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IranUS Foreign Policy
No Plan B for the US as Geostrategic Shifts Threaten to Scuttle Iran Nuclear Deal
Sep 20, 2022Daniel Brumberg
What a difference a few days can make in the Middle East. On August 28 National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby addressed the diplomatic maneuvering t…
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TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The Turkish Rapprochement with the Syrian regime: Motives and Prospects
Sep 18, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Statements from Turkish officials have indicated increasing steps towards rapprochement with the Syrian regime. At a meeting of Turkish ambassadors in Ankara o…
Policy Analysis
EgyptEnergy and Economics
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Limited Options for a Resolution
Sep 16, 2022Khalil Al-Anani
On August 12, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that his country has now completed the third filling of the reservoir behind its controversial Gran…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
US Silence Enables Israel’s Crackdown on Civil Society Organizations
Sep 16, 2022Yousef Munayyer
Nearly one month after the Israeli military raided the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations—its latest step in an escalating campaign of re…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Jerusalem’s Religious Status Quo: Erosion and Future Implications
Sep 20, 2022
Experts discuss the status and erosion of the Jerusalem Status Quo today, as well as Israeli violations, future implications for Jerusalem, and prospects for e…
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IranIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
An Assassination Attempt Revives an Old Discussion
Sep 13, 2022Azmi Bishara
The assassination attempt on novelist Salman Rushdie as he lectured at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday, August 12, 2022 in Chautauqua, New York, has reson…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
New Israeli Regulations Pave the Way for the Ethnic Cleansing of Area C of the West Bank
Sep 13, 2022Jonathan Kuttab
The current situation in the occupied West Bank reflects an ever-growing Israeli effort to take over large parts of Area C and to remove as much of its Palesti…
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The UN and International Intervention in Libya: A Conversation with Ian Martin
Sep 12, 2022
Ian Martin and Khalil E. Jahshan discuss current conditions in Libya, as well as international intervention and the UN mission to the country. Martin is a huma…
Policy Analysis
LebanonEnergy and Economics
Lebanon Struggles to Pick up the Pieces After the Beirut Port Explosion
Sep 9, 2022Yara M. Asi
Lebanon’s independence in 1943 formally ended a 23-year French mandate backed by the League of Nations, a period that saw the consolidation of the country’s cu…
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEducation and Development
Women’s Education at Western Universities in Qatar and the UAE
Sep 9, 2022Alainna Liloia
As more and more western universities set up branch campuses in Gulf Arab states, many women are finding themselves with greater opportunities than ever before…
Policy Analysis
LebanonEnergy and Economics
An Update on the Lebanon-Israel Border Dispute
Sep 7, 2022Imad K. Harb
As the summer comes to a close, indirect negotiations to demarcate the maritime border between Lebanon and Israel continue apace. Although US mediator Amos Hoc…
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LibyaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Clashes in the Libyan capital: Context and Likely Repercussions
Sep 5, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Violent armed clashes erupted in the Libyan capital and its surroundings between forces loyal to the Government of National Unity (GNU) headed by Abdul Hamid D…