April 02, 2021
Netanyahu Tries to Dictate a New Arrangement in Jerusalem in Violation of the Traditional Pre-1967 Status Quo
In the runup to the recent Israeli election, Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to gain Jordanian public acknowledgement of Israel's sovereignty over Jerusalem by manipulating a visit to the city by Jordan’s crown prince. The ruse,...
Learn more »March 30, 2021
A Struggle of Wills over Iraq’s Identity
Abdulwahab Al-Qassab welcomes recent contacts between Arab countries and Iraq about economic and strategic cooperation. He states that the Arabs’ openness to close relations with Iraq after a long disengagement helps to rekindle that country’s...
Learn more »March 23, 2021
The morning after the Israeli electoral circus
Israel is stuck in an electoral groundhog day, with each election producing more of the same.
Learn more »March 11, 2021
Including Arab Americans in the Biden Administration Is Not Enough
In a series of unprecedented moves, President Joe Biden took steps seen as helping to politically and socially integrate the Arab American community. He included six Arab Americans in his administration in his first week...
Learn more »February 26, 2021
Mohammed bin Salman in the Hot Seat
Imad K. Harb evaluates the domestic moral, political, and economic repercussions to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of being implicated by an American intelligence report in the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi. Harb questions whether...
Learn more »February 04, 2021
The Assassination of Lebanon’s Lokman Slim
Imad K. Harb says that Lokman Slim’s assassination is the latest in a series of at least 15 others since the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon in 2005. He argues that the chaos besetting...
Learn more »February 02, 2021
The Terrorist Attacks in Baghdad: A New Chapter in Iraq’s Instability?
Abdulwahab Al-Qassab writes that the latest suicide bombings in Baghdad portend a feared return of the Islamic State after it was supposedly vanquished in December 2017. He cautions that if IS resurfaces in Iraq, the...
Learn more »January 20, 2021
Morocco’s Islamist Backing for Israel Normalization is a Game Changer
The US-brokered deal raises new questions about Morocco's ruling Islamist party's credibility and commitment to the Palestinian cause.
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