Regions

Policy Analysis
LevantDemocracy and Governance
Palestinian National Council Reconvenes in Ramallah: We’ve seen this movie before!
May 4, 2018Khalil E. Jahshan
The 23rd PNC meeting in Ramallah did not generate a new Palestinian strategy and the session did not rise to the Palestinian national challenge in 2018. In tha…
Washington Policy Weekly
IraqUS Foreign Policy
Congressional Update – Week Ending May 4, 2018
May 4, 2018Marcus Montgomery
Vermont Senators take the lead on humanitarian issues in Palestine, Egypt; Pompeo takes combative posture towards Iran in first Middle East trip; White House f…
Policy Analysis
LebanonDemocracy and Governance
Lebanon’s Elections to Rearrange the Country’s Political Landscape
May 3, 2018Joe Macaron
For the first time since 2009, Lebanese will elect a new parliament on May 6, a decisive election that will redraw the representation of powers of the ruling c…
Viewpoint
LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Seventy Years of Nakba: Ending a Process that Has Not Stopped
May 3, 2018Yousef Munayyer
On May 15, 2018, Palestinians commemorate 70 years of their Nakba, the catastrophe of dispossession and homelessness that unfolded when the state of Israel was…
Viewpoint
LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Mohammed bin Salman Is Wrong on Palestine
May 2, 2018Imad K. Harb
Critics allege that impetuousness and impatience are driving Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s actions and statements. What could also be drivi…
Policy Analysis
IranDemocracy and Governance
The Many Challenges of Iraq’s Upcoming Elections
May 1, 2018Abdulwahab Al-Qassab
Transcending ethnic and sectarian divisions could be one of the most significant outcomes of the upcoming Iraqi elections that can transform the currently divi…
Op-Eds
Imad K. Harb: Killing the Iran Nuclear Deal Would be Foreign Policy Malpractice
May 1, 2018Imad K. Harb
Trump's promise to kill the deal if elected president was ignorant and ill-advised.Read more
Panel Discussions
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Nakba at 70: Palestinian Rights, Refugees, and the Prospects for Just Peace
May 8, 2018
Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a panel discussion on May 8, 2018 entitled “Nakba at 70: Palestinian Rights, Refugees, and Prospects for Just Peace” ahe…
Washington Policy Weekly
IranThe GCC
Congressional Update – Week Ending April 27, 2018
Apr 27, 2018Marcus Montgomery
Congress assesses counterterrorism cooperation with GCC states; Pompeo confirmed as Secretary of State; Macron, Merkel lobby Trump for JCPOA; Supreme Court hea…
Policy Analysis
LevantEnergy and Economics
Between Idealism and Realpolitik: Erdoğan’s Quest for Palestine
Apr 26, 2018Mustafa Gurbuz
Turkey’s active policy for Palestine enables Ankara to strengthen its ties to the Palestinian Authority and Hamas simultaneously and thus to bolster its role a…
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution
External Actors Complicate Resolving the Yemeni Conflict
Apr 25, 2018Gregory Aftandilian
Although the Houthis and the Hadi government show no signs of compromise, Yemen’s conflict continues to drag on largely because external actors are pursuing ag…
Policy Analysis
North AfricaDemocracy and Governance
Major Stakes in Tunisia’s Municipal Elections
Apr 24, 2018Charles W. Dunne
Tunisia, the only true success story from the Arab Spring thus far, finds itself at a crossroads as it approaches major national elections over the next year a…