• From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelEnergy and Economics

    Gaza: Economic Collapse and Humanitarian Catastrophe

    Dec 26, 2024The Unit for Economic Studies

    It has been a year since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began, leaving behind a trail of unprecedented destruction and a deepening humanitarian catastrophe tha…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Israel, Syria, and International Law

    Dec 26, 2024Jonathan Kuttab

    The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria has provided Israel with yet more opportunities to brazenly tear apart the fabric of international legal norms, f…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Syria’s Kurds Facing Dangerous Headwinds

    The rapid collapse of the Assad regime by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) fighters has put Syrian Kurds of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and their autonomous …

  • Viewpoint
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Deciphering the Quick Collapse of the Assad Regime

    Dec 17, 2024Radwan Ziadeh

    Many western media outlets have speculated about the quick collapse of the Syrian regime and its military and security services in their battle against a coali…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Violations of the Ceasefire with Hezbollah Threaten to Undo It

    Dec 10, 2024Imad K. Harb

    The ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Lebanon on November 27 was a welcome development after 14 months of skirmishes between the Israeli Army and …

  • From our Affiliates
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Rebel Takeover as Syrian Regime Forces Retreat

    Dec 4, 2024The Unit for Political Studies

    Since the end of summer, opposition forces have been preparing for a military operation that had intended to be limited to retaking the areas seized by the reg…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    Hezbollah’s Likely Demise and Lebanon’s Uncertain Future

    Dec 4, 2024Patricia Karam

    Israel's approval of a US-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah set the stage for an end to fourteen months of fighting between the two parties, ushering in the po…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Motivations for Israel’s Unprecedented Destruction of Palestinian Lives

    Dec 2, 2024Daoud Kuttab

    For over a year, a systematic and unprecedented Israeli campaign of death, injury, and ruin of entire communities has been taking place in Gaza, and in recent …

  • Fresh Take
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Prospects for a Ceasefire in Israel’s War on Lebanon

    Nov 22, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the prospects for a ceasefire in Lebanon and the overly optimistic statements of US envoy Amos Hochstein despite the continuing fig…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    GCC States Seek Diplomacy During US Absence

    The expansion and partial regionalization of what is already the longest and deadliest conflict in the Israeli-Palestinian arena since 1948 presents the Gulf A…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy

    Intent to Destroy: Documenting a Year of Israel’s Attacks on Health in Gaza

    Nov 7, 2024Yara M. Asi

    After a year of unfathomable images, videos, and testimonies from Gaza, the story of 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalou still managed to shock the world. On October 1…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The New Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Oct 31, 2024Mohanad Mustafa

    Israel’s concept for the “day after” in Gaza is becoming clearer as its war on the Strip continues into its second year. In fact, the features of this plan beg…