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  • Policy Analysis
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    What the Recent US Elections Mean for Trump and for US Foreign Policy

    Nov 26, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans were not directly on the ballot in the November 4, 2025, elections, but the results were still a consequen…

  • Collective Analysis
    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    Tabatabai’s Killing: Perspectives on Hezbollah

    Nov 25, 2025Imad K. Harb Patricia Karam Nabeel A. Khoury

    On November 23, 2025, Israel succeeded in assassinating Hezbollah’s chief military commander, Haitham Ali Tabatabai, in its latest violation of the ceasefire n…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince

    Nov 24, 2025Ingie Gohar

    Trump Hosts Saudi Crown Prince, Announces Major Defense and Investment Deals.

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelSecurity and Defense

    The CMCC and the US-Israel Alliance: Collusion or Enforcement Mechanism?

    Nov 24, 2025Hanna Alshaikh

    The fastest route to Washington no longer runs through Tel Aviv, as the saying once went, but through Kiryat Gat, a small industrial city in southern Israel. O…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Prospects for Syria’s Democratization Under Ahmed al-Sharaa

    Nov 21, 2025Patricia Karam

    The spectacular and unforeseen fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 upended Syria’s political order and launched a precarious transition. Ahmed al-Sharaa o…

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqDemocracy and Governance

    The 2025 Iraqi Election: Will Sudani Serve a Second Term?

    Nov 20, 2025Hamzeh Hadad

    On November 11, 2025, Iraqis voted in their seventh parliamentary election since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime in 2003. According to the Iraqi High Ele…

  • Policy Analysis
    MoroccoProtests and Activism

    Morocco at Breaking Point? Drought, Misrule, and the Rise of Gen Z 212

    Nov 20, 2025Samia Errazzouki

    From late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change from their government. Under the b…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown

    Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    On November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Does Israel Really Want Peace?

    Nov 18, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan analyzes how the US and Israel are promoting normalization with Arab and Islamic countries, alongside Trump’s Gaza plan, as a means to avoid …

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    MBS Returns to Washington: Re-Assessing US-Saudi Relations

    Nov 18, 2025Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

    Mohammed bin Salman’s return to Washington after seven years signals a recalibration of US-Saudi ties, with Riyadh seeking security assurances as well as suppo…

  • External Readings
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    What is missing from UNSC Resolution 2803?

    Nov 18, 2025Brian Brivati

    The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2803 on Gaza governance and a “credible pathway” to Palestinian self-determination notably omits the foun…

  • Viewpoint
    EgyptDemocracy and Governance

    Egyptian Democracy Is What Sisi Makes of It

    Nov 18, 2025Imad K. Harb

    Egyptians are currently casting their ballots in parliamentary elections, the final results of which will not be announced before late December 2025. In two ph…

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