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The Aqaba Joint Communique Dies in Huwwara
Feb 28, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan
On Sunday, February 26, 2023, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hosted Israeli, Palestinian, Egyptian, and US officials in Aqaba,…
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Aid to Syrian and Turkish Earthquake Victims Must Arrive Unobstructed
Feb 10, 2023Imad K. Harb David Kanbergs
Many cities and neighborhoods in Turkey and Syria have either been destroyed or damaged to the point of making…
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Saudi Arabia Will Not Find Strategic Protection in China
Dec 13, 2022Imad K. Harb
Saudi Arabia has just spent three days hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in a summit that some believe could…
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A Scandal-Plagued Netanyahu Returns for His Fifth Term as Israeli Prime Minister
Nov 4, 2022Khalil E. Jahshan
With final election results having been announced by Israel’s Central Elections Committee, Haaretz declared that former Prime Minister Benjamin…
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With Friends Like These: OPEC’s Oil Production and US-Gulf Relations
Oct 7, 2022Imad K. Harb
In a move that will certainly have serious political and economic repercussions in the United States and around the…
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Libya’s Belligerent Elites May Doom the Country’s Future
Jul 5, 2022Imad K. Harb
Once again, Libya is falling victim to its political elites’ failure to agree on a long-awaited election mechanism and…
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Lebanon’s Voters Would Do Well to Support the Forces of Change
May 10, 2022Imad K. Harb
On May 15, resident Lebanese go to the polls to elect a new 128-member parliament to replace the one…
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Key Messages from the Oppressed
Apr 6, 2022Dana El Kurd
In the last few weeks, there has seen an uptick in armed attacks by Palestinians within the green line.…
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Making Sense of the Palestinian Central Council’s February Meeting
Feb 16, 2022Jamil Hilal
The meeting of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC), held in Ramallah on February 6, received more attention in the…
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Sudan’s Revolution Must Be Allowed to Continue
Jan 4, 2022Imad K. Harb
In a move that reflected his failure to garner the support of the Sudanese public, Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla…
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Is Biden Serious about His Summit for Democracy?
Dec 6, 2021Khalil E. Jahshan
Since his inauguration on January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden has been hinting at a renewed focus on democracy…
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The Failure of Syria’s Constitutional Committee
Nov 16, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
In October 2019, Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres enthusiastically welcomed the creation of Syria’s Constitutional Committee…
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Military Takeover in Sudan: The Writing Is on the Wall
Oct 25, 2021Imad K. Harb
We have seen this before: military officers in the Arab world not quite enamored with sharing power with civilians—let…
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Lebanon Courts Civil War, Again
Oct 14, 2021Imad K. Harb
Once again, Lebanon teeters on the abyss of a civil war, this time over conflicts related to the investigation…
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Elections in Iraq: Getting Closer to Democracy?
Oct 6, 2021Rend Al-Rahim
Iraq’s parliamentary elections, set for October 10, 2021, represent the sixth national poll since 2003. Iraqi President Barham Salih…
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Syria’s Return to the Arab League Is Imminent
Oct 5, 2021Imad K. Harb
A decade after the start of the Syrian revolution against authoritarian rule and the suspension of Syria’s membership in…
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No Rest for the Weary: Lebanon’s Miqati Must Hit the Ground Running
Sep 10, 2021Imad K. Harb
Najib Miqati, the billionaire tasked over a year ago with forming the Lebanese government, has finally finished putting it…
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After Afghanistan, a New Biden Middle East Doctrine Takes Shape
Aug 19, 2021Imad K. Harb
If there are lessons to be learned from the disastrous end of the American war in Afghanistan, they would…
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Hezbollah Is Not Interested in a War with Israel
Aug 11, 2021Imad K. Harb
As Lebanon reels from seemingly unsolvable political, economic, social, and security crises, an exchange of rocket and artillery fire…
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A Year after the Beirut Explosion, a Dreaded Civil War in Lebanon
Aug 3, 2021Imad K. Harb
Events over the last few days in Lebanon portended a serious escalation in sectarian tensions and a possible widespread…

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