• Washington Policy Weekly
    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Congressional Update Week Ending May 12, 2017

    May 12, 2017Marcus Montgomery

    House members meet with voter anger in their districts over the new health care bill. Aid to Palestinian threatened in the Senate. Hearings for second in comma…

  • Op-Eds

    Imad K. Harb: Trump’s embrace of petty dictators only empowers them further

    May 11, 2017Imad K. Harb

    While US foreign policy has never been averse to collaborating with authoritarian leaders, Trump's policy of rolling out the red carpet is unacceptable.Read mo…

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: The Federal Bureaucracy Roadblocks in Trump’s Path (in Arabic)

    May 11, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    The Federal Bureaucracy and the system of checks and balances has created several roadblocks impeding the execution of Trump's agenda in his first 100 days. Re…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Precariousness of the De-Escalation Zones in Syria

    May 10, 2017Mustafa Gurbuz

    Confusion engulfs the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria as Russia advocates for them and the Syrian opposition expresses doubt about their efficacy.

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Abbas’s Inconclusive Washington Visit and Netanyahu’s Tactics

    May 9, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    The outcome of President Abbas’s visit to Washington was inconclusive but it was a reminder that President Trump is an unpredictable partner in peace.

  • Policy Analysis
    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Challenges Facing Iran’s Presidential Contenders

    May 9, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Iran’s presidential candidates are acutely aware that if elected, they would have to hew to the wishes and ultimate desires of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

  • Keynote Conversations
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump-Abbas Meeting and the Palestinian Policy toward Renewed Peace Efforts

    May 15, 2017

    On May 15, 2017, Arab Center Washington (ACW) sponsored a luncheon briefing featuring the new Chief Representative of the Palestinian General Delegation to the…

  • 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…

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