Regions

Collective Analysis
The Arab WorldUS Domestic Politics and Elections
Democrats Sweep Congress: Implications for the Middle East and US Foreign Policy
Nov 5, 2026Daniel Brumberg Amy Hawthorne Tamara Kharroub Jim Krane Yousef Munayyer Annelle Sheline
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…
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/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…
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…
Fresh Take
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Yemen’s Shifting Battlefield
Oct 6, 2026Imad K. Harb
Imad Harb discusses how recent developments in Yemen could reverse Houthi territorial gains, why GCC states are concerned about Houthi control of the Bab el-Ma…
Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Why Saudi Arabia Has Returned to War in Yemen
Oct 6, 2026Annelle Sheline
Riyadh apparently believes that diplomacy has failed and previous efforts to appease the Houthis have merely caused their ambitions to expand. The Yemeni popul…
Policy Analysis
IranUS Domestic Politics and Elections
America’s Affordability Crisis: Will Trump’s Iran War Cost Him the 2026 Midterms?
Sep 25, 2026Gregory Aftandilian
Midterm elections in the United States are usually a referendum on whichever party holds the White House. Going into this year’s midterms on November 3, 2026, …
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Crossing the Red Line
Sep 25, 2026
Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Yousef Munayyer discuss Ahmed’s new book Crossing the Red Line, examining the Biden administration’s Gaza policy, internal dissent, poli…
Op-Eds
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
How 9/11 Helped Israel Sell Its War on Palestinians to America
Sep 11, 2026Yousef Munayyer
With the second Palestinian Intifada under way, the September 11 attacks on the US provided an opportunity to once again put Israel and the US on the same side…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
The Democrats’ Divide Over Israel Comes to the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sep 11, 2026Ethan Mayer-Rich Ingie Gohar
US Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) was selected by the Democratic party to become the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s (HFAC) Subc…
Policy Analysis
IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Trump’s “Economic D-Day” Strengthens Iran’s Hardliners
Sep 3, 2026Daniel Brumberg
The White House’s new measures will not force Iran’s capitulation. Instead, they will reinforce the resolve of the hardline security officials to entrench thei…
Book
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza: Domestic, Regional, and International Dynamics
Sep 1, 2026Susan M. Akram Hanna Alshaikh Nur Arafeh Yara M. Asi Phyllis Bennis Sonia Boulos Heba Gowayed Imad K. Harb Nader Hashemi Waleed Hazbun Shir Hever Khalil E. Jahshan Mehran Kamrava Tamara Kharroub Rami G. Khouri Yousef Munayyer Tahani Mustafa John B. Quigley Isabel Ruck Mohammed Samhouri Martin Shaw Safia K. Southey Sarah Leah Whitson James J. Zogby Raef Zreik
At this critical juncture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the regional and global transformations it has produced, this edited volume provides a critic…