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What Caused the KRG Miscalculation on the Independence Referendum?
January 03, 2018 The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) conducted the independence referendum on 25 September 2017. Of the 72.16 percent of eligible voters in the Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories that cast their votes, 92.73 percent favored separation from Iraq despite vehement opposition both internally and externally. The KRG
Jan 3, 2018
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Akiko Yoshioka
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To Save Syria, Assad Must Step Down
At this current juncture there is not a viable path for either Syrian rebel forces nor for the opposition to win the war on their own. Saving Syria requires international cooperation by executing an effective plan to end the crisis. The best way forward is for the United States to
Dec 26, 2017
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Oula A. Alrifai
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Striking Deals with the Islamic State: A Fruitful Iranian Tactic
December 20, 2017 There have recently been a number of announcements claiming military defeat of the Islamic State in its strongholds of Mosul, Raqqa, and in the Syrian-Iraqi border town of al-Bukamal. And yet new questions arise on the lack of hard evidence of the group’s defeat, in the form
Dec 20, 2017
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Omar Alradad
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Jerusalem – The Eternal City
December 14, 2017 Before U.S. President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in a speech on December 6, the anticipated move was roundly criticized. Both by America’s ‘traditional enemies’ such as Iran and various Islamist groups, but also by U.S. allies in the Middle East and North
Dec 14, 2017
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Magnus Norell
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In Jerusalem, It’s Time to Get Out the Vote
December 14, 2017 President Trump’s dramatic declaration to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and his plans to relocate the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem have thrown a spotlight on three goals the Palestinian leadership had so far failed to achieve, namely, to affirm the Palestinian national rights in
Dec 14, 2017
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Mohammed Dajani
Meir Margalit
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The Tunisian Revolution and Its Youth: The Democratic Deficit
November 27, 2017 Tunisia is rightfully proud of what it has accomplished, for it was Tunisia that triggered the most important wave of far-reaching political transformation in the Arab world since the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Despite the movement’s trajectory in the region and its evolution into bloody struggles that have destroyed
Nov 27, 2017
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Elyes Ezzine
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Sunnis and Shia in Bahrain: New Survey Shows Both Conflict and Consensus
Though political tensions exist between Bahrain’s Sunni elite and its Shia majority, polling suggests that public opinion on several key foreign policy issues is quite close between these two groups.
Nov 20, 2017
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David Pollock
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Reflections on the Radicalization of Young Moroccans
November 15, 2017 Following the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, the magazine Jeune Afrique devoted the cover of its August 27, 2017 paper edition to the involvement of Moroccans in acts of terrorism, with the title: "Terrorism: Born in Morocco." This provoked a great deal of criticism and anger in
Nov 15, 2017
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Mohamed Chtatou
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Behind Lebanon's Continuing Crisis
Sunnis heavily anti-Hezbollah; Shia mostly for it; Christians split
November 9, 2017 The sudden resignation on November 4 of Lebanon’s Sunni Muslim prime minister, Saad Hariri, cast a harsh spotlight on his country’s internal polarization and external ties to Iran. Speaking from Saudi Arabia, where he remains in exile, Hariri blamed both of those Shia-dominated actors for Lebanon’s growing
Nov 9, 2017
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David Pollock
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Cairo and the Reconfiguration of the Palestinian Landscape
November 8, 2017 Beginning when the Muslim Brotherhood came to power in Egypt in the summer of 2012, the Hamas-Egypt relationship deepened significantly. The relationship went beyond the General Intelligence Directorate’s coordination of security matters, to include coordination among political leaders Mohamed Morsi and Ismail Haniyeh. The strong relationship between
Nov 8, 2017
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Mohammed Soliman
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Hezbollah: Dreams of Expansion
November 2, 2017 In mid-August, TV screens showed us the strange footage of Islamic State militants and their families travelling in buses protected by the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), Hezbollah, and the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). Yesterday enemies, today the LAF, Hezbollah, and SAA are keen to move the Islamic
Nov 2, 2017
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Maged Atef
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The Radical Change of the Tunisian Peaceful Revolution
October 05, 2017 As the birthplace of the Arab Spring, Tunisia has proven to be an oddity. While other Arab Spring countries have experienced varying levels of war, mayhem, and authoritarian crack-downs, Tunisia has remained on a path of peaceful change. The absence of violence, however, should not be mistaken
Oct 5, 2017
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Ahmed Gaaloul
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Jerusalem Palestinian Poll Shows How Events Shift Attitudes Sharply, Pro and Con
September 5, 2017 Mideast pundits often speak in terms of “age-old” ethnic and religious conflicts, or of “deeply entrenched” attitudes or prejudices. A closer look at the evidence, however, reveals that Arab public opinion can sometimes change dramatically, both for better and for worse, in the space of just a
Sep 5, 2017
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David Pollock
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The Temple Mount: An Israeli Perspective
August 24, 2017 In " Why Israel Should Listen to Jordan on the Temple Mount," Abdullah Sawalha asserts that in handling the recent Temple Mount crisis, Israel prioritized domestic political considerations over coordination with Jordan. While I agree that Israel could have handled the crisis better, I believe the piece
Aug 24, 2017
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Michael Herzog
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Foreign Fighters Among the Hashd al-Shaabi
August 22, 2017 At a May 4, 2017 meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi was the apparent subject of criticism from Bahrain’s Interior Minister, Rashid al-Khalifa. Khalifa discussed the threat posed by Iraq’s complicity in some elements of the Hashd al-Shaabi (PMU) and Iran providing
Aug 22, 2017
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Brandon Wallace
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East Jerusalem Palestinian Poll Shows Rising Nationalism As Tensions Grow
August 10, 2017 This week King Abdullah of Jordan made a rare visit to Ramallah, his first in five years, to confer with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the wake of a crisis over security at the Temple Mount/Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. This latest outbreak of small-scale violence
Aug 10, 2017
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David Pollock
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Politicians Dimming the Light of Youth
August 9, 2017 To wish for change is very hard in a culture that fears transformation. For almost three decades Iraqi Kurdistan has seen the same government, the same faces, and the same ideas, with only the slightest changes in leadership or policies. Who is accountable for the crisis in
Aug 8, 2017
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Hanar Marouf
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The PKK in Sinjar at the Center of Many Conflicts
July 5, 2017 Iran is creating and reinforcing power centers for its allied forces by implementing its policies across a geographic area that extends from the western borders of Iraq to the shores of the Mediterranean. It is also creating provisional Shiite cells in Sunni Arab regions by employing paramilitary
Jul 5, 2017
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Raed Al-Hamid
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What Gazans Really Want: Hard Data About A Hard Problem
June 20, 2017 This month marks the tenth anniversary of the violent Hamas coup that took control over the 1.9 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. There is still no end in sight to their predicament – but this is most certainly not because Hamas enjoys popular support among the
Jun 20, 2017
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David Pollock
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Arabs, Kurds, and Amazigh: The Quest for Nationalist Fulfillment, Old and New
For almost a century, Kurdish national aspirations were thwarted by geo-strategic considerations in which regional and international actors were complicit. Kurdish identity was mostly denied, marginalized, and disparaged, with dominant irredentist formulae — Arab, Iranian, and Turkish — stipulated as more suitable alternatives. In the newly independent North Africa of
Jun 7, 2017
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Hassan Mneimneh
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