• Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israeli Settler Violence: A Strategy to Displace Palestinians from their Land

    Apr 10, 2026Yara M. Asi

    On April 9, 2026, news broke that the Israeli government had recently authorized the construction of 34 new settlements in the West Bank—nearly six times the n…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The Iran War: Is Trump Looking for Exit Ramps or Escalation?

    Apr 7, 2026Charles W. Dunne

    US President Donald Trump proclaimed total victory over Iran in his Oval Office address on April Fools’ Day, saying, “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Ira…

  • FORTHCOMING BOOK: Israel’s Genocide in Gaza: Domestic, Regional, and International Dynamics

    Apr 6, 2026

    The book aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date accounting, documentation, and analysis of the different aspects of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Targetin…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Threatens War Crimes in Iran

    Apr 6, 2026Ingie Gohar

    President Trump said that the US is in serious discussions with "a new, and more reasonable, regime" to end military operations in Iran. He threatened to "blow…

  • Op-Eds
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm

    Apr 4, 2026Daniel Neep

    The war’s goals—degrading Iran’s military and weakening its proxy networks—look like a more limited attempt to discipline an errant regional power.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    What Happened to the Gaza War?

    Apr 1, 2026

    Khalil E. Jahshan argues that the war with Iran has diverted attention away from Gaza, enabling Israel to intensify the humanitarian crisis and obstruct recons…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Lessons from Lebanon’s Frustration: From the Christians Yesterday to the Shia Today

    Mar 30, 2026Mark Daou

    After the civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon entered a new phase of rebuilding state institutions and ending internal conflict. However, that phase was not equit…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Increases Number of Troops in Middle East

    Mar 30, 2026Ingie Gohar

    The Pentagon is moving to deploy around 3,000 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, alongside thousands of Marines already being se…

  • From our Affiliates
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Global Energy is Caught in a Dark Tunnel and Future Prospects Are Bleak

    Mar 30, 2026The Economic Studies Unit

    The world waits apprehensively to see where the heated conflict between Israel and the United States on one side, and Iran on the other, will lead. It is a con…

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Jordanian Security and the US-Israel War on Iran

    Mar 27, 2026Curtis Ryan

    Eid al-Fitr should be a time of joy, but for Jordanians, and for so many others across the region, this year it was accompanied by air raid sirens, missiles, a…

  • Infographic
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Conflicting Agendas of the Iran War

    Mar 27, 2026

    The Trump administration and Israel appear to stand united against Iran, but a closer look reveals a divide over what either nation hopes to achieve

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics

    The Iran War and the End of the US-Gulf “Oil for Security” Deal

    Mar 27, 2026Jim Krane

    In early March 2026, Iran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz in response to the war launched by the United States and Israel, making it impossible for oil…

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