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The CMCC and the US-Israel Alliance: Collusion or Enforcement Mechanism?
Nov 24, 2025Hanna AlshaikhThe fastest route to Washington no longer runs through Tel Aviv, as the saying once went, but through Kiryat…
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Prospects for Syria’s Democratization Under Ahmed al-Sharaa
Nov 21, 2025Patricia KaramThe spectacular and unforeseen fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 upended Syria’s political order and launched a precarious…
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The 2025 Iraqi Election: Will Sudani Serve a Second Term?
Nov 20, 2025Hamzeh HadadOn November 11, 2025, Iraqis voted in their seventh parliamentary election since the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime…
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Morocco at Breaking Point? Drought, Misrule, and the Rise of Gen Z 212
Nov 20, 2025Samia ErrazzoukiFrom late September to mid-October 2025, Moroccans across the country descended into the streets to once again demand change…
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MBS Returns to Washington: Re-Assessing US-Saudi Relations
Nov 18, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenMohammed bin Salman’s return to Washington after seven years signals a recalibration of US-Saudi ties, with Riyadh seeking security…
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Israel, the UAE, and Yemen’s South: The Politics of Unlikely Alliances
Nov 14, 2025 Giorgio CafieroHaving emerged in 2017 from Yemen’s Southern Movement, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) is the preeminent political and military…
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Bitcoin Mining on the Nile? Implications of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam for Egypt and Sudan
Nov 12, 2025Lama ElhatowEthiopia’s highly contested and controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) was officially inaugurated on September 9, 2025, marking the…
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Who Profits? US Corporations and the Whitewashing of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Nov 11, 2025Annelle ShelineSince Israel began its brutal assault on Gaza in October 2023, observers have asked how the world could allow…
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Qatar Copes with Trump’s Middle East Vision
Nov 6, 2025Daniel BrumbergAmong Arab states, perhaps none faces a more complex challenge in managing relations with President Donald Trump than Qatar.…
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Yemen Caught Between Domestic Fragmentation and Regional Tensions
Nov 5, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryMore than a decade into Yemen’s civil war, no end to the conflict is in sight. The lines of…
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Syria’s Fragile Integration: The SDF Joins the Army but Autonomy Remains Elusive
Nov 5, 2025Gregory AftandilianAn October 2025 deal between Damascus and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)—which are linked to the Kurdish-dominated autonomous administration…
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Sudan’s War: The Failure of Mediation and the Struggle for Civilian Rule
Oct 31, 2025Ingie GoharOn April 15, 2023, a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and…
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No Protection, No Justice: US Citizens Killed with Impunity by Israel
Oct 30, 2025Yara M. AsiOn a cold night in January 2022, Omar Assad, an elderly Palestinian American man, was driving back to his…
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Will the Ceasefire in Gaza Impact Disarmament in Lebanon?
Oct 22, 2025Patricia KaramIn late September 2025, nearly two years after the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, President Donald Trump unveiled…
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Construction in the E1 Area: Preventing Palestinian Geographical Contiguity
Oct 22, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh Ikram MohammedThe Israeli government continues to exploit the post-October 7, 2023, situation to impose a new geopolitical and demographic reality…
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The Willing Fools’ Peace of the Middle East
Rather than serving as a forum for hashing out difficult next steps for Gaza, the Sharm summit was largely…
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Israel’s Attack on Qatar and the Failure of GCC Defense Cooperation
Oct 14, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenOn September 9, 2025, Israel attacked Qatar in an act of international aggression that caused shockwaves in Doha, across…
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Baghdad Between Tehran and Washington: The Struggle for a Sovereign State
Oct 9, 2025Patricia KaramIraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani is walking a delicate tightrope between asserting the country’s sovereignty and maintaining relations…
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The Trump-Netanyahu Plan for Gaza: A Legal Analysis
Oct 9, 2025Jonathan KuttabMuch has been said and written about the Gaza peace plan announced by President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime…
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Why the Rush to Recognize Palestine? And Does It Matter?
Oct 8, 2025Charles W. DunneRecognition of a State of Palestine has recently taken on new momentum. On September 22, 2025, France became the…
