• Op-Eds

    Biden Aims to Contain Violence in Israel/Palestine. His Policy May Be Stoking It Instead

    Oct 25, 2023Shibley Telhami

    As bouts of violence in Israel/Palestine have become more frequent, the Biden administration has been aiming to ‘calm down tensions’ and prevent further escala…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Unpacking the Gaza Conflict: US Policy and the Humanitarian Crisis

    Oct 23, 2023

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the US response to the war in Gaza and the ensuing humanitarian crisis as a result of Israel's bombing campaign and imminent ground…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The War on Gaza: Deterrence or Inching toward Direct US Involvement?

    Oct 17, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan

    The official American position has passed through three phases in less than ten days. First, like Israel itself, Washington and its western allies suffered fro…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    A New Diplomatic Path Is Urgent after Gaza, But Without the Previous Mistakes

    Oct 16, 2023Charles W. Dunne

    The horrifying October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants has left the world aghast. The murder of Israelis (and Americans, French, Russians, Ukrainians, an…

  • External Readings

    America is back to playing regional cop in the Middle East

    Oct 16, 2023Marwan Bishara

    As Israel wages genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, the United States is back to playing regional cop in the Middle East. The Biden administr…

  • Viewpoint
    EgyptUS Foreign Policy

    The Menendez Fiasco: Implications for US-Egyptian Relations

    Washington has been abuzz lately over the shocking political intrigue involving the Egyptian government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the powerful former chairma…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Awkward Biden-Netanyahu Encounter Was a Dud

    Sep 22, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan

    Although the United States and Israel have enjoyed a uniquely close alliance since the latter’s declaration of statehood on May 14, 1948, the bilateral relatio…

  • Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Saudi-Israel normalisation remains a distant dream for Biden

    Sep 20, 2023Imad K. Harb

    Riyadh is driving a hard bargain for normalisation, with demands that neither US Congress nor Netanyahu's regime are likely to accept. Despite functional coope…

  • Book
    The Arab WorldUS Foreign Policy

    A US Pivot Away from the Middle East: Fact or Fiction?

    A US Pivot Away from the Middle East: Fact or Fiction? is a collection of essays tackling different aspects of a potential American pivot away from the Middle …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Assessing the Abraham Accords, Three Years On

    Aug 31, 2023Dana El Kurd

    Arab-Israeli normalization is one of those curious policy areas where the Biden administration has enthusiastically pursued its predecessor’s positions, even i…

  • Policy Analysis
    Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy

    The Saudi-Israeli Normalization Gambit: Deal or No Deal?

    Aug 30, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan

    After weeks of conflicting accounts from columnists and journalists about the outcome of the Biden administration’s intensive shuttle diplomacy aimed at convin…

  • Event Video
    Palestine/IsraelEducation and Development

    Academic Freedom and Palestine: Threats and Trends

    Aug 28, 2023

    Experts explore the latest threats and trends in academic freedom and the escalation of efforts to repress Palestine activism and scholarship.