• Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    Migration and Mobilization: The History, Identity, and Politics of the Palestinian Diaspora in Chile

    Apr 23, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET

    About the WebinarThe Palestinian diaspora in Chile—estimated at a minimum of half a million people—constitutes the largest and one of the most historically sig…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Apr 13, 2026Ingie Gohar

    Trump Escalates Iran Threats, Then Agrees to Ceasefire. On April 6, President Donald Trump escalated his threats toward Iran, declaring that “the entire countr…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonUS Foreign Policy

    US Policy Toward Lebanon in a Time of War

    Apr 10, 2026Patricia Karam

    Following the expansion of its ground operations in South Lebanon in late March 2026, Israel has significantly intensified airstrikes across the country, inclu…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Israeli Settler Violence: A Strategy to Displace Palestinians from their Land

    Apr 10, 2026Yara M. Asi

    On April 9, 2026, news broke that the Israeli government had recently authorized the construction of 34 new settlements in the West Bank—nearly six times the n…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The Iran War: Is Trump Looking for Exit Ramps or Escalation?

    Apr 7, 2026Charles W. Dunne

    US President Donald Trump proclaimed total victory over Iran in his Oval Office address on April Fools’ Day, saying, “We’ve beaten and completely decimated Ira…

  • FORTHCOMING BOOK: Israel’s Genocide in Gaza: Domestic, Regional, and International Dynamics

    Apr 6, 2026

    The book aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date accounting, documentation, and analysis of the different aspects of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Targetin…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Threatens War Crimes in Iran

    Apr 6, 2026Ingie Gohar

    President Trump said that the US is in serious discussions with "a new, and more reasonable, regime" to end military operations in Iran. He threatened to "blow…

  • Op-Eds
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Iran Is the Dumb, Disastrous Remake of Desert Storm

    Apr 4, 2026Daniel Neep

    The war’s goals—degrading Iran’s military and weakening its proxy networks—look like a more limited attempt to discipline an errant regional power.

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    What Happened to the Gaza War?

    Apr 1, 2026

    Khalil E. Jahshan argues that the war with Iran has diverted attention away from Gaza, enabling Israel to intensify the humanitarian crisis and obstruct recons…

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization

    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. However, that phase was not equit…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Increases Number of Troops in Middle East

    Mar 30, 2026Ingie Gohar

    The Pentagon is moving to deploy around 3,000 troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, alongside thousands of Marines already being se…

  • From our Affiliates
    IranUS Foreign Policy

    Global Energy is Caught in a Dark Tunnel and Future Prospects Are Bleak

    Mar 30, 2026The Economic Studies Unit

    The world waits apprehensively to see where the heated conflict between Israel and the United States on one side, and Iran on the other, will lead. It is a con…

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