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Young Americans and the War on Gaza: President Biden Should Worry
Jan 5, 2024Suravi KumarFor decades, Israel enjoyed strong bipartisan backing from Americans. But in recent years, there has been a measurable shift…
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The US Position on Saudi Arabia’s Civilian Nuclear Program
Aug 16, 2023 Seerat SohalIn June 2023, Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud affirmed the kingdom’s intent to enrich…
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Disinformation as a Tool of Regime Survival in Tunisia
Jul 21, 2023C. Ian DeHavenDisinformation—false information created with the intent to mislead others—swamped the 2019 Tunisian presidential election, creating a confused and volatile…
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Egypt Has Broken Its Social Contract with Its Citizens
Mar 14, 2023Salmah ArfoulyIn response to rising oil and food prices, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi recently insinuated that Egyptians should “eat…
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Disaster Politics and Earthquake Diplomacy in Syria and Turkey
Mar 6, 2023Fadi HilaniThe earthquake must not be an opportunity for Assad’s regime to rehabilitate itself in the eyes of the international…
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Syria Is Not Ready to Repatriate Displaced Syrians
Sep 20, 2022Hannah JacobsBy 2015, over four million Syrians had fled the country’s civil war and arrived in neighboring countries, in Europe,…
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Iraq’s Opposition Builds a Blueprint for Dismantling a Corrupt Sectarian System
Jun 28, 2022Zahraa AlribeawiIraqi politicians’ continued failure to form a functioning government calls for a reexamination of the country’s current political system,…
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Twenty Years After 9/11: A Reckoning for Anti-Muslim Hostility in the United States
Dec 10, 2021Patricia JannackIn his human rights speech at the University of Connecticut in October, President Joe Biden argued that the best…
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Palestinian Youth and the Futility of the Two-State Solution
Sep 30, 2021Kerent BenjumeaFollowing Israel’s expulsions of Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and its war on Gaza this year, pro-Palestine movements…
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Gender and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
May 19, 2021Andrea SaklehOn November 17, 2001, then First Lady Laura Bush gave a radio address to the nation that lamented Afghan women as…
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China’s Maritime Challenge to the United States in the Gulf
Mar 30, 2021Gabriella HaedeltThe Arabian Gulf has emerged as a theater of investment, international integration, and rivalry for global powers, especially after…
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Mitigating Conflict over Water in the Euphrates-Tigris Basin
Dec 15, 2020Yoseph HamidThe Middle East and North Africa (MENA)—the most water-scarce region in the world—has arguably borne the brunt of climate…
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Barriers to Women’s Workforce Participation in the Gulf Arab States
Aug 11, 2020Alainna LiloiaAlainna Liloia argues that a societal shift in the Gulf states is needed for greater support to working women…
