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  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    What Does the US-Iran Deal Mean for Lebanese Sovereignty?

    Jun 18, 2026Rola El-Husseini

    Lebanon has never possessed genuine sovereignty, and this chronic deficit of internal and external control renders it a permanent arena for proxy warfare.

  • Collective Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The US-Iran Interim Deal: A Fragile Ceasefire

    Jun 18, 2026

    The “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” signed in Versailles, France, on June 17, 20…

  • Collective Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The US-Iran Interim Deal: A Fragile Ceasefire

    Jun 18, 2026Daniel Brumberg Khalil E. Jahshan Patricia Karam Yousef Munayyer Daniel Neep Kristian Coates Ulrichsen

    The “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran,” signed in Versailles, France, on June 17, 20…

  • Fresh Take
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The Israeli Reaction to the US-Iran Agreement

    Jun 18, 2026

    Khalil E. Jahshan examines how the US-Iran deal has become a political disaster for Netanyahu, with Israeli officials openly defying Trump, calling the agreeme…

  • Policy Analysis
    IraqIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Sadr, the Militias, and Iraq’s Struggle for Sovereignty

    Jun 17, 2026Giorgio Cafiero

    Iraq could be at a turning point following Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s May 27, 2026, decision to place his armed faction, Saraya al-Salam (the Peace Brigades…

  • Press Releases
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The Full Text of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Iran

    Jun 17, 2026

    A senior U.S. official disclosed what the official said was the full text of the deal between the United States and Iran to cease hostilities, open the Strait …

  • Webinar
    IranEnergy and Economics

    The Impacts of the Iran War on the Global Economy and Energy Markets

    Jun 23, 2026 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts explore how the war on Iran is affecting global energy supplies and prices, which regions are most vulnerable to the disruption, and what the crisis co…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Israel’s War of Displacement in Lebanon

    Jun 16, 2026Heba Gowayed

    Since March 2, 2026, the most recent bout of Israeli violence in Lebanon has displaced an estimated 1.2 million people—a fifth of the country’s population. Isr…

  • Imad K. Harb interviewed on Israel’s war on Lebanon

    Jun 15, 2026

    Imad K. Harb was interviewed by Al Jazeera regarding Israel's invasion of Southern Lebanon and the talks between the Lebanese and Israeli governments.

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism

    The New University Order: How Repressing the Pro-Palestine Student Movement Has Reshaped US Higher Education

    Jun 15, 2026Emesa Melki

    It has been more than two years since Columbia University students established the first Palestine Solidarity Encampment on April 17, 2024. Within weeks, stude…

  • Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Will Trump “Finish the Job” in Iran?

    Jun 12, 2026Daniel Brumberg

    The US-Iranian ceasefire of April 8, 2026, may not withstand President Donald Trump’s June 11, 2026 threat to seize Iran’s Kharg Island and to take control of …

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaDemocracy and Governance

    Control without Inclusion: Eastern Syria Under Damascus

    Jun 12, 2026Haian Dukhan

    In May 2026, Hussein al-Sharaa, the father of Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, described the people of Deir al-Zor as “a group of savages with loud …

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