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The Trump Administration May Worsen Racial and Political Tensions in Mauritania
Jan 2, 2026Marwa ElessawyOn July 9, 2025, the Trump administration hosted the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at a…
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American Evangelicals’ Declining Support for Israel
Dec 31, 2025Jonathan KuttabEvangelical Christian support for Israel and its policies has long been one of the bedrock factors behind backing for…
- Policy Analysis
The Reality and Threats of the STC’s Takeover of Eastern Yemen
Dec 29, 2025Nabeel A. KhouryTwo superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, dominated the greater Middle East during the days of the…
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Undiplomatic Diplomacy Jeopardizes Improvements in US-Iraqi Relationship
Dec 26, 2025Gregory AftandilianUS-Iraqi ties have witnessed an improvement over the past few months, largely in the energy and defense sectors that…
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Financial Regulation as the Foundation of Sovereignty? A Path to Disarmament for Lebanon
Dec 26, 2025Patricia KaramSince 2019, Lebanon has experienced cumulative economic and institutional breakdown, leaving the state hollowed out, public trust shattered, and…
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Turkey’s Emerging Role in Trump’s Gaza Plan
Dec 17, 2025Salim ÇevikPresident Donald Trump envisions a central role for Turkey in Gaza. At the October 2025 Sharm el-Sheikh peace summit,…
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Bribes and the Ballot Box: How Israel’s 2026 Budget Serves the Governing Coalition
Dec 10, 2025Mtanes ShihadehThe Israeli government will soon present its economic and financial agenda for 2026 in the form of a draft…
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Does Israel’s Qualitative Military Edge Give the United States a Qualitative Disadvantage?
Dec 4, 2025Josh PaulPresident Trump announced that he would approve the sale to Saudi Arabia of the most advanced US manned strike…
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Sudan: International Actors Need to be Part of the Solution, Not the Problem
Dec 1, 2025Gregory AftandilianThe war in Sudan has caused one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, with an estimated 150,000 people dead…
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Sudan’s War on Civilians: A Continuation of Decades of Atrocities
Dec 1, 2025Yara M. AsiFor more than a year, the al-Saudi Maternity Hospital was the only functioning hospital in al-Fasher, the capital of…
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What the Recent US Elections Mean for Trump and for US Foreign Policy
Nov 26, 2025Charles W. DunnePresident Donald Trump and congressional Republicans were not directly on the ballot in the November 4, 2025, elections, but…
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Tabatabai’s Killing: Perspectives on Hezbollah
On November 23, 2025, Israel succeeded in assassinating Hezbollah’s chief military commander, Haitham Ali Tabatabai, in its latest violation…
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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…
