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TurkeyDemocracy and Governance
Turkish Elections in a Post-Truth Political Landscape
May 24, 2023Mustafa Gurbuz
The scene was all too familiar in the headquarters of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) on the day of the recent Turkish election. Giant portraits o…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Democrats and Republicans’ Positions on Israel Ahead of the 2024 Election
May 24, 2023Gregory Aftandilian
Although relations with Israel are usually foreign policy talking points for American politicians ahead of national elections, it seems that the issue has come…
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TurkeyDemocracy and Governance
The Turkish Electoral Map after the First Round
May 22, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
TheTurkish presidential and parliamentary elections recorded an unprecedented voter turnout. Despite the ruling coalition, led by the Justice and Development P…
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Conflict in Sudan: Will the Humanitarian Ceasefire Translate to a Political Resolution?
Jun 1, 2023
Experts discuss the conflict in Sudan and its humanitarian impact, the potential for the recent Saudi-US brokered ceasefire agreement to hold, and the prospect…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return in International Law
May 15, 2023Tamara Kharroub
The Palestinian refugees' right of return according to international law
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
The Nakba’s Coming Stages: Patterns, Process, and Predictability
May 15, 2023Yousef Munayyer
The Nakba, a term that describes events in Palestine surrounding the establishment of the State of Israel from 1947 to 1949, which included the ethnic cleansin…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Young Palestinians’ Aspirations for the Future
May 15, 2023Yara M. Asi
One night in December 2022, 15-year-old Jana Zakarneh was at home with her family in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. The night probably began like any ot…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Seventy-Five Years after the Nakba: What Does the Future Hold?
May 15, 2023Mohammed Abu-Nimer Nadia Hijab Dalal Iriqat Khalil E. Jahshan
As Israel celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding in 1948, the Palestinians commemorate the same number of years since the Nakba, the catastrophe, that…
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TunisiaDemocracy and Governance
Tunisia’s Broken Democracy: A Preliminary Assessment
May 12, 2023Daniel Brumberg
With Tunisia’s slide into autocracy accelerating every day, this hardly seems the best moment to undertake a frank assessment of its democratic experiment. To …
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SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Sudan Crisis: How Regional Actors’ Competing Interests Fuel the Conflict
May 11, 2023Khalil Al-Anani
The outbreak of military clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have resulted in the deaths of hundreds and t…
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TurkeyDemocracy and Governance
Turkey’s Upcoming Elections: A Country at a Crossroads
May 10, 2023Salim Çevik
On May 14, Turkey will be heading to the polls for what many have deemed the most important election of 2023. For the first time in two decades, President Rece…
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Saudi ArabiaEnergy and Economics
Saudi Oil Production Cuts: A Self-Interested Move
May 10, 2023Patricia Karam
Saudi Arabia’s announcement last month of surprise oil production cuts reverberated around the world. The cuts consisted of a voluntary reduction of 500,000 ba…