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The Latest Example of Erratic Saudi Foreign Policy
Aug 9, 2018Imad K. Harb
Once again, impulsive, ill-advised, and harmful foreign policy decisions are negatively impacting Saudi Arabia’s global standing. The kingdom has…
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An Arab NATO? The Folly of Trusting Trump
Jul 31, 2018Imad K. Harb
The Trump Administration is said to be pushing for establishing a Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA). Discussions for the…
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Citizenship Question on Census Form is Counterproductive
Jul 25, 2018Imad Hamad
The U.S. Constitution requires a census of the population every 10 years. The census is a treasure trove of…
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Israel Legalizes Apartheid and Ethnocentric Supremacy
Jul 20, 2018Khalil E. Jahshan
For a government that has coined its own term—“Hasbara,” the Hebrew word for “explanation”—for its international propaganda efforts, Israel…
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Five Years after Sisi’s Coup: More Repression and a President for Life
Jul 20, 2018Imad K. Harb
Five years after the military coup of July 2013, Egypt’s domestic conditions appear to be heading toward increased authoritarianism,…
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The Raging—and Surprising—Battle for Southern Syria
Jul 5, 2018Radwan Ziadeh
The Syrian regime began its assault on the southern city of Daraa toward the end of June, assisted as…
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In Jordan’s Case, Rent Collection May No Longer Work
Jun 5, 2018Imad K. Harb
Once again, socioeconomic conditions are at the center of Jordan’s political instability. Thousands of Jordanians over the last few…
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An Accord for Libya?
Jun 1, 2018Imad K. Harb
Amid the many conflicts rending the Arab world today, the one in Libya recently took a hopeful turn toward…
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Iraq’s Elections and the Arduous Road Ahead
May 25, 2018Abdulwahab Al-Qassab
Iraq has just finished a fourth round of parliamentary elections. What Iraqis await now are the results of consultations…
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A Crack in the Russian-Iranian Alliance in Syria?
May 23, 2018Joe Macaron
In a rare instance since the Russian intervention in Syria in September 2015, the policy differences between Moscow and…
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Pompeo Peddles Disaster for American Interests
May 22, 2018Imad K. Harb
Another spectacle of a confused American foreign policy was on display on May 21, 2018 at the Heritage Foundation,…
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The United States Abdicates Its Responsibilities in the Middle East
May 17, 2018Imad K. Harb
It is impossible to see how the massacre of unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza or the moving of the…
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A Dangerous Israeli-Iranian Escalation in Syria
May 11, 2018Joe Macaron
In the most dangerous escalation since the establishment of the Golan Heights ceasefire line in 1973, Israel and Iran…
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Lebanon’s Elections Provide No Serious Change
May 10, 2018Imad K. Harb
Lebanon has just finished a feverish election campaign for its 128-seat Chamber of Deputies. This round followed a nine-year…
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Deploying Arab Forces in Syria is not Advisable, nor Possible
May 10, 2018Radwan Ziadeh
Over the last few months, President Donald Trump has made announcements that regional states should bear more of the…
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Seventy Years of Nakba: Ending a Process that Has Not Stopped
May 3, 2018Yousef Munayyer
On May 15, 2018, Palestinians commemorate 70 years of their Nakba, the catastrophe of dispossession and homelessness that unfolded…
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Mohammed bin Salman Is Wrong on Palestine
May 2, 2018Imad K. Harb
Critics allege that impetuousness and impatience are driving Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s actions and statements. What…
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Haftar’s Illness and Libya’s Troubles
Apr 20, 2018Imad K. Harb
Libya’s confusing political environment just became a little more so with the reported illness of strongman General Khalifa Haftar.…
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The Kosovo Model for Syria
Apr 17, 2018Radwan Ziadeh
The April 13, 2018, American-British-French strike on Syria was wider in scope and effect than that of April 2017…
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The Forgotten Arab League
Apr 11, 2018Joe Macaron
On April 15, the summit of the League of Arab States will be convened in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. It…

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