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The Awkward Biden-Netanyahu Encounter Was a Dud
Sep 22, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan
Although the United States and Israel have enjoyed a uniquely close alliance since the latter’s declaration of statehood on…
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The Persistent Illusion of Palestinian Reconciliation
Aug 7, 2023Khalil E. Jahshan
Representatives of 14 Palestinian political factions, including Fatah and Hamas, were invited to the Egyptian coastal city of El-Alamein…
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Americans Opt for a Democratic Israel, Not a Jewish State
Jul 20, 2023Imad K. Harb
The University of Maryland and Ipsos conducted a “Critical Issues Poll” from June 21 to 27 to probe Americans’…
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Millions Dead from Post-9/11 US Wars: An Unconscionable Cost
May 23, 2023David Kanbergs
Last week, researchers working with Brown University’s Costs of War project released a substantial report detailing the number of…
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Sudan’s Transitional Process Is Dead and Buried
Apr 17, 2023Imad K. Harb
It would be very difficult to consider the ongoing intra-military conflict in Sudan as a struggle to advance the…
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The Fallout of Sisi’s Gambit with Russia
Apr 14, 2023Khalil Al-Anani
A leaked US intelligence document has revealed that Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi allegedly instructed officials to secretly produce…
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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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