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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyMBS Returns to Washington: Re-Assessing US-Saudi Relations
Nov 18, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenMohammed bin Salman’s return to Washington after seven years signals a recalibration of US-Saudi ties, with Riyadh seeking security assurances as well as suppo…
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SyriaUS Foreign PolicyThe Populist and the Pragmatist: Why Trump Sees a Kindred Spirit in Syria’s al-Sharaa
Nov 11, 2025Daniel NeepAt first glance, US President Donald J. Trump and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa inhabit very different political universes. Trump, the populist pre…
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QatarUS Foreign PolicyQatar Copes with Trump’s Middle East Vision
Nov 6, 2025Daniel BrumbergAmong Arab states, perhaps none faces a more complex challenge in managing relations with President Donald Trump than Qatar. Ironically, Doha’s deepening partn…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicySaudi Crown Prince in Washington: The Return of Realpolitik
Nov 6, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesPresident Donald Trump voiced optimism that Saudi Arabia would soon join the 2020 Abraham Accords that normalized relations between Israel and some Arab countr…
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SyriaDemocracy and GovernanceSyria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive
Nov 5, 2025Gregory AftandilianAn October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration in the northea…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyNo Protection, No Justice: US Citizens Killed with Impunity by Israel
Oct 30, 2025Yara M. AsiOn a cold night in January 2022, Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian American man, was driving back to his town in the West Bank after a night of playing cards …
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaGiving Peace a Real Chance Must Include Refusing to Normalize Genocide
Oct 15, 2025Yousef MunayyerWhen a deal was sealed in Cairo last week to set the stage for President Trump’s speech at the Israeli Knesset and summit in Sharm El Shaikh a few days later, …











