• Washington Policy Weekly
    LevantSecurity and Defense

    Democrats Grapple with US Role in the Middle East

    Democrats scrutinize the first two years of Trump’s foreign policy and grapple with a new path moving forward. Read this and more from the week in Washington.

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Demographic Changes Buttress Assad’s Authoritarianism

    Mar 1, 2019Radwan Ziadeh

    The Syrian regime violated international prohibitions on the conduct of war by forcing millions of people to flee their homes in order to spur demographic chan…

  • Khalil E. Jahshan quoted by Middle East Eye regarding the Yemen war

    Mar 1, 2019

    Arab Center Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan was interviewed by Middle East Eye regarding US support for the Yemen war. Read more

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    LevantSecurity and Defense

    Saudi Arabia Between Congress and the Trump Administration

    Feb 27, 2019Marcus Montgomery

    After a brief respite, tempers on Capitol Hill are again starting to flare up over Saudi Arabia, pitting Congress against President Trump. Read about this and …

  • Viewpoint
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Trump Administration Is Buying Time in Syria

    Feb 26, 2019Joe Macaron

    It is no secret that Trump does not see any financial or strategic value in keeping US forces in Syria; however, his policy there has been like an aimless roll…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    The Iranian Revolution at 40: The Politics of Supreme Leader Succession

    Feb 26, 2019Daniel Brumberg

    As Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei advances in age, he must be careful about how his actions domestically and internationally will affect the inevitable succession…

  • Joe Macaron quoted by Middle East Eye on Zarif’s resignation

    Feb 26, 2019

    Arab Center Fellow Joe Macaron was quoted by Middle East Eye on the subject of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's sudden resignation.Read more

  • Middle East Eye quotes Amb. Jordan’s remarks at Arab Center event

    Feb 24, 2019

    Middle East Eye quoted Ambassador Robert W. Jordan's remarks regarding the rumored transfer of US nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Jordan made th…

  • Policy Analysis
    Democracy and Governance

    How Principled Is US Realism in the Middle East?

    Feb 22, 2019Charles W. Dunne

    US authority, credibility, and interests in the Middle East are paying the price for the administration's confusion and abandonment of principles in its foreig…

  • Press Releases

    In Memoriam: Professor Augustus Richard Norton (1946-2019)

    Feb 21, 2019

    Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) is deeply saddened by the news of the death of our Academic Advisory Board Member Professor Emeritus Augustus Richard Norton on…

  • Event Video
    Saudi ArabiaJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    The Future of US-Saudi Relations: A Diplomatic Perspective

    Feb 21, 2019Khalil E. Jahshan

    Arab Center Washington DC held an event on February 21, 2019 in Washington DC, featuring the Hon. Robert W. Jordan, US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2001-200…

  • Khalil E. Jahshan Interviewed about the cancelled summit between Israel and the Visegrád group (in Arabic)

    Feb 19, 2019

    Arab Center Executive Director Khalil E. Jahshan was interviewed by France 24 about the cancellation of a summit between Israel and the Visegrád group watch

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