabia values Egy…

  • From our Affiliates
    LibyaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A New Interim Government Elected in Libya: Background and Prospects

    Feb 8, 2021Unit for Political Studies

    On 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…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Is Israel an Apartheid State?

    Feb 6, 2021Jonathan Kuttab

    Jonathan Kuttab explains the fundamental elements of the crime of apartheid committed by Israel against the Palestinians under its control, including legislati…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    The Assassination of Lebanon’s Lokman Slim

    Feb 4, 2021Imad K. Harb

    Assassination reared its ugly head once again in Lebanon when unknown assailants killed political analyst and activist Lokman Slim in southern Lebanon in the e…

  • Viewpoint
    IraqViolent Extremism

    The Terrorist Attacks in Baghdad: A New Chapter in Iraq’s Instability?

    Abdulwahab 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…

  • Book Review
    Saudi Arabia

    ‘Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia,’ by Rosie Bsheer

    Feb 3, 2021Imad K. Harb

    In 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…

  • Event Video
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    The Bitter Harvest of Lebanon’s Sectarian Politics

    Feb 2, 2021

    For years, Lebanese political and economic institutions have failed to address the many challenges facing the country. Today, Lebanon’s presidency is ineffecti…

  • 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…

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