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Gas and Geopolitics in the Eastern Mediterranean
Oct 1, 2025Jim Krane
The resource base in the Eastern Mediterranean is of primary interest not because of the size of its reserves…
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The Weakness of Israeli Opposition to the War on Gaza
Aug 29, 2025Mtanes Shihadeh
On August 8, 2025, the Israeli Security Cabinet approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's proposal to prepare for the…
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The New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution: More Empty Promises?
Aug 15, 2025Susan M. Akram
The New York Declaration on the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State…
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The Shifting Sands of European Diplomacy: The EU’s Evolving Alignment with Israel
Jun 24, 2025Isabel Ruck
AbstractThis paper examines the evolution of the European Union's (EU) foreign policy stance toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, specifically focusing…
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The Beautification of War: Digital Communications, Public Indifference, Rebel Journalism, and Civilian Resistance in the Age of Meta Wars
Mar 3, 2025John Keane
Digital communications technologies are nowadays enabling not only frightening transformations of the modes and weapons of warfare but also,…
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Israel’s Shifting Policies Toward the West Bank
Oct 25, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
This position paper examines the Israeli government’s policies and objectives vis-à-vis the West Bank since the beginning of Israel’s…
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The Failure of Political Sectarianism in Lebanon
Sep 4, 2024Imad K. Harb
As Lebanon finds itself on the precipice of a war with Israel, its political system suffers from complete stalemate…
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The War on Gaza and Israel’s Technology Sector
Aug 1, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
The decline in the status of the Israeli economy due to the war and the difficulties in attracting capital…
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The Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People
Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud Muhareb
Israel took advantage of October 7, 2023, to launch a war of extermination against the Palestinian people in the…
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Youth in Lebanon: Policy Narratives, Attitudes, and Forms of Mobilization
Jun 17, 2021Mona Harb
IntroductionAs Lebanon is undergoing one of the worst economic and financial collapses in the world, one that was caused…
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Coronavirus Contemplations
May 16, 2020Azmi Bishara
Having realised in our housebound isolation that this year there will be no spring for us – telling ourselves…
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Actors, Structures and Qatari Foreign Policy
Feb 10, 2020Marwan Kabalan
In a research paper on Qatar’s foreign policy, Marwan Kabalan concludes that a small state’s geopolitical factors and relative…
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Regional States and Egypt’s Democratic Transition
Oct 25, 2018Imad K. Harb
Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates were the most influential external actors in Egypt’s transition to democracy…
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What does the “Jewish Nation” basic law mean?
Jul 24, 2018Azmi Bishara
A first glance at the law suffices to reveal that — unlike the rest of Israeli basic laws (the…
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The Arab World at a Crossroads: Rebellion, Collapse, and Reform
Mar 8, 2018Dr. Shafeeq Ghabra
A return to stability in the Arab world requires awareness by the respective governments of popular grievances and needs…
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What Defines Terrorism? The Identity of the Victim or the Victimizer?
Dec 20, 2017Azmi Bishara
No great analytical effort is required to illustrate the widespread use of the terms “terrorism” and “counterterrorism” in today’s…
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The Four-Approach Dilemma of the Western Sahara Conflict
Apr 25, 2017Mohammed Cherkaoui
While awaiting the perennial renewal of the mandate for the UN monitoring force (MINURSO, or Mission for the Referendum…
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The Army and Political Power in the Arab Context: Theoretical Problems
Mar 31, 2017Azmi Bishara
A significant question has arisen about how, over recent decades, military coups have stopped occurring in states considered to…
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The Gender Paradox of Arab Democracy
Jun 22, 2016Tamara Kharroub
On 17 December 2010, 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor Tarek al-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi was slapped across the face in front…
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Time for Transitional Justice and National Reconciliation in Syria
Apr 8, 2016Radwan Ziadeh
Transitional justice refers to a group of activities or investigations that focuses on communities with a legacy of human…

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