• Washington Policy Weekly
    US Foreign Policy

    Congressional Update – November 6, 2015

    Nov 6, 2015Roxanne Perugino

    Roxanne Perugino

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    Representative Paul Ryan: Speaker of the US House of Representatives

    Nov 2, 2015Roxanne Perugino

    Roxanne Perugino

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Foreign Policy

    Congressional Update – October 30, 2015

    Oct 30, 2015Roxanne Perugino

    Roxanne Perugino

  • Research Paper
    Media and Technology

    Beyond Trump: Celebrity Candidates, Mediatization of Politics, and US Middle East Policy

    Oct 20, 2015Tamara Kharroub

    The political and media discussions of the presidential campaigns have given great attention to some of the most flamboyant GOP nomination candidates (a.k.a. c…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaSecurity and Defense

    Russia’s Middle East Moves and US Options

    Oct 15, 2015Yousef Munayyer

    BackgroundIn recent weeks, Russia has taken quite significant and surprising steps to deepen and strengthen its support for the Assad regime in Syria. Russia h…

  • Featured Speakers
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Russian Intervention in Syria: Motives and Challenges

    Oct 8, 2015

    Arab Center Washington DC hosted a Luncheon for Dr. Abdulwahhab Al-Qassab; on 8 October 2015 titled “Russian Intervention in Syria: Motives and Challenges.”

  • Research Paper
    Religion and Politics

    Five things you need to know about women in Islam: Implications for advancing women’s rights in the Middle East

    Oct 4, 2015Tamara Kharroub

    The issue of women’s rights in Islam has been a contentious area of discussions and intense debates both in the Muslim world and in the West. The two dominant …

  • Research Paper
    Media and Technology

    Cyberactivism in the Middle East: Six potentials and six limitations of new media technologies in democratization

    Sep 30, 2015Tamara Kharroub

    The question that has been the center of discussion both in the Arab world and in the West is why now. What role did the new media tools play in motivating, fa…

  • Abbas: Palestinians No Longer Bound by Agreements With Israel

    Sep 30, 2015

    Abbas: Palestinians No Longer Bound by Agreements With Israel