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Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Hunger in Gaza and the Ongoing Weaponization of Aid
Jun 20, 2025Yara M. Asi
“Hunger slowly crushes you. It feels like dying alone in a desert that no foot has ever touched. I cannot sleep properly or sit still long enough to read. I fe…
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IranUS Foreign Policy
Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?
Jun 20, 2025Yousef Munayyer
Despite the costly lessons of the past and the flashing warning signs before us today, President Trump seems poised to press the button on joining Israel’s att…
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IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Israel’s Attack on Iran (2): Balance of Power and Tehran’s Options
Jun 18, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
As Israel guards its monopoly over nuclear arms in the Middle East, its political and security cabinet decided on 9 June to launch a war on Iran, in coordinati…
Viewpoint
IranUS Foreign Policy
Political Divisions Over Israel’s Iran Attack Highlight Tough Choices for Trump
Jun 18, 2025Charles W. Dunne
Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and an ever-expanding list of targets has exposed fundamental disagreements among Americans over support for Isr…
Podcast
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The GCC and Israel’s War on Iran
Jun 17, 2025
Khalil E. Jahshan and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discuss how the Gulf Arab states are responding to Israel’s assault on Iran and explore the broader implication…
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IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Israel’s War with Iran Moves out of the Shadows
Jun 17, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
At dawn on Friday, 13 June Israel launched a full-scale, coordinated military operation against Iran, codenamed “Rising Lion.” More than 200 warplanes, includi…
Policy Analysis
TurkeyRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Turkey’s Repositioning in the Middle East’s Emerging Order
Jun 17, 2025Salim Çevik
The Middle East has undergone a profound upheaval following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria in December 2…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
The Significance of Hussein al-Sheikh’s Appointment as PLO Vice President
Jun 17, 2025Rami G. Khouri
When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), he sent many signals to …
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IranUS Foreign Policy
Israel’s Iran Assault Has Created a Crisis for Which Trump Is Not Prepared
Jun 16, 2025Daniel Brumberg
Over the last 18 months, Iran quadrupled its stock of 60 percent enriched uranium. Yet however “successful,” this effort was fraught with danger for the Islami…
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IranUS Foreign Policy
The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension
Jun 16, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan
For the past three decades as a political figure, Benjamin Netanyahu has been obsessed with Iran’s perceived existential threat to Israel, particularly its eme…
Policy Analysis
US Foreign Policy
Trump’s Cuts Badly Affect Promoting International Democracy and Human Rights
Jun 16, 2025Charles W. Dunne
The Trump administration’s swift demolition of key governmental and government-funded institutions promoting democracy abroad is a clear attack not just on imp…
Washington Policy Weekly
Ambassador Huckabee: United States Not Pursuing Palestinian State
Jun 16, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich
Mike Huckabee said that establishing a Palestinian state is not a goal of US policy and that “unless there are some significant things that happen that change …