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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCongressional Update – Week Ending April 7, 2017
Apr 7, 2017ACW’s Research & Analysis UnitI. Congressional ScheduleThe House has adjourned for the two-week Easter recess and will reconvene on Tuesday, April 25. The Senate is expected to adjourn toda…
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Radwan Ziadeh: How Can We Prevent Syria’s Partition (in Arabic)
Apr 6, 2017Radwan ZiadehThere are many analyses and proposals in Washington on how to govern Syria after the end of the conflict, many of which are based on the idea of partitioning S…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Outsider Diplomat: Tillerson Strives to Define his Role
Apr 6, 2017Joe MacaronAfter two months in office, Tillerson is gradually coping in his new job; his success or failure will indeed have a significant impact on US foreign policy in …
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LevantConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Turkey-Russia Rift Heralds an Autonomous Kurdistan in Syria
Apr 5, 2017Mustafa GurbuzAs the Syrian civil war grinds on into a seventh year, a Kurdish autonomous region controlled by the People’s Protection Units becomes more probable in norther…
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The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and DefenseThe US Military Posture in the Gulf: Future Possibilities
Apr 4, 2017Imad K. HarbSince former President Jimmy Carter announced the establishment of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force in the Middle East in 1980—which later became Central …
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IranConflicts and Conflict ResolutionGenocide in Mosul: The Repercussions of Targeting Civilians
Apr 4, 2017Abdulwahab Al-QassabThere have been widespread allegations that the destruction of Mosul, the major Sunni Iraqi city after Baghdad, is the aim of the Iranian-backed Shiite militia…
Trump, Sissi to Seek Closer Cooperation Against Islamist Extremism
Apr 3, 2017Egyptian activist Moataz El Fegiery's remarks during ACW's event on Egypt and the US under the Trump Administration were quoted in VOA's article on Egyptian Pr…
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Yousef Munayyer: Can Trump revive the Arab Peace Initiative?
Apr 3, 2017Yousef MunayyerEgypt, Jordan and Palestine's leaders are all visiting Washington this month. Is a regional summit on the horizon? If so, Palestinians are right to remain wary…
Moataz El Fegiery & Bahey el-din Hassan: What Trump Should Ask a Brutal Dictator as He Welcomes Him to the White House
Apr 2, 2017Under Sissi, thousands of Egyptian activists have been killed, imprisoned, abducted, and banned from traveling.Read more
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EgyptDemocracy and GovernanceEgypt’s Fragile Stability: Erosion of the Rule of Law and Institutions of Governance
Mar 30, 2017Moataz El FegieryThis paper addresses the erosion of the rule of law and institutions of governance in Egypt by discussing the significant expansion of legal repression, the cl…
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