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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. IMPLICATIONS OF THE SAUDI-IRAN DEAL FOR YEMEN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. Democracy Promotion After the Iraq War

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

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

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

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

20. The Long Game: Saudi Arabia and Professional Golf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Reset U.S.-Syria Policy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. Can Federalism Work in Lebanon?

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

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

46. Countering “ISIS at Large” in Syria

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

48. The Future of Repatriation from Northeast Syria

49. Hakan Fidan and the New Turkish Diplomacy in Iraq

50. Sinjar: Challenges and Resilience Nine Years after Genocide

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

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

53. Iran’s Misunderstood Nuclear Law

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

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

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

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

58. After Gaza, Recalibrated Prospects for a Geopolitical Europe

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. Religious Repression and Disorder Snapshots: 2020- 2021

73. Apply the Logic of the Afghanistan Withdrawal to Syria

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

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

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

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

78. REVISITING THE EMBOLDENING POWER OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"