• Viewpoint
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Political Divisions Over Israel’s Iran Attack Highlight Tough Choices for Trump

    Jun 19, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and an ever-expanding list of targets has exposed fundamental disagreements among Americans over support for Isr…

  • Op-Eds
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?

    Jun 19, 2025Yousef Munayyer

    Despite the costly lessons of the past and the flashing warning signs before us today, President Trump seems poised to press the button on joining Israel’s att…

  • From our Affiliates
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Attack on Iran (2): Balance of Power and Tehran’s Options

    Jun 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    As Israel guards its monopoly over nuclear arms in the Middle East, its political and security cabinet decided on 9 June to launch a war on Iran, in coordinati…

  • Podcast
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    The GCC and Israel’s War on Iran

    Jun 17, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discuss how the Gulf Arab states are responding to Israel’s assault on Iran and explore the broader implication…

  • From our Affiliates
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s War with Iran Moves out of the Shadows

    Jun 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    At dawn on Friday, 13 June Israel launched a full-scale, coordinated military operation against Iran, codenamed “Rising Lion.” More than 200 warplanes, includi…

  • Policy Analysis
    TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Turkey’s Repositioning in the Middle East’s Emerging Order

    Jun 17, 2025Salim Çevik

    The Middle East has undergone a profound upheaval following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2…

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    Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance

    The Significance of Hussein al-Sheikh’s Appointment as PLO Vice President

    Jun 17, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), he sent many signals to …

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    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Israel’s Iran Assault Has Created a Crisis for Which Trump Is Not Prepared

    Jun 16, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Over the last 18 months, Iran quadrupled its stock of 60 percent enriched uranium. Yet however “successful,” this effort was fraught with danger for the Islami…

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    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension

    Jun 16, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    For the past three decades as a political figure, Benjamin Netanyahu has been obsessed with Iran’s perceived existential threat to Israel, particularly its eme…

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered

    Jun 12, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury

    In January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the six years since, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah…

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    What needs to change for Palestine

    Jun 9, 2025Dana El Kurd

    The violence in Gaza—credibly identified as genocide by scholars and legal experts alike—has now unfolded for over 600 days. This warfare against Palestinians …

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza

    Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    Recent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support for, silence on, or, at the very least, turning a bl…