• Policy Analysis
    LebanonUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration’s Hezbollah Problem

    Mar 2, 2017Imad K. Harb

    As paramilitary organizations go, Lebanon’s Hezbollah has achieved resounding success since its establishment by the revolutionary Iranian regime, which was ne…

  • Op-Eds

    Yousef Munayyer: The Roots of Israeli Apartheid

    Mar 1, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    For decades, Israeli law has enshrined the principles of apartheid, stripping Palestinians of their rights for the purposes of maintaining Israel's grip on pow…

  • Op-Eds

    Zeina Azzam: Trump and Netanyahu at the White House: Hate-Mongering Against Palestinians

    Feb 27, 2017Zeina Azzam

    When US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a press conference at the White House on February 15, 2017, they not only glo…

  • Op-Eds

    Roxanne Perugino: General McMaster: A Wise Choice for National Security Adviser?

    Feb 27, 2017

    After the fiasco that saw National Security adviser Flynn forced to resign over his links with Russia, new nominee General McMaster could temper Trump's bluste…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Netanyahu and Trump Chart New US-Israel Relationship

    Feb 26, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    BackgroundOn February 15, 2017, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met in the White House for the first time since America’s …

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    LevantMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Congressional Update – Week Ending February 24, 2017

    Feb 24, 2017

    Congress has been in recess this past week in observance of Presidents’ Day so capitol Hill has been relatively quiet. The House and Senate will reconvene on M…

  • Op-Eds

    Tamara Kharroub: American Democracy Under Threat: Fake News, Alternative Facts

    Feb 23, 2017Tamara Kharroub

    Freedom of the press is one of the pillars of American democracy. In casting criticism as fake news, Trump is playing a very dangerous game.Read More

  • Press Releases

    ACW Announces New Academic Advisory Board

    Feb 22, 2017

    Washington, DC – Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) is pleased to announce the creation of a new 14-member Academic Advisory Board (AAB) that will work with the E…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    Security and Defense

    A Looming Collision: Donald Trump and Presidential War Powers

    Feb 22, 2017Marcus Montgomery

    The first few weeks of President Donald Trump’s first term have been newsworthy, to say the least. But the same inauguration that ushered him into the White Ho…

  • Policy Analysis
    North AfricaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Democratization and Radicalization: Understanding Tunisia’s Model of Democratic Transition

    Feb 21, 2017Tamara Kharroub

    On February 1, 2017, German police arrested a Tunisian asylum seeker suspected of recruiting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and planning a…

  • Policy Analysis
    QatarRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Erdoğan’s Gulf Tour: Reassurance without Substance?

    Feb 21, 2017Mustafa Gurbuz

    Contemporaneous visits to the Gulf region by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani indicate urgent regional diplomacy in …

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptSecurity and Defense

    Going Forward on Egyptian-American Relations

    Feb 21, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Egypt recently marked the sixth anniversary of the resignation of former President Hosni Mubarak and his handover of power to the Supreme Council of the Armed …