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The Caesar Act Comes Into Force (Part 2): Pressuring Hezbollah in Lebanon

In addition to targeting Hezbollah and other local actors who support the Assad regime and harm Lebanon’s economy, the new U.S. legislation can help bolster Beirut’s sovereignty.

Hanin Ghaddar

The Caesar Act Comes Into Force (Part 1): Increasing the Assad Regime’s Isolation

New Syria sanctions signal bipartisan support for continued diplomatic isolation and economic coercion, but their impact ultimately depends on whether the executive branch is willing to prioritize the issue.

Dana Stroul
Katherine Bauer

Lebanon's Bumpy Road to an IMF Deal: Implications for U.S. Policy

A former senior Lebanese official joins two experts to discuss the country's growing financial crisis and the deep institutional problems it must address in order to meet IMF reform requirements.

Maroun Hitti
Jessica Obeid
Sami Nader Sami Nader

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You May Pay More at the Pump, as OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production

The cartel’s latest bid to increase profits will likely be counterbalanced by depressed summer demand and increased output by other producers.

Simon Henderson

Bumped Crops: Iran’s Grain Imports and Geopolitical Shocks

Despite its declarations of self-sufficiency, the country still imports large amounts of agricultural staples from abroad, leaving its food basket vulnerable to supply shocks, sanctions-related payment difficulties, environmental volatility, and other risks.

Kevjn Lim

Jordanian flag

Recent Aid Agreements Provide Opportunity to Support Women in Jordan

New USAID funds and a pending strategy for enhanced development cooperation could facilitate reforms that foster a better economic environment for women, and for the kingdom as a whole.

Allison Jacobs Anderson

East Mediterranean Gas Running Into Commercial, Technical, and Political Challenges

Reduced demand caused by the coronavirus and low oil/gas prices has complicated plans for further development of the region’s offshore reserves.

Simon Henderson

"Arab Spring" protest in 2011

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The Lessons of the Arab Springs

Local and international actors should aim to do more than just freeze regional conflicts; they should also seize the pandemic’s momentum to address preexisting political issues.

Charles Thépaut

Don’t Overthink the Assad-Makhlouf Feud

The Syrian leader’s dramatic war of words with his massively wealthy cousin may seem like a major fracture inside the regime, but the dynamics of past and present family disputes paint a different picture.

Oula A. Alrifai

Violence Targeting Palestinian Banks Comes at a Sensitive Time

The latest row over prisoner payments has highlighted the PA’s longstanding legitimacy deficit and its potential inability to control events on the ground if public unrest escalates this summer.

Ghaith al-Omari
Katherine Bauer

Articles & Testimony

Has Trump Finally Lost Patience with the Saudis?

Whatever combination of factors spurred the latest withdrawal of U.S. military equipment from the kingdom, the administration is tempting fate given Iran’s ongoing challenges and shifting tactics in the Gulf.

Simon Henderson

Hezbollah Takes Aim at Lebanon’s Central Bank and Telecom Sector

By exploiting the public’s anti-corruption sentiment, the group's leaders are looking for an excuse to seize control of additional sectors and replace the country’s financial system with their own corrupt, cash-based economy.

Hanin Ghaddar

Coronavirus on the Israeli-Palestinian Scene (Part 2): The Gaza Strip

Hamas authorities have taken various measures to stave off the pandemic, but Gaza’s major healthcare shortfalls, deep economic problems, and high risk of wider infection could lead to violent flare-ups with Israel.

Michael Herzog
Ghaith al-Omari

Arab Health Officials Discuss Fighting COVID-19

Three senior officials from Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia share a behind-the-scenes look at each country’s efforts to contain the pandemic.

Jaafar Allawi
Saad Jaber
Abdullah Algwizani

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Saudi Prince’s Vision Marred by Oil Price—and a Death

The combo of local opposition to a high-tech urbanization project and oil market volatility has cast a shadow over Riyadh’s long-term economic plans.

Simon Henderson

Coronavirus on the Israeli-Palestinian Scene (Part 1): The West Bank and East Jerusalem

The outbreak has temporarily shifted the two sides from squabbling over the ‘deal of the century’ to cooperating against the ‘pandemic of the century,’ though bitter political differences continue to cause tensions.

Michael Herzog
Ghaith al-Omari

Iran’s Eurasian Wager

Many aspects of Iranian engagement with the Eurasian Economic Union seem paltry, but the bloc offers a semblance of assured trade, diplomacy, and counter-Western alignment that could still be meaningful to Tehran amid multiple crises.

Kevjn Lim

Corona in the Casbah: The Pandemic’s Destabilizing Impact on Algeria

Given that the local economic repercussions of COVID-19 could be severe, Washington should prepare for the prospect of instability erupting in Africa’s largest country.

Sarah Feuer

Articles & Testimony

Will Crashing Oil Prices Put American Energy in Its Coffin?

The prospect of a full shale collapse has spurred politicians and oil companies to raise furious questions about the future of U.S. economic and military cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

Simon Henderson

Iran's Coronavirus Crisis: Implications for U.S. Policy

Read or watch an expert conversation on the immediate and long-term effects of the Islamic Republic’s response to the pandemic. How will Iranian politics change? How much aid can Tehran get under sanctions? How will the global economic slowdown affect daily life there?

Amir Afkhami
Mehdi Khalaji
Patrick Clawson
Katherine Bauer

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