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Iraq’s Illusory Sovereignty: Domestic and Foreign Culprits
Feb 7, 2024Rend Al-RahimThe abridgement of Iraqi state sovereignty began at least with the Gulf War of 1991, when Iraq’s Kurds received…
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How the Gaza War Is Upending US Middle East Policy
Feb 2, 2024Patricia KaramAs the Israel-Hamas war threatens to pull the United States into a broader conflict that would potentially upend US…
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From Gaza to Yemen and Back: The Biden Administration’s Confused Strategy
Feb 1, 2024Nabeel A. KhouryOn January 17, the Biden administration announced it was adding Yemen’s Houthis (also called Ansar Allah) to the US…
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Gaza as Ground Zero for Israel’s Border Technology
Feb 1, 2024Heba GowayedMore than a node in a global system of border apartheid, Gaza has become ground zero for Israel’s carceral…
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The Sunday Talk Shows on Gaza: A Study in Media Bias
Jan 31, 2024William L. YoumansThat the American public is not regarded as especially well-informed when it comes to international affairs is conventional wisdom…
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The Occupied West Bank Since October 7: Movement Restrictions and Collective Punishment
Jan 26, 2024Yara M. AsiIn August 2023, Itamar Ben-Gvir—not just any government minister, but Israel’s Minister of National Security—told an interviewer that “my…
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Iran Between Managing Allies and Modulating Its Deterrence
Jan 25, 2024Daniel BrumbergThis is a bad time for Iran to become embroiled in an expanding regional war that pits the Islamic…
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The Biden Administration Is Strong in the Red Sea but Weak in Gaza
Jan 24, 2024Gregory AftandilianAfter enduring weeks of regional tension, including Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and on American…
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Turkey’s “Guarantor System” for Ending the Gaza War Has Limitations
Jan 17, 2024Ali BakirIn mid-October, following the UN Security Council’s failure to pass a Russian resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian truce…
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Normalization Survives Despite the Gaza War
Jan 11, 2024Imad K. HarbThe current Israeli war on Gaza, now well into its fourth deadly month, has cast a calamitous shadow over…
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Important Considerations for the Middle East in 2024
Jan 10, 2024Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Laurie King Dana El Kurd Yousef MunayyerThe October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip will play a major…
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Oman, Gaza, and Relations with the United States
Jan 5, 2024Giorgio CafieroThe Sultanate of Oman traditionally has maintained a low profile on the international stage while conducting a friends-of-all foreign…
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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 Far East Pivots to the Middle East
Jan 3, 2024Nabeel A. KhouryThe phrase “Pivot to the East,” popularized during the Obama administration, signified a realization of the rising importance of…
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Russia and China on Gaza: Sidelined, Lurking—or Winning?
Dec 22, 2023Charles W. DunneIt wasn’t that long ago that Russia and China seemed to dominate the Middle East, and the United States…
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COP28: Achievements Fall Short of the Goal
Dec 21, 2023Afrah NasserThe recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, otherwise known as COP28, marked a significant moment in…
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The Israel-Hamas War in American Politics
Dec 21, 2023Gregory AftandilianAny rational discourse in the United States about the Israel-Hamas war increasingly has been subject to political litmus tests,…
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Lebanon’s Political Forces Oppose a War with Israel
Dec 20, 2023Patricia KaramWith a heightened risk of the Gaza war spilling over into Lebanon, currently mired in acute political, economic, and…
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The Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan KuttabThe current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the…
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Shifting the Paradigm: The One-State Solution as a Path to Peace
Dec 14, 2023Samer ElchahabiThe current round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, marked by the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and more than…
