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Turkey, Israel, and the Struggle over Syria’s New Order
Oct 14, 2026Salim ÇevikIsrael’s August 18, 2026, airstrike on the Abu al-Dhuhour airbase, about 70 kilometers from the Turkish border, marked a…
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Saudi Arabia’s Search for Allies in Yemen
Oct 9, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn October 5, 2026, Yemen’s internationally recognized government began an offensive with support from Saudi Arabia to retake the…
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Why Saudi Arabia Has Returned to War in Yemen
Oct 6, 2026Annelle ShelineRiyadh apparently believes that diplomacy has failed and previous efforts to appease the Houthis have merely caused their ambitions…
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No Power Can Master Hormuz: Oman and the Politics of Maritime Interdependence
Oct 5, 2026Amal GhazalFor centuries, empires and regional powers have fought over the Strait of Hormuz, occupying its islands, fortifying its ports,…
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Hamas and the Politics of Decommissioning in Gaza
Oct 2, 2026Muhammad ShehadaFor almost three years, Israel and the United States have repeatedly claimed that the war in Gaza would end…
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How Smaller GCC States Are Navigating the Mecca Defense Agreement
Oct 1, 2026Giorgio CafieroThe recent recommencement of the conflict between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, commonly known as the Houthis,…
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UNGA 2026: War, Diplomacy, and the Middle East’s Changing Order
Sep 28, 2026Nur Arafeh Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Negar Mortazavi Yousef Munayyer Daniel NeepNearly 130 world leaders attended the general debate of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA),…
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America’s Affordability Crisis: Will Trump’s Iran War Cost Him the 2026 Midterms?
Sep 25, 2026Gregory AftandilianMidterm elections in the United States are usually a referendum on whichever party holds the White House. Going into…
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What the Iran War Reveals about China’s Middle East Strategy
Sep 22, 2026Andrea GhiselliOn September 24, 2026, Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet President Donald Trump for the second time…
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From Hilltops to Houses: A New Phase of Israeli Settlement Expansion
Sep 18, 2026Dalia HatuqaOn August 9, 2026, Israeli settlers surrounded three houses in the Ras al-Ain area of Qusra, a Palestinian village…
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The Human Cost of US Aid Cuts Across the Arab World
Sep 10, 2026Yara M. AsiWhen Fatima, a mother of two in Yemen, went into labor with her third child in May 2025, there…
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Trump’s “Economic D-Day” Strengthens Iran’s Hardliners
Sep 3, 2026Daniel BrumbergThe White House’s new measures will not force Iran’s capitulation. Instead, they will reinforce the resolve of the hardline…
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Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Turn: Power Beyond Electricity
Aug 27, 2026Jim KraneThe US-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Cooperation Agreement caused some observers to scratch their heads. Why would a country bother with…
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Turkey and Iraq’s Emerging Partnership in a Changing Regional Order
Aug 26, 2026Salim ÇevikTurkey-Iraq relations have undergone a significant transformation over the past two years. For much of the post-2003 period, relations…
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Diversification Without Substitution: What the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement Offers Saudi Arabia
Aug 19, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesDespite the headlines, the Mecca agreement is unlikely to produce a real military response if an attack happens. Not…
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The Israeli Public Supports Wars, but Is Dissatisfied with the Results
Aug 17, 2026Mtanes ShihadehPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and most Israeli political and security leaders have repeatedly said that they will continue to…
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Why UN Mediation in Yemen Needs an Overhaul
Aug 14, 2026Afrah NasserAlthough originally established to facilitate a negotiated political settlement to the Yemen conflict, for over a decade the focus…
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Can the Board of Peace’s Gaza Roadmap Survive the Disarmament Deadlock?
Aug 13, 2026Mohammed SamhouriOn July 30, 2026, Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace (BoP) High Representative for Gaza and the plan’s lead…
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Changing Democratic Party Views on Israel and Palestine Boost US Democratic Socialists
Aug 5, 2026Gregory AftandilianThe Israeli war on Gaza that has resulted in at least 73,000 Palestinian deaths, more than half of whom…
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Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Dilemma
Aug 5, 2026The Unit for Political StudiesOn July 13, 2026, bombs struck the runway at Sanaa International Airport as an Iranian plane arrived carrying a…
