• Policy Analysis
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    Understanding the Conditions Leading to Trump’s Victory

    Nov 17, 2016Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)

    Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on November 8 came as a complete shock to many in the United States and abroad, as if the statistical li…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Congressional Update – November 17, 2016

    Nov 17, 2016

    (1) Congressional Elections Senate Results: The failure by the Democrats to gain control of the Senate is a bitter loss for the Democratic Party. A few short w…

  • Policy Analysis
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    What can President-elect Trump achieve with a Republican Congress?

    Nov 17, 2016Roxanne Perugino

    Election ResultsIn a departure from the voter tradition of preferring a divided government, i.e. one party controlling the presidency and another the Congress,…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    Congressional Update – Election Edition

    Nov 7, 2016

    Senate ElectionsIn less than 24 hours, voters will elect 435 Members of the House of Representatives and 34 Senators.  Up until last week it appeared that Demo…

  • Op-Eds

    Roxanne Perugino: Republicans and Democrats do Battle over Congress

    Nov 3, 2016

    The battle for control of the Senate remains a toss-up, one week before the election. Democrats believe they can pick up five to seven seats giving them a slim…

  • Public Opinion Survey
    US Foreign Policy

    Arab Public Opinion and the 2016 US Presidential Elections

    Nov 1, 2016

    Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) conducted a public opinion survey in the Arab world in cooperation with the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)…

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  • Op-Eds

    Tamara Kharroub: Why Women & Minorities Matter in US Elections

    Oct 28, 2016Tamara Kharroub

    Less than two weeks from the US presidential Election Day on November 8, the televised debates are over, polling is ongoing, campaigning and ads are in full sw…

  • Panel Discussions
    Public Opinion

    U.S. Elections 2016: Arab Public Opinion Poll

    Nov 1, 2016

    Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) conducted a public opinion survey in the Arab world on October 18-28, 2016, asking 3,600 respondents about their views on the U…

  • Joe Macaron speaks with France 24 about the third presidential debate (in Arabic)

    Oct 21, 2016Joe Macaron

    ACW analyst Joe Macaron spoke with France 24 about the Third Presidential Debate and discussed the implications of the candidates' performance on the president…

  • Khalil Jahshan and Randa Fahmy discuss the third presidential debate on Sky News (in Arabic)

    Oct 20, 2016Khalil E. Jahshan

    Arab Center Washington DC Executive Director Khalil Jahshan, and Arab Center board member Randa Fahmy discussed the U.S. presidential elections on Sky News, pr…

  • Policy Analysis
    US Domestic Politics and Elections

    The Two Presidential Candidates and Their Middle East Policies

    Oct 13, 2016Roxanne Perugino

    Most voters almost never decide a presidential election based on foreign policy, but Clinton is one of the leaders of the centrist Democratic foreign policy es…