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Op-Eds
The True Cost of Biden’s Unconditional Support for Israel
Jul 16, 2024Annelle Sheline
When I resigned from the State Department over the Biden administration’s unconditional support for Israel’s slaughter in Gaza, I felt a brief sense of relief.…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Lancet and Genocide By “Slow Death” in Gaza
Jul 12, 2024John Quigley
A recent survey of Middle East scholars found that most regard Israel’s actions in Gaza since October 2023 either as “genocide” (34 percent) or as “major war c…
Policy Analysis
LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Lebanon Needs Help in Dealing with Its Syrian Refugees
Jul 10, 2024Imad K. Harb
The dangerous saber-rattling and bloody confrontations between Hezbollah and Israel have partly obscured serious domestic challenges facing Lebanon and the car…
Policy Analysis
JordanRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The Gaza War and Threats to Jordan’s Domestic and Regional Stability
Jul 9, 2024Curtis Ryan
Jordanians of all walks of life have watched the relentless war in Gaza with deepening alarm. By latest count, at least 38,000 Palestinians have been killed, m…
Expert Interview
IranDemocracy and Governance
Implications of Iran’s Presidential Elections
Jul 8, 2024
Daniel Brumberg and Imad K. Harb discuss the results and implications of Iran's recent presidential elections and President Masoud Pezeshkian's agenda.
Expert Interview
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Centrality of Jerusalem in the Gaza War and Its Aftermath
Jul 3, 2024
Khalil E. Jahshan and Daniel Seidemann discuss the situation in #Jerusalem within the context of the Gaza war.
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelEducation and Development
The US Academy and the Destruction of Gaza’s Education System
Jul 3, 2024Hanna Alshaikh
After Columbia University students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 17, similar ones formed on campuses not only in the United States but worldwide…
Policy Analysis
EgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Limits on Egypt’s Gaza “Containment Strategy”
Jul 1, 2024Daniel Brumberg
Egypt has opted to follow a containment strategy in order to manage the fallout from the Israeli war on Gaza, such as the spillover of the conflict into the Si…
Event Video
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Israel’s Global Isolation: International Decisions in the Wake of Israel’s War on Gaza
Jun 27, 2024
Experts discuss Israel's isolation and the decisions taken against it by the international community in the wake of its war on Gaza.
Fresh Take
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Israel-Hezbollah Skirmishes and the Risk of an All-Out War
Jun 25, 2024
Imad K. Harb discusses the tensions between Israel and Hezbollah and the implications of a war on Lebanon.
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Difficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement
Jun 25, 2024Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
The search for a US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal to normalize relations has assumed outsized significance in the administration’s approach to the Middle East.
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics
Exploring the Options: Arab Oil Exporters and the US Dollar
Jun 21, 2024Jim Krane
The pricing of oil in US dollars is one of the perks the United States enjoys due to its status as the world’s largest economy and to the dollar’s role as the …