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1. The Devastating Impact of Lebanon’s Environmental Failures

2. Jordan’s Escalating Border Threats Amid Regional Upheaval

3. The Red-Hot Blue Line

4. Domestic Disagreements Limit Netanyahu’s Options with Washington

5. Hamas’s Narrative of 7 October and the Impossibility of Ignoring It

6. The United States Is Rapidly Losing Arab Hearts and Minds Through Gaza War, While Competitors Benefit

7. Why China Is Taking Sides Against Israel—and Why It Will Likely Backfire

8. Making Sense of Iraq’s Politicized Supreme Court Rulings

9. Nonviolent Protest Movement in Suweida Continues to Resurrect Calls from the Syrian Revolution

10. New Poll Sheds Light on Saudi Views of Israel-Hamas War

11. What Does the War in Gaza Mean for Jordan's National Security?

12. Egypt’s Economic Freefall Provides an Opening for U.S. Assistance—and Leverage

13. Earthquake in Syria and Turkey: U.S. Policy Implications

14. To Prevent the PA from Unraveling, Address Internal Reform

15. Can Federalism Work in Lebanon?

16. The Lebanon Human Rights Report: Punting on Accountability?

17. Drug Addiction in Syria: A Decades-Long Disease

18. Countering “ISIS at Large” in Syria

19. Preserving U.S. Military Advantages in the Middle East

20. The Future of Repatriation from Northeast Syria

21. Hakan Fidan and the New Turkish Diplomacy in Iraq

22. Sinjar: Challenges and Resilience Nine Years after Genocide

23. Iraqi Kurds Face Legitimacy Issues Amid Election Deadlock and Internal Division

24. The Rise and Immediate Fall of Israel-Libya Relations

25. Iran’s Misunderstood Nuclear Law

26. Iraqi Officials Eye a Path for Chinese-Iraqi Development

27. How to Stop Iraqi Kurdistan’s “Bleeding”

28. Syrians' Reactions to the First Weeks of Israel-Hamas War

29. Morocco and North Africa Are Feeling Anti-Normalization Ripples from the Gaza War

30. After Gaza, Recalibrated Prospects for a Geopolitical Europe

31. Beyond Riyadh: Houthi Cross-Border Aerial Warfare 2015-2022

32. Does the Present Interpretation of the UN Principles Cause Harm in Syria and Yemen?

33. Devastating Earthquakes in Turkey Could Fundamentally Alter the Political Landscape

34. Jordan: Another Peak in a Multi-Year Crisis

35. Democracy Promotion After the Iraq War

36. Hegemony, Democracy, and the Legacy of the Iraq War

37. Operation Iraqi Freedom: Learning Lessons from a Lost War

38. The Shah’s Son and the Future of Iranian Opposition

39. Erdoğan’s Syria Policy: Continuation of the Status Quo?

40. The Long Game: Saudi Arabia and Professional Golf

41. Water and Climate Change Will Shape Iraq-Turkey Relations

42. Autonomy Curbed? Kurdish Oil Exports Hit Snags from Turkey and Baghdad

43. Biden’s Middle East Balancing Act: Iran’s Nuclear Program and Saudi-Israeli Ties

44. Iran and the ‘Axis of Resistance’ Vastly Improved Hamas’s Operational Capabilities

45. Between Swords of Iron and the Al Aqsa Deluge: The Regional Politics of the Israel-Hamas War

46. Saudi-Houthi Talks Sow Cracks in Coalition – The Yemen Review, January & February 2023

47. Saudi-Houthi Talks Move Toward Ceasefire – The Yemen Review, March 2023

48. Saudis Visit Sana’a as Warring Parties Conduct Prisoner Exchange

49. A Southern Reshuffle – The Yemen Review, May 2023

50. Temperatures, Tensions Roil Government – The Yemen Review, June & July 2023

51. Saudi-Houthi Talks Resume – The Yemen Review, August 2023

52. Petroleum and Progress in Iran: An Interview with Gregory Brew

53. Reset U.S.-Syria Policy

54. IMPLICATIONS OF THE SAUDI-IRAN DEAL FOR YEMEN

55. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Sustained Resurgence in Yemen or Signs of Further Decline?

