• Viewpoint
    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    An Existential Oval Office Moment for Jordan—and All Arabs

    Feb 14, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The scene in the White House on February 11 was startling. King Abdullah II of Jordan listened to President Donald Trump ramble on about how the United States …

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Gaza War and the Future of Democracy in the United States and Israel

    Feb 14, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    In a way that few could have predicted a few short weeks ago, the fate of democracy in the United States (and in some ways Israel) has now been irrevocably tie…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Plan to Take Over and Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

    Feb 14, 2025

    Yousef Munayyer discusses Trump's plan to take over Gaza, displace its Palestinian population to other countries, and turn the strip into an economic and touri…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy

    Trump II and American-Gulf Relations

    Donald Trump re-entered the White House on January 20 as the first president to serve a non-consecutive second term since Grover Cleveland in 1893. Any expecta…

  • Policy Analysis
    JordanUS Foreign Policy

    For Jordan, Trump’s Latest Pronouncements Threaten an Existential Disaster

    Feb 7, 2025Curtis Ryan

    With US President Donald Trump pushing Jordan to permanently resettle Palestinians from Gaza, the Hashemite Kingdom once again faces a crisis that is nothing s…

  • Webinar
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Syria’s Transitional Government: Challenges, Prospects, and Global Implications

    Feb 13, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the myriad challenges facing Syria in this transitional period, assess the prospects for success in instituting a democratic and inclusive gove…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Drama, Delusion, and Dangers of Trump’s Gaza Plan

    Feb 6, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    Donald Trump displayed his usual combination of disruption and delusion with his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip after displacing its Palestini…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Out With the Old, In With the New: Is There a New Hope for Lebanon?

    Feb 6, 2025Patricia Karam

    Following a surprising appointment as Lebanon’s new prime minister, independent jurist, academic, and former diplomat Nawaf Salam, finds himself enmeshed in th…

  • Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Ethnic Cleansing Won’t Make the Middle East Safer

    Feb 5, 2025Yousef Munayyer

    Trump’s proposed takeover of Gaza would derail recent Mideast peace agreements and unravel those signed decades ago.

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Revolutionary Legitimacy in Syria: Sharaa as President

    Feb 4, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    In all transitional periods, it is important to move quickly from revolutionary legitimacy to representative legitimacy, which Syria’s new authorities did by a…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Netanyahu in Washington: A High-Stakes White House Visit

    Feb 4, 2025

    Netanyahu is in Washington seeking political backing, strategic leverage, and a way to shift blame if negotiations collapse. Will Trump stand firm on the cease…

  • External Readings
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    Who will lead the Palestinians? This is a question they must be allowed to debate and answer themselves

    Feb 3, 2025Dana El Kurd

    Since the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza, much of the world has focused on the immediate impacts of destruction in the strip. The discussion has been focu…