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    LevantUS Foreign Policy

    Trump and the Arab World: A First Year Assessment

    Nov 9, 2017Imad K. Harb Zeina Azzam Gregory Aftandilian David B. Des Roches Charles W. Dunne Mustafa Gurbuz Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub William Lawrence Joe Macaron Marcus Montgomery Yousef Munayyer

    On behalf of Arab Center Washington DC (ACW), I am delighted to offer you this publicationtitled, Trump and the Arab World: A First Year Assessment. It include…

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: Why did negotiation fail in Geneva and succeed in Astana (in Arabic)

    Nov 9, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    It was apparent that the latest Astana meetings were designed by Russia, Turkey, and Iran to produce predetermined results.Read more

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: Time is up for calculations (in French)

    Nov 8, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    The two recent rounds of talks in Astana bringing together the Syrian regime and the opposition had brought nothing new and were merely a facade.Read more

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Bilateral Disagreements Aside, Jordan and Israel Agree on Syria

    Nov 7, 2017Gregory Aftandilian

    Jordan and Israel view military activities by Sunni extremists groups and by Hezbollah as threats and are using their developing ties with Russia to try to mit…

  • Khalil Jahshan’s speaks with Alaraby TV on Yousef Al-Otaiba’s anti-BDS efforts (in Arabic)

    Nov 6, 2017

    November 3, 2017

  • Op-Eds

    Imad K. Harb: Lebanese PM Saad Hariri resigns citing Iranian meddling

    Nov 4, 2017Imad K. Harb

    For Hariri to make the announcement in Riyadh "basically means he can't have control over his government or his country.Read more

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Is Palestinian Reconciliation Viable This Time?

    Nov 3, 2017Khalil E. Jahshan

    The Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement is the product of political manipulation between parties that lack confidence in each other’s strategic objectives. Th…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Century after Balfour: Israel’s Knesset Wants All of Palestine

    Nov 2, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    A hundred years after the Balfour Declaration, Israeli lawmakers are slated to take legislative steps that, instead of moving toward democracy, would only doub…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Raqqa’s Liberation and US Policy in Syria

    Oct 31, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    The Islamic State’s defeat in Raqqa was met with widespread approval among all Syrians, but the Kurds’ control of the liberated city and its surroundings promp…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Ankara’s Ambiguous Policy toward a Divided GCC

    Oct 30, 2017Mustafa Gurbuz

    As a key player in the GCC crisis, Turkey has tried to support Qatar while avoiding potential deterioration in Ankara-GCC relations, which would result in nega…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    LevantSecurity and Defense

    Congressional Update – Week Ending October 20, 2017

    Oct 20, 2017Marcus Montgomery

    I. Congress1) Legislation. This week, with the House of Representatives on recess and the Senate preoccupied with passing its version of a budget resolution, t…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Challenges of Turkey’s Operation in Syria’s Idlib

    Oct 19, 2017Mustafa Gurbuz

    Turkey is concerned about who controls neighboring Idlib Province in Syria but is equally interested in thwarting the Syrian Kurds’ plans for autonomy south of…

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