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Hard Choices Facing Tehran and Washington
Jul 10, 2019If the Trump Administration decides to adhere to a strategy of pushing for regime change in Tehran, Iran’s leaders…
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Child Soldiers in Yemen: One Element of a Humanitarian Disaster
Jul 8, 2019Annelise AdrianACW intern Annelise Adrian reports on the use of child soldiers in the Yemen war by both the Saudi-led…
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An Economic Analysis of Kushner’s Failed Plan
Jul 3, 2019“Peace to Prosperity” brings little that is new to the table, follows an ill-suited fundamentalist market ideology, and ignores…
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The Manama Meeting and Its Winners and Losers
Jun 27, 2019ACW fellows argue that neither Kushner’s “Peace to Prosperity” plan nor the Bahrain meeting addressed the political aspects of…
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A US-Turkish Agreement Remains a Challenge in Northeastern Syria
Jun 26, 2019US officials may be rushing a deal with Turkey in northeastern Syria that could lead to a Turkish-Kurdish confrontation…
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Saudi-Emirati-Egyptian Alliance Steering US Middle East Policy
Jun 26, 2019With the American retreat from the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Egypt are presenting themselves as reliable…
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Morsi’s Death: Conflicting Narratives, Escalating Repression, Deepening Polarization
Jun 25, 2019Former President Mohamed Morsi’s death is emblematic of continuing government repression and unchecked violations of human rights in Egypt…
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Iran: How Trump is Emboldening the Hawks and Hardliners
Jun 25, 2019US hawks, their Gulf allies and Israel will see Trump's preference for avoiding military confrontation as capitulation.
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A Dangerous Algerian Struggle against Uncertainty
Jun 21, 2019A multilateral dialogue involving different segments of society and moderate military elements is imperative to end the current stalemate…
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What Actually Ails the Palestinian Economy?
Jun 20, 2019The Israeli occupation and lack of freedom for Palestinians are the most salient factors that hamper the Palestinian economy,…
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The Greenblatt Fallacy
Jun 19, 2019Mr. Greenblatt’s extolling the virtues of the Bahrain meeting later in the month to supposedly improve the Palestinians’ economic…
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Friedman’s West Bank Annexation Remarks: Political Implications
Jun 17, 2019Ambassador Friedman’s remarks about Israel’s right to annex parts of the West Bank signal that the Trump Administration may…
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Sudan’s Military: Following Egypt’s Playbook?
Jun 12, 2019Contrary to their opposition to Islamists in Egypt and elsewhere, Saudi Arabia and the UAE do not seem concerned…
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The Mecca Summits: Spinning the Wheels on Iran
Jun 11, 2019By devoting its three Mecca summit meetings to vilifying and criticizing Iran, Saudi Arabia missed a good opportunity to…
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Iraq’s Militias and the US-Iran Impasse
Jun 6, 2019The Iraqi government has a difficult time managing its mutual relations with Iran and the United States because of…
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On the Lebanese-Israeli Border, US and Iran Are Negotiating
Jun 5, 2019A breakthrough in Beirut is helping American mediation in the land and maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel,…
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Idlib between Regional and International Imbalances
Jun 5, 2019Radwan Ziadeh writes that the Trump Administration must look at Syria as more than merely a humanitarian crisis and…
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Identity Politics 2.0: Cyber Geopolitics and the Weaponization of Social Media
Jun 1, 2019This paper is part of ACW's fourth book, titled The Arab World Beyond Conflict.In the months leading up to…
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Middle East Sectarianism: A Symptom to a Cause
Jun 1, 2019This paper is part of ACW's fourth book, titled The Arab World Beyond Conflict.Sectarianism and sectarian conflict in the…
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The Dilemma of “Normalization”: Can Islamists Participate without Polarizing Politics?
Jun 1, 2019Shadi HamidThis paper is part of ACW's fourth book, titled The Arab World Beyond Conflict.The dislike, or even hatred, of…
