• Viewpoint
    LevantInternational Law and International Bodies

    Congress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA

    Feb 16, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich

    On February 13, the Senate voted 70-29 to pass a $95.3 billion national security supplemental package (H.R.815) to provide additional security assistance to Uk…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    The Biden Administration’s Confused Response to Israel’s Rafah Operation

    Feb 15, 2024Hanna Alshaikh

    At the center of US coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza in recent days is the rift between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding …

  • Video
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    The Biden-Netanyahu Rift over Rafah

    Feb 14, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses President Biden's response to the impending Israeli attack on Rafah and the continuation of the Gaza war. Jahshan is Executive Dire…

  • Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Regional Escalation of the Gaza War and the US Response

    Feb 22, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the regional dimensions of the Gaza war, possible escalation into a regionwide conflict, and US involvement.

  • Video
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Blinken’s Fifth Middle East Trip since October 7

    Feb 7, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses Blinken's fifth Middle East trip since the start of the Gaza war, focusing on its objectives and challenges. Jahshan is the Executi…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    How the Gaza War Is Upending US Middle East Policy

    Feb 2, 2024Patricia Karam

    As the Israel-Hamas war threatens to pull the United States into a broader conflict that would potentially upend US standing and policy, peace and stability in…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    From Gaza to Yemen and Back: The Biden Administration’s Confused Strategy

    Feb 1, 2024Nabeel A. Khoury

    On January 17, the Biden administration announced it was adding Yemen’s Houthis (also called Ansar Allah) to the US terrorist list. The move returned the rebel…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantPublic Opinion, Protest, and Debate

    The Sunday Talk Shows on Gaza: A Study in Media Bias

    Jan 31, 2024William L. Youmans

    That the American public is not regarded as especially well-informed when it comes to international affairs is conventional wisdom among the US political and n…

  • Video
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Gaza War, Normalization, and Palestinian Statehood

    Jan 30, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the latest US proposal for the "day after" in #Gaza and normalization with #Israel. Jahshan is the Executive Director of Arab Cente…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Iran Between Managing Allies and Modulating Its Deterrence

    Jan 25, 2024Daniel Brumberg

    This is a bad time for Iran to become embroiled in an expanding regional war that pits the Islamic Republic and its allies in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen against …

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Biden Administration Is Strong in the Red Sea but Weak in Gaza

    After enduring weeks of regional tension, including Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and on American commercial vessels, the Biden administratio…

  • LevantUS Foreign Policy

    Azmi Bishara: US Talk of Palestinian Statehood Is Doublespeak to Encourage Normalization

    Jan 23, 2024

    The US lip service to the idea of Palestinian statehood can be understood as a mere ploy to justify its push for Arab states to return to normalization talks, …