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Fresh Take
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Yemen’s Shifting Battlefield
Oct 6, 2026Imad K. Harb
Imad Harb discusses how recent developments in Yemen could reverse Houthi territorial gains, why GCC states are concerned about Houthi control of the Bab el-Ma…
Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Why Saudi Arabia Has Returned to War in Yemen
Oct 6, 2026Annelle Sheline
Riyadh apparently believes that diplomacy has failed and previous efforts to appease the Houthis have merely caused their ambitions to expand. The Yemeni popul…
Research Paper
US Foreign Policy
From Amoral Politics to Immoral Politics: The Influence of the Trump Administration
Oct 6, 2026Azmi Bishara
Azmi Bishara examines the impact of sustained exposure to the rhetoric and practices of US President Donald Trump’s administration on public moral values and e…
Policy Analysis
IranUS Domestic Politics and Elections
America’s Affordability Crisis: Will Trump’s Iran War Cost Him the 2026 Midterms?
Sep 25, 2026Gregory Aftandilian
Midterm elections in the United States are usually a referendum on whichever party holds the White House. Going into this year’s midterms on November 3, 2026, …
Podcast
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Crossing the Red Line
Sep 25, 2026
Akbar Shahid Ahmed and Yousef Munayyer discuss Ahmed’s new book Crossing the Red Line, examining the Biden administration’s Gaza policy, internal dissent, poli…
Op-Eds
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
How 9/11 Helped Israel Sell Its War on Palestinians to America
Sep 11, 2026Yousef Munayyer
With the second Palestinian Intifada under way, the September 11 attacks on the US provided an opportunity to once again put Israel and the US on the same side…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
The Democrats’ Divide Over Israel Comes to the House Foreign Affairs Committee
Sep 11, 2026Ethan Mayer-Rich Ingie Gohar
US Representative Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) was selected by the Democratic party to become the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s (HFAC) Subc…
Policy Analysis
IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Trump’s “Economic D-Day” Strengthens Iran’s Hardliners
Sep 3, 2026Daniel Brumberg
The White House’s new measures will not force Iran’s capitulation. Instead, they will reinforce the resolve of the hardline security officials to entrench thei…
Book
Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza: Domestic, Regional, and International Dynamics
Sep 1, 2026Susan M. Akram Hanna Alshaikh Nur Arafeh Yara M. Asi Phyllis Bennis Sonia Boulos Heba Gowayed Imad K. Harb Nader Hashemi Waleed Hazbun Shir Hever Khalil E. Jahshan Mehran Kamrava Tamara Kharroub Rami G. Khouri Yousef Munayyer Tahani Mustafa John B. Quigley Isabel Ruck Mohammed Samhouri Martin Shaw Safia K. Southey Sarah Leah Whitson James J. Zogby Raef Zreik
At this critical juncture of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the regional and global transformations it has produced, this edited volume provides a critic…
Webinar
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfSecurity and Defense
A Post-US Regional Order? The Shifting Security Architecture in MENA Amid the Iran War
Sep 1, 2026 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET
Experts examine how the Iran war has altered the balance of power in the Middle East and reshaped foreign policy calculations across the region.
Op-Eds
US Foreign Policy
The New Royals: Trump and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Aug 18, 2026Charles W. Dunne
Personal ties, backhanders, and flattery have all but replaced formal US diplomacy in the Middle East. The son of Steve Witkoff, US Special Envoy to the Middle…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Can the Board of Peace’s Gaza Roadmap Survive the Disarmament Deadlock?
Aug 13, 2026Mohammed Samhouri
On July 30, 2026, Nickolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace (BoP) High Representative for Gaza and the plan’s lead architect, announced a 15-point framework for a …