• Op-Eds

    Yousef Munayyer: Reframing the 1967 WAR

    Jun 9, 2017

    Between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, half the residents or more live as either second-class citizens or noncitizens because they are Palestinian…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Congressional Update – Week Ending June 9, 2017

    Jun 9, 2017

    James Comey's testimony shakes the Capitol; Congress holds hearings on ISIL, Hezbollah; battles continue over Saudi Arabian arms deal; Iran and Russia sanction…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Discussion of the UN Report on “Israeli Practices Regarding the Palestinians and the Question of Apartheid”

    Jun 8, 2017Virginia Tilley

    The two-state solution will allow Israel as an apartheid state to rule over a smaller portion of historical Palestine but will not be a just solution for the c…

  • Policy Analysis

    Trump and the Israel-Palestine Conflict

    Jun 6, 2017

    It is doubtful that the current political climate in the United States is conducive to the kind of effort required to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Bird’s Eye View of the 1967 War: Palestine Remains the Central Issue

    Jun 5, 2017Imad K. Harb

    After fifty years of the 1967 war that changed the map of the Middle East and destroyed the Arab republican nationalist regimes, the Question of Palestine rema…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Congressional Update – Week Ending June 2, 2017

    Jun 2, 2017

    I. CongressThe House and Senate were in recess this week for the Memorial Day holiday. The Senate will return to session June 5 and the House will get back to …

  • Policy Analysis

    The Dangers of Arab Normalization with Israel

    Jun 1, 2017

    Arab normalization with Israel is a shortsighted policy on the part of governments, organizations, and individuals. Such a policy poses a risk to both the Pale…

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: The History of the Syrian Constitution

    Jun 1, 2017

    Syria has had at least twelve constitutions since it obtained independence in 1946 and since the last French soldier withdrew from Syrian soil in 1947.Read more

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    H.R. 2712: Palestinian International Terrorism Support Prevention Act of 2017

    May 31, 2017

    On May 25, Rep. Brian Mast (R-Florida) introduced H.R. 2712, “a bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign support for Palestinian terrorism, and for oth…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A US-Iran Race to Control the Damascus-Baghdad Highway

    May 31, 2017Joe Macaron

    Securing the Damascus-Baghdad highway and deterring Iran’s regional activities might lead to a direct US involvement in the Syrian war.

  • Policy Analysis

    Turkish-Egyptian Relations: Nowhere to Go but Up

    May 30, 2017

    Egypt and Turkey, both staunch US allies, have found themselves locked in a war of words—and worse—for nearly four years since the overthrow of President Moham…

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