• 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 …

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    IranMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Congressional Update, February 17, 2017

    Feb 17, 2017

    I. US Ambassador-designate David Friedman Testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations CommitteeOn Thursday, February 16, David Friedman, President Trump’s ch…

  • Op-Eds

    Let’s Talk About a One-State Solution Where Israelis and Palestinians Are Equal

    Feb 17, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    President Trump may have opened the door to this conversation, but he certainly isn’t going to be the one pushing the parties to where they need to go. He is u…

  • Infographic
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Fact Sheet: 40 Years of US Positions Toward Israeli Settlements in the OPT

    Feb 16, 2017Tamara Kharroub

    A summary of US positions toward Israeli settlements between 1977 and 2017

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: Trump and Foreign Policy: Searching for a New Vision (in Arabic)

    Feb 16, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    Neoconservatism was dealt a major blow after the failure of the Iraq war which made Donald Trump take a position against the war and anyone associated with it,…

  • Policy Analysis
    LibyaUS Foreign Policy

    Libya after ISIL: What Will Trump Do?

    Feb 15, 2017Joe Macaron

    It is safe to say that at present, Libya might not be high on the agenda of President Donald Trump’s Administration. In December 2016, the Islamic State in Ira…

  • Policy Analysis
    Security and Defense

    General Flynn, We Hardly Knew You

    Feb 15, 2017Roxanne Perugino

    After serving only 24 days as President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, Lt. General Michael Flynn has resigned, leaving behind chaos within the Natio…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Receiving Netanyahu, Trump Must Emphasize America’s Interests

    Feb 14, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu comes to Washington this week to officially reset US-Israeli relations after the chill of the last few years of the Obama Adm…

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: Is Trump a Threat to American Democracy (in Arabic)

    Feb 11, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    Analysts are debating whether the different branches of government in the United States are strong enough to withstand the populace wave that brought Trump to …

  • Op-Eds

    Imad K. Harb: Trump’s Tug-of-war with America’s Political Establishment

    Feb 10, 2017Imad K. Harb

    President Donald Trump's executive orders are ready-made mechanisms that his administration believes will help it to institutionalise his campaign promises. Th…

  • Op-Eds

    Radwan Ziadeh: Russia Writes a Constitution for Syrians (in Arabic)

    Feb 9, 2017Radwan Ziadeh

    Russia has distributed a draft for a new Syrian constitution during the Astana Conference in order to "expedite negotiations to end the Syrian conflict." Why h…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfThe GCC

    Developments in Yemen and American Strategic Calculations

    Feb 8, 2017Imad K. Harb

    It has been three years since Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference concluded its work to set the stage for a constitution for a six-region federated state. Thi…