• Panel Discussions
    Public Opinion

    2016 Arab Opinion Index

    Apr 11, 2017

    On April 11, 2017, the Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) released the findings of the 2016 Arab Opinion Index, a large-scale annual research initiative undertake…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Turkey-Russia Rift Heralds an Autonomous Kurdistan in Syria

    Apr 5, 2017Mustafa Gurbuz

    As the Syrian civil war grinds on into a seventh year, a Kurdish autonomous region controlled by the People’s Protection Units becomes more probable in norther…

  • Policy Analysis
    The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and Defense

    The US Military Posture in the Gulf: Future Possibilities

    Apr 4, 2017Imad K. Harb

    Since former President Jimmy Carter announced the establishment of the Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force in the Middle East in 1980—which later became Central …

  • Policy Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Genocide in Mosul: The Repercussions of Targeting Civilians

    There have been widespread allegations that the destruction of Mosul, the major Sunni Iraqi city after Baghdad, is the aim of the Iranian-backed Shiite militia…

  • Trump, Sissi to Seek Closer Cooperation Against Islamist Extremism

    Apr 3, 2017

    Egyptian activist Moataz El Fegiery's remarks during ACW's event on Egypt and the US under the Trump Administration were quoted in VOA's article on Egyptian Pr…

  • Op-Eds

    Yousef Munayyer: Can Trump revive the Arab Peace Initiative?

    Apr 3, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    Egypt, Jordan and Palestine's leaders are all visiting Washington this month. Is a regional summit on the horizon? If so, Palestinians are right to remain wary…

  • Moataz El Fegiery & Bahey el-din Hassan: What Trump Should Ask a Brutal Dictator as He Welcomes Him to the White House

    Apr 2, 2017

    Under Sissi, thousands of Egyptian activists have been killed, imprisoned, abducted, and banned from traveling.Read more

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    IranMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Congressional Update – Week Ending March 31, 2017

    Mar 31, 2017Roxanne Perugino

    I. JASTA UpdateOn March 28, the law firm of Mayer Brown LLP hosted a webinar focused on recent developments related to the Justice against Sponsors of Terrori…

  • Research Paper
    Democracy and Governance

    The Army and Political Power in the Arab Context: Theoretical Problems

    Mar 31, 2017Azmi Bishara

    A significant question has arisen about how, over recent decades, military coups have stopped occurring in states considered to be coup countries, such as Syri…

  • Policy Analysis
    EgyptDemocracy and Governance

    Egypt’s Fragile Stability: Erosion of the Rule of Law and Institutions of Governance

    Mar 30, 2017Moataz El Fegiery

    This paper addresses the erosion of the rule of law and institutions of governance in Egypt by discussing the significant expansion of legal repression, the cl…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    The US at the UN and the Apartheid Report on Palestine

    Mar 29, 2017Yousef Munayyer

    Earlier this month and for the first time in the history of the United Nations, the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)—a UN institution—is…

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