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…
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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…
The US Designates Yemen’s Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Guest post by Marta Furlan As the clock ticks for the Trump administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
What Do the Bahrain-Israel-UAE Agreements Mean?
Guest post by Jeremy Pressman How do the Bahrain-Israel-UAE agreements signed on September 15 demonstrate a shift in…
Will the Afghan Peace Talks Succeed?
By Aila M. Matanock Last Saturday saw Afghan factions come together in Doha for peace talks. The Taliban,…
Remember This? The Assassination of Qassem Soleimani
The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with domestic unrest in America and the looming US presidential election, have eclipsed other…