• Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Whither Palestine and the Palestinians? 

    Mar 5, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury

    Let down by the international community, Arab states, and their own leadership, Palestinians have survived more than 75 years of war, persecution, and isolatio…

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Disarming Hamas: What Analysts Get Wrong

    Mar 2, 2026Yazan Alhamdan

    On November 17, 2025, United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2803 authorized the international stabilization force proposed by the United States to…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Israel’s Restrictions on Medical Evacuations from Gaza and the West Bank

    Feb 25, 2026Yara M. Asi

    Like thousands of others across occupied Palestine, five-year-old Mohammad Abu Asad has cancer. Mohammad was diagnosed in the early 2020s with an aggressive fo…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Phase Two’s Baked-In Failure: Why the Chances for Trump’s Gaza Plan Are Dim

    Feb 20, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    On October 13, 2025, more than 20 world leaders gathered at a ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to witness US President Donald Trump sign an agreement ending…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    Trump’s Board of Peace: Rebuilding Gaza, or Remaking the World?

    Feb 18, 2026Charles W. Dunne

    The Trump administration’s new “Board of Peace” is slated to hold its inaugural meeting in Washington on February 19, 2026. After the United Nations (UN) Secur…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Trump’s “Board of Peace”

    Feb 18, 2026

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the “Board of Peace,” highlighting how the administration’s statements are disconnected from the realities on the ground in Gaza an…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantDiplomacy and Negotiations

    Israel’s Smearing Campaign against Qatar: Latent Motives and Objectives

    Feb 3, 2026The Unit for Political Studies

    Since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza, analysts, governments, and media outlets have debated Qatar’s involvement with Hamas and its wider role in Middl…

  • Book Review
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Every Moment Is a Life: Gaza in the Time of Genocide

    Feb 2, 2026Imad K. Harb

    A sobering reminder for the American reader of the Gaza genocide will soon land in bookstores and libraries throughout the United States, offering firsthand a…

  • Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Trump’s Board of Peace Will Help Strong Countries Dominate Weak Ones

    Jan 27, 2026Dana El Kurd

    The Trump administration recently declared that Phase 1 of the cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel was over and that the work of Phase 2 would begin.…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Another Step in the Weaponization of Aid: Israel Bans Humanitarian Agencies in Gaza

    Jan 22, 2026Yara M. Asi

    In late December 2025, two months after the much-lauded ceasefire agreement that was meant to end the physical destruction of Gaza and bring a significant incr…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    International Law and the Trump Board of Peace Charter

    Jan 21, 2026Brian Brivati

    President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace (BoP) and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG) raise several international significant legal is…

  • Podcast
    LevantThe War on Gaza

    Gaza’s Second Stage Commences

    Jan 21, 2026

    Yara M. Asi, Muhammad Shehada, and Yousef Munayyer discuss the current situation in Gaza, the forthcoming “Second Stage” of the ceasefire, and the implications…

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