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Starved, Ruined, and Displaced: What’s Next for Gaza?
Jul 18, 2025Mohammed SamhouriIn recent weeks, two significant developments have dominated the news from Gaza. One is the daily deadly violence surrounding…
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Lifting US Sanctions on Syria: A New Chapter for Damascus and Beirut?
Jul 18, 2025Patricia KaramIn a May 13, 2025, speech in Riyadh, President Donald Trump surprised the world by pledging to lift all…
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Palestine and the Middle East After the Iran-Israel war
Jul 15, 2025Rami G. KhouriThe Middle East in recent months has witnessed multiple military and ideological confrontations. Historic changes in regional power balances…
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A Trump-Netanyahu New Middle East?
Jul 9, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryThe Trump administration and the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been following a roadmap toward…
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Repression and Judicial Struggles in Kais Saied’s Tunisia
Jul 3, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesAlmost four years into President Kais Saied’s imposition of one-man-rule in Tunisia, his effort pivots around a process of…
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Israel-Iran Confrontation Tests Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Neutrality
Jul 2, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesOvernight on June 21-22, American military aircraft launched strikes on three nuclear facilities inside Iran, most notably the fortified…
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The GCC States and the US-Iran Dance Near the Abyss
Jul 2, 2025Kristian Coates UlrichsenYears of shadowboxing and increasingly direct skirmishing between Israel and Iran erupted into 12 days of conflict that began…
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Pragmatism Shapes Iraq’s Position Toward Post-Assad Syria
Jul 1, 2025Giorgio CafieroSharing a 375-mile border with Syria, Iraq has high stakes in its neighbor’s successful transition following the December 2024…
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Syrian Kurds Attempt to Maneuver Amid New Realities
Jun 27, 2025Gregory AftandilianSyrian Kurds face new realities that have put their experiment in autonomy in serious doubt. Although in March 2025…
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Perspectives on the US Attack on Iran and Its Repercussions
Jun 23, 2025Charles W. Dunne Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Assal Rad Annelle Sheline Kristian Coates UlrichsenAfter waiting for a week following Israel’s June 13 attack on Iran, US President Donald Trump decided to involve…
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Hunger in Gaza and the Ongoing Weaponization of Aid
Jun 20, 2025Yara M. Asi“Hunger slowly crushes you. It feels like dying alone in a desert that no foot has ever touched. I…
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Turkey’s Repositioning in the Middle East’s Emerging Order
Jun 17, 2025Salim ÇevikThe Middle East has undergone a profound upheaval following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the…
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Trump’s Cuts Badly Affect Promoting International Democracy and Human Rights
Jun 16, 2025Charles W. DunneThe Trump administration’s swift demolition of key governmental and government-funded institutions promoting democracy abroad is a clear attack not…
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Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered
Jun 12, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryIn January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the…
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Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza
Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesRecent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support…
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Israel’s Justice System and the Genocidal War on Gaza
May 30, 2025Nareman Shehadeh-ZoabiIntroductionDespite attempts to portray it as liberal, many consider the justice system in Israel to be part of Israel’s…
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Will Trump’s Gulf Trip Exacerbate or Mitigate the Arab World’s Three Plagues?
May 22, 2025Rami G. KhouriThe lasting effects of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf region may only become clear in the…
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Deals Without Guarantees: Trump’s Gulf Visit and the Future of US–Saudi Relations
May 22, 2025The Unit for Political StudiesOn May 13, US President Donald Trump began a four-day tour of Gulf countries, during which he traveled to…
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Implications of the US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal
May 21, 2025Gregory AftandilianPresident Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on May 6 of a ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Houthis—in which the militant group…
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President Trump’s Gulf Trip: Post-Visit Observations
Last week President Donald Trump ended a three-country trip to the Arabian Gulf—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab…
