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The Nakba in the Time of Genocide
May 14, 2026Yousef Munayyer
On May 15, 2026, Palestinians will mark the 78th year since the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. From…
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Trump, Not Tehran, Is Blocking Diplomacy with Iran
May 13, 2026Daniel Brumberg
On April 26, 2026, Tehran offered the United States a proposal to lift the US and Iranian blockades of the Strait…
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America Never Had the Arab World: The Ruins of the Liberal International Order
May 4, 2026Dana El Kurd
A recent Foreign Affairs article by Amaney Jamal and Michael Robbins of the Arab Barometer public opinion project carries…
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Why the UAE’s OPEC Withdrawal Matters Beyond Oil
May 1, 2026Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
The UAE's withdrawal from OPEC is the most significant departure yet from the organization because it marks the first…
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The 2026 Israeli Election: Will Bennett and Lapid Oust Netanyahu?
Apr 30, 2026Khalil E. Jahshan
On April 26, 2026, right-wing Israeli politician Naftali Bennett and centrist Yair Lapid announced the formation of a new…
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How to Topple an Autocrat: What Turkey’s Opposition Can Learn from Hungary
Apr 23, 2026Salim Çevik
Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary's April 2026 elections, after 16 years in power, showed that entrenched rulers can be…
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Egypt and the Gulf: A Relationship under Pressure
Apr 21, 2026Imad K. Harb
The US-Israeli war on Iran has put Egypt in a predicament. Since the 2013 coup that brought him to…
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After the Iran War: Regional Devastation and Future Instability
Apr 21, 2026Marc Lynch
The ferocity of the US-Israeli war with Iran that began on February 28, 2026, has given way to a…
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Without a National Consensus, Lebanon’s Talks with Israel Are Doomed to Fail
Apr 14, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury
Forcing Lebanon to accept an occupation will backfire, provoking even fiercer resistance, risking civil war, and sowing heightened anti-American…
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Lessons from Lebanon’s Frustration: From the Christians Yesterday to the Shia Today
Mar 30, 2026Mark Daou
After the civil war ended in 1990, Lebanon entered a new phase of rebuilding state institutions and ending internal conflict.…
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The Uncertainties of the New World Order Affect the Middle East
Feb 11, 2026Amal Mudallali
The rules-based world order is facing its most serious, indeed existential, challenge since it was created after World War…
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Another Step in the Weaponization of Aid: Israel Bans Humanitarian Agencies in Gaza
Jan 22, 2026Yara M. Asi
In late December 2025, two months after the much-lauded ceasefire agreement that was meant to end the physical destruction…
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The Saudi–Emirati Drama in Yemen
Jan 13, 2026Nabeel A. Khoury
Of the three interrelated levels of conflict at play in Yemen—local, regional, and international—it was the regional rivalry between…
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Israel’s Recognition of Somaliland Is Nibbling at the Margins of Arab Security
Jan 8, 2026Imad K. Harb
Israel’s December 26, 2025, recognition of the Republic of Somaliland showed that it will continue to threaten the security…
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The Unmitigated Danger of Lebanon’s Current Moment
Dec 16, 2025Imad K. Harb
Lebanon today is facing what is arguably its most dangerous moment, as its leaders and politicians grapple with the…
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US National Security Strategies: From Carter to Trump
Dec 11, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury
Over the past several decades, US National Security Strategies (NSS) have reflected a combination of goals and approaches that remained…
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The Machinery of Impunity: How Washington’s Elite Stays above the Law—and How to End It
Dec 3, 2025Jasmine El-Gamal
From the torture carried out during the George W. Bush administration to the surge in drone warfare under President…
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UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown
Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan
On November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution…
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Egyptian Democracy Is What Sisi Makes of It
Nov 18, 2025Imad K. Harb
Egyptians are currently casting their ballots in parliamentary elections, the final results of which will not be announced before…
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The Populist and the Pragmatist: Why Trump Sees a Kindred Spirit in Syria’s al-Sharaa
Nov 11, 2025Daniel Neep
At first glance, US President Donald J. Trump and Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa inhabit very different political universes.…

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