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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. Family Rule in Iraq and the Challenge to State and Democracy

6. An Heir and a Spare? How Yemen’s “Southern Hezbollah” Could Change Iran’s Deterrent Calculus

7. Oslo at 30: Personal Perspectives from Washington Institute Scholars: A Compendium

8. The Palestinian Authority Thirty Years After Oslo

9. A "System of Systems" Approach to Countering Drones: Examining Recent Operations from the Middle East to Ukraine

10. The Next Generation of Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Technical Advances, Strategic Objectives, and Potential Western Responses

11. How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is Reshaping the Global Arms Market: Implications for the Middle East and Beyond

12. The Regent of Allah: Ali Khamenei's Political Evolution in Iran

13. Cash Cabal: How Hezbollah Profits from Lebanon's Financial Crisis

14. Arming the Revolution: Trends in Iranian Defense Spending, 2013–23

15. Is Iran Looking to Inspire Shia Homegrown Violent Extremist Attacks?

16. Saudi Normalization with Israel, Domestic 'Transformation,' and U.S. Policy

17. Turkey's Pivotal 2023 Elections: Issues, Potential Outcomes, and What Comes After

18. Turkish Backlash: How Street Interviews Spread Anti–Syrian Refugee Sentiment

19. Disaster Dynamics: Assessing Middle East Responses to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake and Other Destructive Events

20. Iran’s Nuclear Endgame Warrants a Change in U.S. Strategy

21. Striking Back: Iran and the Rise of Asymmetric Drone Warfare in the Middle East

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Can Federalism Work in Lebanon?

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

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

34. Countering “ISIS at Large” in Syria

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

36. The Future of Repatriation from Northeast Syria

37. Turkey’s Growing Ukrainian and Russian Communities

38. Hakan Fidan and the New Turkish Diplomacy in Iraq

39. Sinjar: Challenges and Resilience Nine Years after Genocide

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

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

42. Iran’s Misunderstood Nuclear Law

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

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

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

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

47. After Gaza, Recalibrated Prospects for a Geopolitical Europe

48. Russia’s Yes Vote on Syria Aid Will Come With a Price

49. Iran’s New Budget Perpetuates Economic Challenges

50. Three Presidents, Three Flawed Iran Policies, and the Path Ahead

51. No Going Back: Activists Reflect a Decade After the Arab Spring

52. Hezbollahland: Mapping Dahiya and Lebanon's Shia Community

53. Beyond the Blocs: Jewish Settlement East of Israel's Security Barrier and How to Avert the Slide to a One-State Outcome

54. Countering Iran's Regional Strategy: A Long-Term, Comprehensive Approach

55. The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

56. The Revolution Will Be Televised in Arabic: Iran's Media Infrastructure Abroad

57. China's Security Presence in the Middle East: Redlines and Guidelines for the United States

58. Fighting Jihadists By, With, and Through U.S. Partners: Lessons Learned and Future Prospects

59. Beyond Elections: Evolving Arab Public Opinion on Democracy and Human Rights

60. Iran's Nuclear Hedging Strategy: Shaping the Islamic Republic's Proliferation Calculus

61. Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Middle East: Ideas for Advancing Both Governance and Democracy

62. Rhetoric Meets Reality in Jawlani’s Push for Self-Sufficiency

63. The Israeli Government Falls: New Election and Implications for U.S.-Israel Relations

64. Biden Sees Oil as Key to His Visit, but Does Riyadh Agree?

65. Arab Syrian IDPs of Tal Rifaat also Want to Go Home

66. Iraq’s Constitutional Moment?

67. How Iran’s Protests Differ from Past Movements

68. Scoring Iraq’s New Government: Metrics for Preserving U.S. Interests

69. Snapback Sanctions on Iran: More Bark Than Bite?

70. Changing Population Patterns Will Reshape the Middle East

71. The Tenacity of Young Iranians in the Protest Movement

72. Hamas at 35

73. A Stabilizing Factor: Oman’s Quiet Influence amid Mounting Uncertainty in the Gulf

74. Sustained Counterterrorism Efforts Remain Key to Preventing Attacks in Jordan

75. In the Service of Ideology: Iran's Religious and Socioeconomic Activities in Syria

76. Defining a Realistic Policy Toward Erdogan's Turkey: Advice for the Biden Administration

77. Syria at the Center of Power Competition and Counterterrorism

78. The 2021 Iranian Presidential Election A Preliminary Assessment

79. Asset Test 2021: How the U.S. Can Keep Benefiting from Its Alliance with Israel

80. The Coming Iran Nuclear Talks: Openings and Obstacles

81. Turkish-Egyptian Relations after Erdoğan’s Sacrifice of the Muslim Brotherhood

82. NATO in Iraq: Not a Surge

83. Kidnapping and Extortion in Regime-Controlled Syria

84. Investing in Jordan Through Support for Social Enterprises

85. After Sparking the Arab Spring, Is Tunisia Still a Success Story?

86. Collective Memory of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: Surveying Egyptians a Decade After

87. Soldiers of End-Times: Assessing the Military Effectiveness of the Islamic State

88. A Sultan in Autumn: Erdogan Faces Turkey's Uncontainable Forces

89. Promoting Sovereignty and Accountability in Iraq: Guidelines for the Biden Administration

90. Accidental Allies: The US–Syrian Democratic Forces Partnership Against the Islamic State

91. Triangular Diplomacy: Unpacking Russia's Syria Strategy

92. Deals, Drones, and National Will: The New Era in Turkish Power Projection

93. A Strategy to Contain Hezbollah: Ideas and Recommendations

94. A New Start for the U.S. on Mideast Democracy and Human Rights

95. Washington and the Next Arab Spring

96. A Vanishing West in the Middle East: The Recent History of U.S.-Europe Cooperation in the Region

97. Back to Basics: U.S.-Iraq Security Cooperation in the Post-Combat Era

98. A Blurred Line Between Civil Society and Terrorism: Examining Charges of NGOs Funding the PFLP

99. Iranian Perceptions of the U.S. Soft Power Threat

100. Preparing for Orderly Change in Jordan When the Time Comes