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Video
LevantUS Foreign Policy
Israel’s Regional Goals Clash with Trump’s Foreign Policy
May 16, 2025
Yousef Munayyer examines the growing disconnect between Israel’s regional objectives and Donald Trump’s transactional style of diplomacy, and how the president…
Video
LevantInternational Law
It is Now More Urgent than Ever for the International Community to Protect Palestinians
May 15, 2025
"It is now more urgent than ever for the international community to protect Palestinians, and take a proactive role in pursuing alternative efforts and rights-…
Video
LevantInternational Law
The Credibility of the International System is at Stake
May 15, 2025
"What is at stake is not only the fate of the Palestinian people, but the credibility of the international system and the legitimacy and relevance of internati…
Video
LevantInternational Law
The Nakba Is a Deliberate and Ongoing Israeli Colonial Policy
May 15, 2025
"The Nakba is a deliberate and ongoing Israeli colonial policy, seeking the erasure of Palestinians by design for nearly eight decades." Listen to remarks by A…
Policy Analysis
LebanonJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Resumption of Beirut Port Blast Investigation Offers Lebanon New Hope
May 15, 2025Patricia Karam
Nearly five years after the devastating explosion at the Port of Beirut that killed some 220 people, injured some 7,000, and left a large portion of the city i…
Conferences
LevantThe War on Gaza
A Historic Juncture: Israel’s Destruction of Gaza and the Palestinian Future
Jun 11, 2025 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM ET
Experts address the status of human rights after genocidal violence was unleashed on Gaza, the scale and scope of destruction and loss, as well as the need for…
Op-Eds
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Trump Has Big Mideast Goals, and He Knows the Obstacle Is Netanyahu
May 14, 2025Yousef Munayyer
As President Donald Trump visits the Middle East on his first major foreign trip of his second term, there is one country he isn’t scheduled to visit that migh…
Viewpoint
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
President Trump Does Business in Saudi Arabia
May 13, 2025Imad K. Harb
In front of a packed hall hosting an investment forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, US President Donald Trump spoke of an ironclad American-Saudi relationship that …
Fresh Take
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Key Areas of Focus for Trump’s Visit to the Middle East
May 13, 2025
Khalil E. Jahshan outlines the key issues that President Trump should prioritize during his visit to the Middle East.
Webinar
LevantDemocracy and Governance
Syria’s Transitional Government: Challenges, Policies, and Prospects
May 22, 2025
Syrian Transitional Government ministers discuss the makeup and duties of the new government and the challenges of rebuilding Syria.
Viewpoint
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Why the Gulf States Might Be the Most MAGA US Partners
May 13, 2025Andreas Krieg
The iconic red MAGA hat has arrived in the Gulf. It is quite telling that the cap—so often mocked in liberal circles in Europe and the United States—appears to…
Podcast
LevantUS Foreign Policy
Trump heads to the Middle East
May 12, 2025
About the PodcastExperts discuss Trump's trip to the region, the US deal with the Houthis, the dismissal of Michael Walz, the humanitarian situation in Gaza an…