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Podcast
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
A Plan for Palestine
Oct 23, 2025
Yousef Munayyer chats with Sarah Leah Whitson and Michael Shaeffer Omer-Man about their new book, which offers a blueprint for a future in Palestine and Israel…
Policy Analysis
LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Will the Ceasefire in Gaza Impact Disarmament in Lebanon?
Oct 22, 2025Patricia Karam
In late September 2025, nearly two years after the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Donald Trump unveiled a highly touted 20-point “peace plan” that pr…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Construction in the E1 Area: Preventing Palestinian Geographical Contiguity
Oct 22, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh Ikram Mohammed
The Israeli government continues to exploit the post-October 7, 2023, situation to impose a new geopolitical and demographic reality in the occupied West Bank,…
Webinar
Climate and Environment
Energy Transitions in MENA: Unlocking the Region’s Clean Energy Potential
Oct 30, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Experts explore the Middle East's transition from heavy dependence on hydrocarbons to a growing commitment to renewable energy.
Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: Kushner: Trump Felt Israel Was Getting Out of Control
Oct 20, 2025Ingie Gohar
In an interview with CBS’s 60 Minutes, Witkoff and Kushner said that they felt “a little bit betrayed” by Israel’s airstrikes in Qatar, with Kushner adding tha…
Collective Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The Willing Fools’ Peace of the Middle East
Oct 15, 2025
Rather than serving as a forum for hashing out difficult next steps for Gaza, the Sharm summit was largely a congratulatory gesture to Donald Trump.
Collective Analysis
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
The Willing Fools’ Peace of the Middle East
Oct 15, 2025Hanna Alshaikh Yara M. Asi Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Nabeel A. Khoury Laurie King
Rather than serving as a forum for hashing out difficult next steps for Gaza, the Sharm summit was largely a congratulatory gesture to Donald Trump.
Op-Eds
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Giving Peace a Real Chance Must Include Refusing to Normalize Genocide
Oct 15, 2025Yousef Munayyer
When a deal was sealed in Cairo last week to set the stage for President Trump’s speech at the Israeli Knesset and summit in Sharm El Shaikh a few days later, …
Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Visits Israel and Egypt, Signs Gaza Agreement
Oct 14, 2025Ingie Gohar
President Donald Trump traveled to Israel and Egypt to celebrate the Gaza ceasefire deal. He addressed the Knesset before heading to Egypt, where he and Egypti…
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and Defense
Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Failure of GCC Defense Cooperation
Oct 14, 2025Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
On September 9, 2025, Israel attacked Qatar in an act of international aggression that caused shockwaves in Doha, across the Gulf states, and around the world.…
Special Issue Call for Abstracts
Oct 10, 2025
Special Issue: Rethinking (Arab) Diasporas and Critical Mobilities after 2011Target journal : Migration Studies Journal or similar SI Editors: Fanny Christou, …
Policy Analysis
IraqDemocracy and Governance
Baghdad Between Tehran and Washington: The Struggle for a Sovereign State
Oct 9, 2025Patricia Karam
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani is walking a delicate tightrope between asserting the country’s sovereignty and maintaining relations with Iran a…