• From our Affiliates
    IranRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Raising the Cost of War: Iran’s Response to the US–Israeli War

    Mar 12, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    Nearly a week into the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, which resulted in the assassination of several senior political and military leaders early on, the Assembly …

  • Op-Eds
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Why Netanyahu Chose to Strike Iran Now

    Mar 10, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    Every few years for the past three decades, Netanyahu has almost comically preached that the window to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon was closing…

  • Book Review
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel: What Went Wrong?

    Mar 9, 2026Rami G. Khouri

    This timely book by a distinguished historian and leading genocide and Holocaust scholar is a must-read because of its explicit tone, factual multi-sectoral an…

  • From our Affiliates
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Gulf in the Line of Fire: The Calculations and Contradictions of Iranian Strategy

    Mar 9, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    No sooner had news broke of a US-Israeli attack on Tehran on the morning of 28 February 2026, than Iran had launched a series of its own strikes targeting the …

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? 

    Mar 5, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury

    Let down by the international community, Arab states, and their own leadership, Palestinians have survived more than 75 years of war, persecution, and isolatio…

  • Policy Analysis
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A Timeline of Key Events in Sudan

    Mar 5, 2026Ingie Gohar

    This timeline traces the key political and military developments in Sudan from the 2018 uprising that toppled former President Omar al-Bashir to the ongoing wa…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Life, Death, and the Pursuit of Peace in Palestine

    Jan 8, 2026

    Rob Malley discusses his recent book, which offers a candid account of how the promise of the Oslo Peace Process unraveled into the horrors the present. The bo…

  • Infographic
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Foreign Actors Fueling the War in Sudan

    Dec 29, 2025

    Sudan’s civil war, which erupted on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), quickly escalated into a region…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Reality and Threats of the STC’s Takeover of Eastern Yemen

    Dec 29, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    Two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated the greater Middle East during the days of the Cold War. What happened from the Levant down …

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Unmitigated Danger of Lebanon’s Current Moment

    Dec 16, 2025Imad K. Harb

    Lebanon today is facing what is arguably its most dangerous moment, as its leaders and politicians grapple with the choice of continuing hostility with Israel …

  • From our Affiliates
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    South Yemen Escalation: Is the Country Headed for an Emirati-Sponsored Partition?

    Dec 15, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    A major military operation seized swathes of southern Yemen last week, particularly in the governorates of Hadramout and al-Mahra. Military factions, most nota…

  • Podcast
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Hezbollah and Israel’s Ongoing War on Lebanon

    Dec 2, 2025

    Imad K. Harb and Khalil E. Jahshan examine the situation in Lebanon, focusing on the challenges of disarming Hezbollah and the ongoing Israeli military campaig…

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