56. Anti-Government Demonstrations in Iran: A Long-Term Challenge for the Islamic Republic

57. Turkey’s 2023 General Elections and the Kurdish Question

58. The Muqawama and Its Enemies: Shifting Patterns in Iran-Backed Shiite Militia Activity in Iraq

59. In the Middle East, Biden Is on the Razor’s Edge

60. Saudi Arabia’s Balancing Game: The Palestinian Cause and Regional Leadership

61. Europe is Stuck Over the Israel-Hamas War

62. Critical Crossroads: Tunisia’s Choice between a Comprehensive EU Partnership and Economic Collapse

63. The Humanitarian Response in Post-Earthquake Syria: An Urgent Need for Depoliticisation

64. Shifting Paradigms for Israel-Palestine: Why the EU Must Answer the Wake-Up Call Now

65. The Revolutionary Kids Are Alright: Egypt Ten Years after the Coup

66. Israeli Apartheid and the West’s Dwindling Moral Credibility

67. A Saudi-Pakistani Reset: Business as Usual?

68. Politics, War and Eastern Mediterranean Gas

69. A Tale of Two Normalizations: Israeli Normalization with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – Part I

70. Is there anything new in Mansour Abbas’ declaration concerning the “Jewish State”?

71. CAN ISRAEL REMAIN BOTH NEUTRAL AND PART OF THE WEST?

72. Violence in Yemen During the UN-Mediated Truce: April-October 2022

73. The 2022 Israeli Legislative Election and Political Violence in the West Bank

74. Australia in the Middle East: Enduring risks, interests, and opportunities

75. Iranian Jews in Israel, Protests, and the Palestinians

76. Iran and the United Nations: Breaking New Ground at the Human Rights Council, Is the Commission for the Status of Women Next?

77. Towards a Renewed Local Social and Political Covenant in Libya, Syria and Yemen

78. Taiz Siege Continues as Talks Face Roadblocks – The Yemen Review, June 2022

79. Government Instability Overshadows Truce – The Yemen Review, July 2022

80. Showdown in Shabwa Shakes Government – The Yemen Review, August 2022

81. Truce Expires as Internal Divisions Deepen – The Yemen Review, October 2022

82. Houthis Target Southern Ports – The Yemen Review, October 2022

83. Govt Agrees Financial Aid as Houthis Target Oil Sector – The Yemen Review, November 2022

84. Don’t Fear Vacuums: It’s Safe To Go Home

85. REVISITING THE EMBOLDENING POWER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

86. Apply the Logic of the Afghanistan Withdrawal to Syria

87. Bases, Logistics, and the Problem of Temptation in the Middle East

88. Religious Repression and Disorder Snapshots: 2020- 2021

89. Powerful tool or passing trend? Meanings and practices of social accountability in the Arab world, and why they matter

90. Palestinian Flags and Warm Embraces: Politics and Arabism at the World Cup in Qatar

91. Lebanon’s Perennial Limbo: A Paralysed System Teetering on the Brink

92. Cooperation or Coercion? The Views of US Opinion Leaders on Foreign Policy Approaches

93. Americans Split on Military Aid to Israel, Say Political Status Quo Unacceptable

94. Disappointed in Rouhani, Iranians Seek a Different Sort of Leader in June Elections

95. President Biden: Try for a Double Play on Iran and Afghanistan

96. Afghanistan: Before Time Runs Out

97. Israel-Palestine: Renaissance of a Two-State Solution

98. Israel’s 2021 election: Another deadlock in a vote on identity, the role of religion, and Bibi

99. Afghanistan and the Rise of the Islamic Emirate: A Tragic Inevitability

100. Diaspora Mobilisation and the Arab Uprisings: Opportunities and Limits of the "Back Home Effect"