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The Arab WorldRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Important Considerations for the Middle East in 2024
Jan 10, 2024Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Laurie King Dana El Kurd Yousef Munayyer
The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip will play a major role in shaping what unfolds in the Middle East in 20…
Policy Analysis
OmanRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Oman, Gaza, and Relations with the United States
Jan 5, 2024Giorgio Cafiero
The Sultanate of Oman traditionally has maintained a low profile on the international stage while conducting a friends-of-all foreign policy based on moderatio…
Intern Corner
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Young Americans and the War on Gaza: President Biden Should Worry
Jan 5, 2024Suravi Kumar
For decades, Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan backing from Americans. But in recent years, there has been a measurable shift in public opinion away from this t…
Webinar
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Gaza and the Crime of Genocide: Legal and Political Dimensions of Accountability
Jan 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 am ET
Experts discuss the crime of genocide and Israel's war on Gaza and shed light on legal definitions and avenues for accountability, as well as the political pro…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Arouri’s Assassination Will Achieve Nothing
Jan 3, 2024Imad K. Harb
In its pursuit of Hamas leaders, an Israeli drone has assassinated Saleh al-Arouri, the Deputy Chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau, a senior official in the o…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Russia and China on Gaza: Sidelined, Lurking—or Winning?
Dec 22, 2023Charles W. Dunne
It wasn’t that long ago that Russia and China seemed to dominate the Middle East, and the United States was on the brink of relegation to the sidelines.Russia …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
The Israel-Hamas War in American Politics
Dec 21, 2023Gregory Aftandilian
Any rational discourse in the United States about the Israel-Hamas war increasingly has been subject to political litmus tests, as Israel supporters and Republ…
Policy Analysis
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Lebanon’s Political Forces Oppose a War with Israel
Dec 20, 2023Patricia Karam
With a heightened risk of the Gaza war spilling over into Lebanon, currently mired in acute political, economic, and social crises, the country’s politicians v…
Washington Policy Weekly
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Washington Policy Weekly: Israel’s Operation Will Take “More Than Several Months,” US Officials Voice “Concerns”
Dec 18, 2023Ethan Mayer-Rich C. Ian DeHaven
US officials reiterated their desire for Israel to take steps toward protecting the civilian population in Gaza during its current military campaign. State Dep…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan Kuttab
The current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Shifting the Paradigm: The One-State Solution as a Path to Peace
Dec 14, 2023Samer Elchahabi
The current round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, marked by the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and more than 18,000 Palestinians in Gaza, as well as th…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Criminal Injustice in the “Court of Occupation”: Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Dec 13, 2023Yara M. Asi
Ahed Tamimi was just 16 when she was first arrested by Israel, after kicking and shoving two Israeli soldiers who raided her village in the occupied West Bank …