In its unfolding bid to expand ties with Middle East governments, Israel must grapple with a basic challenge: how to ensure that events in the Palestinian-Isra…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Israel and the US Visa Waiver Program: Not a Done Deal
Israel has long sought entry into the United States Visa Waiver Program (VWP) with limited success, despite years of efforts and the close strategic and bilate…
Prominent Arab figures have called on democratic governments to stop supporting authoritarian regimes in the Arab World, and instead support the peoples’ right…
Event Video
US Foreign Policy
US Policy Objectives in the Middle East: Official American Perspective
Sep 17, 2021
On the third day of our six annual conference, the Honorable Joey Hood, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, gave remarks on…
Event Video
US Foreign Policy
Priority Issues in US Arab Relations: An Arab Perspective
Sep 17, 2021
Dr. Tarek Mitri, Former Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, gives remarks regarding US policy in the Middle East fr…
Event Video
US Foreign Policy
Arab Expectations of US Policy in the Middle East: Hopes and Realities
Sep 15, 2021
In the opening keynote address of the second day of our sixth annual conference, Ibrahim Fraihat discusses the performance and shortcomings of the Biden Admini…
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Practical Dimension of The Struggle for Equality by Palestinian Citizens in Israel
Mar 17, 2022
About the EventArab Center Washington DC hosted Sami Abu Shahadeh, Palestinian Knesset Member (BALAD/Joint List), for a luncheon during his visit to the Washin…
Conferences
US Foreign Policy
US Policy and Global Competition in the Middle East
Sep 14-17, 2021 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM ET
As the United States prepares to scale back its involvement in the Middle East, global powers such as Russia and China are working to increase their influence …
Webinar
IranUS Foreign Policy
Prospects for US-Iran Relations under Raisi
Sep 2, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
The Iranian Studies Unit of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Arab Center Washington DC co-hosted a lecture by Dr. Vali Nasr on the prospects…