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Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
On Antisemitism and the Student Protests
May 23, 2024Azmi Bishara
An Israeli sociologist counts herself among the peace camp and yet considers student anti-war protests to be motivated by deep-seated Christian antisemitism or…
Intern Corner
SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Captagon: Assad’s Ticket to Normalization in the Arab World?
May 22, 2024Emily Costello
On May 19, 2023, Bashar al-Assad made headlines by attending the Arab League summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the first time since the start of the Syria Civ…
Policy Analysis
UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
UAE Restricts US Military Strikes from Its Territory
May 22, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
Fearing an attack by Iran or its allied militias in the region, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has restricted US military aircraft from targeting these proxy g…
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Saudi ArabiaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Determinants of Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Gaza War
May 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Following Hamas’s “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, Saudi Arabia publicly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza and blamed it for escalating tensions, desp…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Whitewashing Biden’s Policy on Gaza
May 21, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan
On May 13, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan addressed the media in the White House press room on current developments in the Middle East, focusing on th…
Viewpoint
IranDemocracy and Governance
Raisi Departs, But Iran Remains Khamenei’s Realm
May 20, 2024Imad K. Harb
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s death comes at a particularly precarious time for the Islamic Republic. While important, considering the monumental news, Sup…
Op-Eds
Israel Policy Could Cost Biden the White House—and Us Democracy
May 20, 2024Yousef Munayyer
Democrats should be very worried about November because the White House’s pro-Israel policy may well cost them dearly in an election that could be decided by u…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Seven Months of War on Gaza, Israel Is in International Distress
May 17, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
The Israeli government has described the war on Gaza since last October as an “existential war and a second war of independence.” Israel’s official and public …
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Israel’s Rafah Incursion: How Far Can Netanyahu Go on Ignoring US Policy?
May 16, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Ignoring warnings from his international allies, especially in Washington, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on 6 May greenlighted a “limited” milita…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Congress’s Crackdown on Campus Protests and the Threat to Civil Liberties
May 15, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich
It has been a month since student protests started at Columbia University with the establishment of a protest encampment on April 17. In response, students aro…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
The Gaza Crisis Pushes Washington and Riyadh Closer
May 15, 2024Daniel Brumberg
Hamas’s May 6 acceptance of a hostage deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar was surely designed to induce the White House to pressure Israel to produce a counteroff…
Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Divergent Saudi-Emirati Agendas Cripple Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council
May 15, 2024Afrah Nasser
Two years into its existence, Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) still has not effectively addressed critical problems facing the country: a dire ec…