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How Do People in the Middle East View the US Presidential Election?
Nov 6, 2020With the United States playing a major role in Middle East politics, US presidential elections are usually of utmost…
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Iran and the World Wait for Biden
Nov 5, 2020Iranian leaders have insisted that the November 3rd US elections would have no real significance for Iran’s basic interests.…
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The Middle East Accords: An Arab Perspective
Nov 2, 2020The recent agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, and Sudan will not help the cause…
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Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s Iraq: Challenges and Prospects
Nov 2, 2020The Iraqi Council of Representatives voted to confirm Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on May 7, 2020, after two aborted…
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As US Counterterrorism Policy Focus Wavers, a Thorough Review Is Needed
Oct 28, 2020The struggle to defeat global terrorism has been a dominant issue in the last four presidential elections, but not…
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Another Test of Palestinian Sumud: COVID-19 in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem
Oct 27, 2020As the world has endured the crushing outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past seven months, a common…
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Protests of the Poor in Egypt: Causes and Implications
Oct 21, 2020On September 20th, a series of anti-government demonstrations broke out in a number of Egyptian governorates and villages protesting…
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Where Can Palestinian Leaders Turn as Gulf Arabs Turn Away?
Oct 15, 2020The recent normalization agreements between the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain with Israel have sent shock waves throughout the…
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US Presses Sudan to Normalize Relations with Israel
Oct 14, 2020The Trump Administration is holding up the removal of Sudan from the State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list because…
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Prospects of US Mediation in the Lebanon-Israel Border Talks
Oct 14, 2020On October 14, Lebanon and Israel started the long-awaited US-mediated talks to demarcate their maritime borders under the supervision…
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The Arab League’s Many Failures
Oct 8, 2020Over its 75-year history, the 22-member League of Arab States (LAS) has declined as an organization—from one that represents…
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US Foreign Policy in the 2020 Elections: Bold Choices in the Middle East
Oct 7, 2020The 2020 US presidential campaign has been driven by a few key issues—the pandemic and its damaging economic effects,…
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The UAE’s Manipulative Utilization of Religion
Sep 29, 2020The August announcement of normalizing relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has led to a backlash…
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Saudi Arabia Prefers Implicit Normalization with Israel
Sep 18, 2020Signed at the White House on September 15, the new peace agreements between Israel on the one side and…
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The French Initiative in Lebanon: Endgame and Challenges
Sep 16, 2020French President Emmanuel Macron has been leading a charm offensive in Lebanon since the August 4th Beirut explosion as…
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Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Alliance Tries to Change Middle East Dynamics
Sep 16, 2020On August 25, 2020, the leaders of Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan met in Amman for the third in a…
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North African Autocrats Use the Pandemic to Expand Power, Settle Scores
Sep 15, 2020Charles W. DunneMany months have passed since the novel coronavirus epidemic began, with wide-ranging and often devastating health, economic, and social…
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Teachers’ Anger Reflects Jordan’s Economic and Political Strains
Sep 9, 2020The crackdown on the Jordanian Teachers Syndicate this summer is in many ways emblematic of mounting political and economic…
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Russian-Turkish-Iranian Cross-Purposes on Syria’s Future
Sep 8, 2020On August 24, the United Nations-sponsored Syrian Constitutional Committee meetings reconvened in Geneva. UN Envoy Geir Peterson, the chair…
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Spinning the Wheels: Syria’s Useless Political Negotiations
Sep 2, 2020Radwan Ziadeh contends that the many rounds of negotiations to resolve the Syrian crisis have failed because of the…
