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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and Defense
Gulf Security After the Israeli Strike on Doha: Waning US Guarantees and Expanding Options
Oct 2, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On September 17, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Riyadh and announced a defense agreement with Saudi Arabia. The announcement of the Saudi–Paki…
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QatarThe War on Gaza
Doha Wasn’t a One‑Off: What Israel’s 9 September Strike Signals?
Oct 2, 2025Muhanad Seloom
On 9 September 2025, Israel launched an airstrike in Doha targeting Hamas’s senior political leadership. The strike killed five Hamas-affiliated figures and…
Viewpoint
SyriaDemocracy and Governance
The “New Syria” and Reconstruction under Regional Influences
Oct 2, 2025Isabel Ruck
On September 24, 2025, interim Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa addressed the 80th United Nations General Assembly—the first time a Syrian president has done s…
Collective Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Another Half-Baked Trump Gaza Plan
Oct 1, 2025
On September 29, the White House announced a new 20-point plan for ending the Israeli war on Gaza that includes, among other things, provisions for an immediat…
Collective Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Another Half-Baked Trump Gaza Plan
Oct 1, 2025Heba Gowayed Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Yousef Munayyer Daniel Neep Assal Rad
On September 29, the White House announced a new 20-point plan for ending the Israeli war on Gaza that includes, among other things, provisions for an immediat…
Research Paper
LevantEnergy and Economics
Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean
Oct 1, 2025Jim Krane
The resource base in the Eastern Mediterranean is of primary interest not because of the size of its reserves but because of its proximity to the EU market, an…
Expert Interview
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The Trump/Netanyahu Plan for Gaza
Sep 30, 2025
Noura Erakat, Daniel Levy, and Yousef Munayyer respond to Trump's latest proposal to end the war on Gaza and discuss the implications of the plan for Palestini…
Policy Analysis
QatarThe War on Gaza
Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the End of Diplomacy
Sep 30, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury
On September 9, 2025, Israel attacked a Hamas delegation in Doha, Qatar, as it was meeting to discuss the latest US-brokered ceasefire proposal to halt the war…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Two State Solution Summit: Symbolic Recognition Under the Reality of Occupation
Sep 28, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
A high-level international conference on the two-state solution was resumed at the United Nations headquarters in New York on 23 September 2025. The summi…
Policy Analysis
SyriaGlobal Health and Health Policy
From Syria to Sudan: How Captagon Fuels Instability
Sep 26, 2025Gregory Aftandilian
Syria’s former Assad regime was the primary producer and chief beneficiary of the Captagon drug trade. Although the new Syrian government led by interim presid…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Gaza’s Medical Crisis and the US Visa Freeze
Sep 25, 2025Yara M. Asi
On July 7, 2024, an Israeli bombing in Khan Younis, Gaza, killed the parents, brother, and sister of a three-year-old Palestinian boy named Adam. While Adam’s …
Policy Analysis
LebanonEnergy and Economics
Can Lebanon Be a Hub for Syria’s Reconstruction?
Sep 24, 2025Patricia Karam
Nearly a year after the end of Syria’s civil war and the fall of the Assad dictatorship, the country has embarked on a long and complex reconstruction process.…