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What Can Tunisia Expect from a Biden Administration?
Dec 1, 2020Sarah YerkesLike most of its North African neighbors, Tunisia saw little attention from the Trump Administration, compared to other parts…
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Democracy and Human Rights in the Middle East: The Biden Agenda
Nov 25, 2020Charles W. DunneAs news that former Vice President Joe Biden had won the American presidential election began to circulate on Saturday,…
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The Biden Presidency and the Gulf Arab States
Nov 24, 2020Kristian Coates UlrichsenAssessing the Biden Administration’s future relations with the Gulf, Kristian Coates Ulrichsen writes that it faces a set of…
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Yemen May Be a Priority for Biden and the Democrats
Nov 20, 2020Gregory AftandilianAs President-elect Joe Biden assembles his team and sets his priorities for the next four years, there has been…
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Biden and Iraq: A Chance to Address Past Mistakes
Nov 20, 2020Nabeel A. KhouryThe Biden Administration is likely to change a few policies in the Middle East while keeping others essentially the…
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Military Institutions and Poor Governance in the Arab World
Nov 16, 2020Imad K. HarbThe latest Arab Opinion Index (AOI) from the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS) in Doha, Qatar,…
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A Prognosis for American Involvement in the Middle East
Nov 14, 2020Kenneth KatzmanThere is little doubt that the American approach to the Middle East has been undergoing significant change and will…
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The Trump Term: An Israel-Palestine Damage Assessment
Nov 11, 2020Yousef MunayyerShortly after he was elected as president in November 2016, Donald Trump quickly got to work on advancing his…
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Lebanon Risks Becoming Irrelevant
Nov 11, 2020Imad K. HarbFor the third time in the span of a year, Lebanese politicians are trying to go back to the…
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How Do People in the Middle East View the US Presidential Election?
Nov 6, 2020Khalil Al-Anani Abdulwahab Al-Qassab Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Jonathan Kuttab Joe Macaron Marcus Montgomery Yousef MunayyerWith 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, 2020Daniel BrumbergIranian 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, 2020Imad K. HarbThe 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, 2020Abbas KadhimThe 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, 2020Charles W. DunneThe 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, 2020Yara M. AsiAs 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, 2020Khalil Al-AnaniOn 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, 2020Yousef MunayyerThe 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, 2020Gregory AftandilianThe 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, 2020Joe MacaronOn 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, 2020Abdulwahab Al-Qassab Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Imad K. Harb Radwan Ziadeh Nabeel A. Khoury Sheila CarapicoOver its 75-year history, the 22-member League of Arab States (LAS) has declined as an organization—from one that represents…
