• From our Affiliates
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Failure of the Jeddah and IGAD Mediation Efforts for Sudan 

    Aug 19, 2024Ahmed Idris Mutawakil Daqash

    The war in Sudan, which broke out on April 15, 2023, between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has entered its s…

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    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis and the War of Military Elites: Prospects for a Resolution

    Aug 15, 2024

    Experts discuss the war in Sudan and and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis the country is facing.

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    Harris’s Vibes Are Great, but Vibes Won’t Cut It on Israel Policy

    Aug 15, 2024Yousef Munayyer

    Unless Harris takes some steps to break from Biden’s Israel policy, the same issue that helped tank him could put major obstacles in her path to victory.

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Retreat of Israel’s Reserve Forces

    Aug 14, 2024Mahmoud Muhareb

    Israel is perhaps unique in that the bulk of its armed forces depends on its reserves, which must remain in a state of constant alert and full combat readiness…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    “A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza

    Aug 14, 2024Yara M. Asi

    On March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Now Is the Moment for Kamala Harris to Ditch Biden on Gaza

    Aug 9, 2024Annelle Sheline

    Many on the left were elated when Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she had selected Tim Walz as her running mate, with progressives citin…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    US Support for Israel Is Collapsing. And AIPAC Knows It

    Aug 7, 2024Yousef Munayyer

    The American Israel Public Affairs Committee may have succeeded in helping to defeat the pro-Palestinian Cori Bush. But it’s a pyrrhic victory for a losing cau…

  • Webinar
    SudanConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Sudan’s Humanitarian Crisis and the War of Military Elites: Prospects for a Resolution

    Aug 15, 2024

    Experts discuss the war in Sudan and and the catastrophic humanitarian crisis the country is facing.

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus and the Inadequacy of International Law

    Aug 7, 2024Karam Burjas

    On October 16, 2023, Israel indiscriminately targeted civilians in Al-Duhayra, a town in Southern Lebanon, with a chemical agent that can burn skin to the bone…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    No Good ‘Day After’ Under Current Palestinian Politics

    Aug 7, 2024Dana El Kurd

    Some 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negoti…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Haniyeh’s Assassination: Fallout from Israel’s Latest Killing Spree

    Aug 2, 2024Yousef Munayyer

    The assassination is the clearest message that Israel is not interested in an actual deal and is using ceasefire negotiations to extend the war while it kills …

  • Policy Analysis
    IranDemocracy and Governance

    Iran’s New President Must Navigate Dangerous Waters

    Aug 1, 2024Daniel Brumberg

    For the third time in the young history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, a political leader identified with the “Reformist” camp has won the presidency. Masoud…