• Washington Policy Weekly
    US Policy

    Washington Policy Weekly: Biden Announces Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

    Jan 21, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    On January 15, President Joe Biden announced that Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire deal, which came into effect on January 19. The agreement resembles …

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Incoherent Ceasefire Deal in Gaza Guaranteed to Fail

    Jan 21, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    After fifteen months of brutal military hostilities in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and Israel finally announced their acceptance of a multi-phased and gradual ceasef…

  • External Readings
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    States & the EU must wake up to the illegality of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory

    Jan 19, 2025 Ralph Wilde

    Six months on from the ICJ ruling that Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territory is illegal, states & the EU are still in denial.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Will the Ceasefire Deal Bring Peace to Gaza?

    Jan 17, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the #ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas and analyzes its terms, timing, and sustainability.

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Political Change and the Fate of Syria’s Refugees Around the World

    Jan 16, 2025Heba Gowayed

    On December 8, the Syrian armed resistance group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) brought the Assad regime to an abrupt end after more than 54 years of brutal rule.…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    The Emergence of Lebanon’s Third Republic

    Jan 16, 2025Imad K. Harb

    The election on January 9, 2025, of the Lebanese Army Commander Joseph Aoun as the fourteenth president of Lebanon can very well be the inauguration of the Leb…

  • Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Gaza Ceasefire Deal and the Trump Administration: Politics, Prospects, and Implications

    Jan 22, 2025 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

    Experts discuss the ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Hamas, its prospects and challenges, the role of the United States and the Tru…

  • How Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year

    Jan 15, 2025

    The monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab World

    How Will 2025 Be Different in the Middle East? Perspectives on the New Year

    The monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: United States Sanctions Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces

    Jan 13, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    Secretary Blinken announced that the administration determined that members of the Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genoc…

  • External Readings
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    UNRWA’s expulsion from Jerusalem will seal Israel’s illegal annexation

    Jan 13, 2025Chris Gunness

    In the last week of January, two Knesset bills ending Israel’s “cooperation” with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, (UNRWA), are scheduled to come in…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A New Year and a Region in Transition

    Jan 13, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh, Yara M. Asi, Rami G. Khouri, and Yousef Munayyer discuss how the Middle East region has changed over the past year and their expectations for 2…