• Washington Policy Weekly
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Congressional Update Week Ending May 5, 2017

    May 5, 2017ACW's Research & Analysis Unit

    The House Foreign Affairs Committee approves legislation for additional sanctions on the Syrian regime and any government that deals with it or supplies it wit…

  • Op-Eds

    Yousef Munayyer: Hamas Charts a Mew, more Tolerant Course

    May 4, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    The anti-Semitic language of the previous Charter is gone, and references to the Muslim Brotherhood are absent, representing a willingness by Hamas to adapt to…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Middle East in Trump’s First 100 Days in Office

    May 3, 2017Joe Macaron

    Projecting the image of political stability and steadiness in Washington is paramount for US policy in the Middle East. There is no room for second-guessing th…

  • Khalil Jahshan Speaks with CGTN on the Abbas visit to the US

    May 3, 2017

    Khalil Jahshan join Abbas Hamideh, co-founder of Al-Awda, Aaron Magid, Washington correspondent for Jewish Insider, and Professor Chuck Freilich, former Israel…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    President Abbas Spins the Wheel in Washington

    May 2, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Realities on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territories and an obvious pro-Israel American bias dash any hope for an equitable peace deal from the Trum…

  • Policy Analysis
    North AfricaDemocracy and Governance

    Tunisians Want a Better Economy and a Democratic System

    May 1, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Forty-nine percent of Tunisians consider improving the economy the topmost priority while 20 percent think that security is. An overwhelming majority want a de…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    EgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Congressional Update Week Ending April 28, 2017

    Apr 28, 2017ACW’s Research & Analysis Unit

    Congress approved a continuing resolution to fund the US government through May 5. Both the House and Senate are debating new sanctions bills on Iran and Syria.

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Is Enforced Displacement the New Reality in Syria?

    Apr 28, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    It is feared that forced displacement of Syrians as a way of protecting vulnerable civilians may result in creating pure sectarian enclaves, making partition e…

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  • Policy Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Trump Ponders Renewing America’s Longest War in Afghanistan

    Apr 26, 2017Joe Macaron

    The Pentagon has in recent weeks flexed its muscles in Afghanistan but the US continues to navigate a difficult environment in that country as the Taliban rema…