Carnegie Middle East Center
Elections may breathe some life into Palestinian governance, despite the fact there are those who oppose them.
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Lebanon and Syria are using the fate of Syrian refugees to advance their economic and political agendas.
In an interview, Hamza Meddeb discusses the 2020 protests in the impoverished Tunisian region of Tataouine.
Despite statements to the contrary, Lebanon’s political class seems unenthusiastic about forming a government today.
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In an interview, Kheder Khaddour looks back at the wreckage of Syria on the anniversary of the start of its conflict.
A recent survey of experts on the region indicates a shift in views that Arab decisionmakers cannot ignore.
Is Hezbollah undermining its resistance by failing to address Lebanon’s many crises, as the late Anis Naccash implied?
In an interview, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens discusses a new book on Islamic State attacks in the United States.
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Saad al-Hariri’s wager on a Sunni-Shi‘a partnership in the next phase is no less risky than was his alliance with Michel Aoun.
When Naim Attallah died recently, few remembered the role he played in one of the Middle East’s worst financial scandals.
There are several reasons for why the Houthis have no incentive to reach a peace agreement in Yemen.
Developments on the ground in Dar‘a show that instability is bound to continue in the governorate.
In an interview, Makram Rabah discusses his new book on the Druze-Maronite conflict in Lebanon’s civil war.
In an interview, David Chuter discusses his book on civil-military relations, which will be released in Arabic this week.
In an interview, German filmmaker Volker Schlöndorff recalls the movie he shot in Lebanon at the height of its civil war.
The assassination of Luqman Slim underlines that the scope for dissent in Lebanon is rapidly narrowing.
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