• Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism

    The Ongoing Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Advocacy in the United States

    Jan 8, 2025Selma Karame

    On October 15, 2024, the United States and Canada jointly announced terrorist sanctions against the Vancouver-based NGO Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarit…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Lebanon’s Post-Hezbollah “Day After”

    Jan 7, 2025Patricia Karam

    The surprising fall of the brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria on the heel of Hezbollah’s spectacular losses and, with it, the tremendous weakening of Ir…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Netanyahu and Gallant Arrest Warrants: International Justice on Trial

    Jan 5, 2025Nizar Ayoub

    When the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court of 1998 was adopted, very few expected that it would be applied to Israeli officials.

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonGlobal Health and Health Policy

    Lebanon’s Health System: Decades of Struggle and a Year of Israeli Attacks

    Jan 2, 2025Yara M. Asi

    On September 17 and 18, 2024, a coordinated Israeli attack turned pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon into explosive devices, killing at least 42 people and i…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaUS Foreign Policy

    Damascus Falls, and So Does US Policy

    Jan 2, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    With a presidential transition imminent, US policy on Syria, not to mention the broader Middle East, is in limbo.

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics

    Gaza: Economic Collapse and Humanitarian Catastrophe

    Dec 26, 2024The Unit for Economic Studies

    It has been a year since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe tha…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Israel, Syria, and International Law

    Dec 26, 2024Jonathan Kuttab

    The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has provided Israel with yet more opportunities to brazenly tear apart the fabric of international legal norms, f…

  • Intern Corner
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Rebuilding and Strengthening Syria’s State Institutions

    Dec 23, 2024Nour Taha

    Nour Taha discusses the need for reviving and strengthening state institutions in Syria after the collapse of the Assad regime, stating that they are necessary…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    The Palestinian Authority Crackdown in Jenin

    Dec 21, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the Palestinian Authority's crackdown in Jenin within the context of the PA's relationship with the United States and Israel.

  • Fresh Take
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria After Assad: Maintaining Unity and Preserving Sovereignty

    Dec 20, 2024

    Marwa Daoudy discusses the challenges facing the new administration in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. Daoudy's remarks are part of a webinar titled …

  • Fresh Take
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    The Assad Regime and Regional Players

    Dec 20, 2024

    Natasha Hall discusses the final days of the Assad regime and the influence of regional players on the old and new administrations in Damascus.

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey and the Transition to a Post-Assad Regime in Syria

    Dec 20, 2024Salim Çevik

    Turkey's intervention in Syria and its approach to the post-Assad era reflects a complex interplay of short and long-term objectives shaped by domestic politic…