• Viewpoint
    TurkeyDemocracy and Governance

    How to Topple an Autocrat: What Turkey’s Opposition Can Learn from Hungary

    Apr 23, 2026Salim Çevik

    Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary's April 2026 elections, after 16 years in power, showed that entrenched rulers can be defeated at the ballot box even when the…

  • Viewpoint
    EgyptConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Egypt and the Gulf: A Relationship under Pressure

    Apr 21, 2026Imad K. Harb

    The US-Israeli war on Iran has put Egypt in a predicament. Since the 2013 coup that brought him to power, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi has enjoyed a…

  • Viewpoint
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    After the Iran War: Regional Devastation and Future Instability

    Apr 21, 2026Marc Lynch

    The ferocity of the US-Israeli war with Iran that began on February 28, 2026, has given way to a shaky ceasefire, desultory negotiations, and competing blockad…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Apr 20, 2026Ingie Gohar

    On April 15, a record number of Senate Democrats voted to block US arms sales to Israel. Forty Senate Democrats voted for a measure led by Sen. Bernie Sanders …

  • Policy Analysis
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    How to Avoid Mutually Assured Devastation in the Gulf

    Apr 17, 2026Daniel Brumberg

    The April 12, 2026, collapse of US-Iran talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, could open the door to the perils of mutually assured devastation. This differs from the …

  • Podcast
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Syria: A Modern History

    Apr 17, 2026

    Daniel Neep and Khalil E. Jahshan discuss Neep's new book, Syria: A Modern History. From Ottoman roots to civil war, he unpacks how history shapes Syria's stru…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfEnergy and Economics

    Protection or Vulnerability? Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds and the Iran War

    Apr 14, 2026Rohan Advani

    In March 2026, a Gulf official told Reuters that three Gulf states were reviewing how to deploy their sovereign wealth fund (SWF) holdings to offset Iran war-r…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Without a National Consensus, Lebanon’s Talks with Israel Are Doomed to Fail

    Apr 14, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury

    Forcing Lebanon to accept an occupation will backfire, provoking even fiercer resistance, risking civil war, and sowing heightened anti-American sentiments acr…

  • Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Migration and Mobilization: The History, Identity, and Politics of the Palestinian Diaspora in Chile

    Apr 23, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

    About the WebinarThe Palestinian diaspora in Chile—estimated at a minimum of half a million people—constitutes the largest and one of the most historically sig…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Apr 13, 2026Ingie Gohar

    Trump Escalates Iran Threats, Then Agrees to Ceasefire. On April 6, President Donald Trump escalated his threats toward Iran, declaring that “the entire countr…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonUS Foreign Policy

    US Policy Toward Lebanon in a Time of War

    Apr 10, 2026Patricia Karam

    Following the expansion of its ground operations in South Lebanon in late March 2026, Israel has significantly intensified airstrikes across the country, inclu…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israeli Settler Violence: A Strategy to Displace Palestinians from their Land

    Apr 10, 2026Yara M. Asi

    On April 9, 2026, news broke that the Israeli government had recently authorized the construction of 34 new settlements in the West Bank—nearly six times the n…

Secret Link