• Viewpoint
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Timeline of the Recent Sectarian Strife on Syria’s Coast

    Mar 19, 2025Radwan Ziadeh

    On March 6, loyalists to Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad attacked the new government’s troops in the coastal areas of Syria where Assad’s Alawite sect…

  • Webinar
    LebanonDemocracy and Governance

    Lebanon’s New Government: Challenges and Prospects for Reform and Revitalization

    Mar 27, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the challenges and opportunities facing Lebanon under its new leadership.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Palestinian Prisoners and Israel’s System of Mass Incarceration

    Mar 14, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses Israel's mass detention of thousands of Palestinians who are often held indefinitely and without charges, including hundreds of childr…

  • From our Affiliates
    SyriaIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Sectarian Violence in Syria’s Coast: Background and Implications

    Mar 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Syria’s coastal region saw a wave of bloody sectarian violence from 6-10 March, sparked by armed clashes between remnants of former President Bashar al-Assad’s…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Center-Right and Leftist Parties Have Always Supported Displacing Gaza’s Palestinians

    Mar 12, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh

    IntroductionDuring his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on February 4, US President Donald Trump announced a plan to displace the residen…

  • Webinar
    The Arab WorldDemocracy and Governance

    Towards Inclusive and Democratic Governance in MENA: Challenges and Prospects

    Mar 20, 2025 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET

    Experts examine the challenges and prospects of inclusive governance and democratic transition in the Middle East.

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Taking Biden to Court

    Mar 12, 2025

    Sarah Leah Whitson discusses her organization's efforts to urge the ICC to investigate Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin for their personal roles in …

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyDemocracy and Governance

    A New Phase in Turkey’s Kurdish Conflict: Ocalan’s Call and Its Implications

    Mar 12, 2025Salim Çevik

    On February 27, 2025, Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), made a historic call, through a letter, for the organizatio…

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Policy in post-Assad Syria

    Mar 11, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Israel has stepped up its attacks on Syrian territory since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December last year. In the three days after Syrian opposi…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Sidesteps Congress, Giving Billions to Israel

    Mar 7, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    For the second time in six weeks, the Trump administration has bypassed Congress to send Israel billions of dollars of weaponry. Continued US military support …

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arab WorldConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    An Arab Plan for Gaza: Obstacles and Possibilities

    In response to President Donald Trump’s February 4 proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, displacing its indigenous Palestinians and transforming it into “the R…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Arab Alternative to Trump’s Gaza Plan

    Mar 7, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the diplomatic efforts by Arab countries to present an alternative plan for the future of Gaza in order to prevent the mass displac…