Regions

Fresh Take
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Healthcare System as a Target in Gaza
Feb 28, 2024
Yara M. Asi talks about how the Israeli army is targeting Gaza's healthcare sector in an attempt to force Palestinians out of their towns.
Policy Analysis
YemenUS Foreign Policy
Instead of Houthi Designation, the United States Should Embrace a Comprehensive Approach
Feb 28, 2024Afrah Nasser
On January 17, the United States designated the Houthis in Yemen, also known as Ansar Allah, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) in response to t…
Policy Analysis
UAERegional Relations and Geopolitics
The UAE and the Red Sea Security Crisis
Feb 27, 2024Giorgio Cafiero
Despite the Israeli war on Gaza killing nearly 30,000 Palestinians, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has clung to the Abraham Accords, which it signed with Israe…
Fresh Take
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Enabling Israel’s Assault on Civilians in Gaza
Feb 23, 2024
Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the US veto at the UN security council against a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Policy Analysis
LevantUS Foreign Policy
US Troops to Stay in Syria and Iraq but Perhaps Not for Long
Feb 22, 2024Gregory Aftandilian
In recent weeks, there have been meetings in Washington and in Baghdad about the presence in Iraq and Syria of US troops, whose official mandate is to aid loca…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Arab States Have Supported and Shunned Hamas in the Gaza War
Feb 21, 2024Rami G. Khouri
Four months of warfare between Israel and Hamas have generated regional and global dynamics that will shape the Middle East for decades. But the war in Gaza ha…
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
The Healthcare System as a Target in Gaza
Feb 21, 2024
Yara M. Asi and Yousef Munayyer discuss how Israel has been targeting the healthcare system in Gaza in order to drive Palestinians out of their towns. Asi is a…
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Azmi Bishara: US wants resumption of Arab-Israeli normalization – not a Palestinian state
Feb 20, 2024
US plans to recognize a vague and undefined Palestinian state are meaningless because Washington's goal is the resumption of Arab-Israeli normalization, not th…
Viewpoint
SomaliaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The Dangerous Chipping Away of Somalia’s Sovereignty
Feb 16, 2024Imad K. Harb
On New Year’s Day, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the president of Somalia’s breakaway federated state of Somaliland Muse Bihi Abdi signed a Memorand…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
Elections in Israel: Possible Scenarios and Outcomes
Feb 16, 2024Mohanad Mustafa
With the outbreak of the war on Gaza, there was a consensus in Israel that war was an exceptional emergency in which politics was neutralized, that unity was a…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Congress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA
Feb 16, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich
On February 13, the Senate voted 70-29 to pass a $95.3 billion national security supplemental package (H.R.815) to provide additional security assistance to Uk…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
The Biden Administration’s Confused Response to Israel’s Rafah Operation
Feb 15, 2024Hanna Alshaikh
At the center of US coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza in recent days is the rift between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding …