Has ISIS Made Gains as a Result of the Pandemic?
By Dawn Brancati and guest contributors Jóhanna Birnir and Qutaiba Idlbi Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19…
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Viewpoint: Dispossession Is the Root Cause of Palestinian Unity
Guest post by Gary M. English Following Jeremy Pressman’s excellent post about changes within the political landscape of…
What Changed This Time in Israel-Palestine?
Guest post by Jeremy Pressman At first blush, this round of Hamas-Israel fighting was remarkably similar to past…
Viewpoint: Good-Bye Two-State Solution, Hello Apartheid?
By Michael Barnett A few years ago, the riots in Jerusalem over Israel’s planned eviction of Palestinians from…
A Coup in Jordan? Why Even Fabricated Plots Matter
Guest post by Salah Ben Hammou and Rosalie Rubio On April 3, 2021, Jordanian authorities claimed to have…
What’s At Stake for Women in Afghanistan
Guest post by Madhav Joshi and Louise Olsson As Afghan government representatives, the Taliban, and international observers participated…
Conflict Has Changed Yemen’s Economy—What That Means for Peace
Guest post by R. Joseph Huddleston, David Wood, Daniela A. Maquera Sardon, and Jarrett Dang Protracted conflict changes…
Biden’s Afghanistan Decision
Guest post by Asfandyar Mir President Biden has inherited America’s longest war—the war in Afghanistan—at a critical moment.…
You Can’t Get There from Here: Biden Negotiating the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
By Peter Krause In his first month in office, President Joe Biden made a number of foreign policy…
Trump’s Legacy in Yemen: Why Terrorist Listing May Jeopardize Peace Talks
By Isak Svensson and guest contributor Magnus Lundgren As one of the last foreign policy decisions taken during…