• Collective Analysis
    The Arab WorldUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    Democrats Sweep Congress: Implications for the Middle East and US Foreign Policy

    The astonishing victories of the Democratic Party in the November 3, 2026, midterm elections have rekindled hopes of curbing the Trump administration’s worst e…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism

    US Churches and the Mainstreaming of Palestinian Solidarity

    Nov 5, 2026Philip Farah

    US churches have been at the forefront of the Palestine solidarity movement in recent years. On July 30, 2025, for example, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in …

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump’s Israel Aid Bombshell

    Nov 4, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    Yousef Munayyer examines the political significance of President Trump’s surprise pledge to end US military aid to Israel, arguing it reflects growing public o…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    Five Key Questions After Israel’s Elections

    Oct 30, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    Israeli politics have once again arrived at a familiar dead end. For the eighth time in 13 years, an Israeli election that effectively served as a referendum o…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Hebron Under Siege

    Oct 29, 2026

    Yousef Munayyer and Issa Amro discuss Israel's recent siege of Hebron, mass home demolitions, Jewish settler violence, and movement restrictions in the West Ba…

  • Policy Analysis
    TunisiaDemocracy and Governance

    Tunisia’s Authoritarian Bargain Runs Dry

    Oct 29, 2026Patricia Karam

    During the summer of 2026—the hottest that Tunisia has recorded since 1950—the state could not keep the lights on. Rolling power outages, some lasting over ten…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Gaza Ceasefire That Quieted the World

    Oct 28, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    One year after President Donald Trump secured a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel in Gaza, Israel continues to kill Palestinians on a near daily basis, w…

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptSecurity and Defense

    Egypt Weighs Diplomacy and Military Intervention in the Red Sea

    Egypt has several good reasons for wanting the conflict between the Houthis and Saudi Arabia to end. After losing billions of dollars in Suez Canal tolls durin…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelViolent Extremism

    The US Response to Escalating Settler Violence

    Oct 23, 2026Khalil E. Jahshan

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses escalating settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the failure of the Trump administration to take mean…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonEnergy and Economics

    Frontloading Austerity: The Risks of the IMF’s Approach for Lebanon

    Oct 23, 2026Nabil Abdo

    Since defaulting on its debt in March 2020, Lebanon’s government has still not reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on financing to …

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Palestinian Health Workers Under Attack

    Oct 22, 2026

    Yousef Munayyer and Amira Nimerawi discuss the collapse of #Gaza’s healthcare system, mounting obstacles to medical care in the West Bank, and the resilience o…

  • Research Paper
    TunisiaDemocracy and Governance

    Tunisia’s Fractured Transition

    Oct 22, 2026Daniel Brumberg Zaid Al-Ali

    Tunisia’s experience highlights the challenges of democratic transitions centered on negotiation and power sharing. These challenges stem from a fundamental pa…

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