Category: Middle East & North Africa
41 Articles
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The Impact of the Conflict Between the U.S., Israel, and Iran on Qatar
On Saturday, February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran, killing the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in his Tehran compound. Iran…
March 4, 2026
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Tipping Over Lykke’s Stool: How Trump’s Iran Campaign Exposes a Flawed Theory of Victory
In the core class SEST 5001 at Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program, students examine strategy as a process, a product, and a theory, along with the characteristics…
March 3, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Yemen’s Anti-Houthi Coalition Crisis
Yemen is amid one of the most eventful winters it has seen in years. Territorial control of the nation swung in extremes between December 2025 and January 2026, not between the…
February 28, 2026
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A New Dawn in the Levant: How Growing Daylight Between the Israeli Government and the American People Could Change U.S. Middle East Policy
Popular American discontent with Israel—and the subsequent weakening of the Israel Lobby— presents an opportunity to reorient U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa …
January 20, 2026
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The 2025 Elections in the Kurdistan Region: Eroding Legitimacy, Strategic Fragmentation, and the Salafi Shift
On November 11, 2025, Iraq concluded its sixth parliamentary elections. In the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), the ruling parties, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the…
January 4, 2026
- Middle East & North Africa
Rebuilding Syria in Türkyie’s Image
After a 14-year civil war, the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria in December 2024 marked the collapse of a long-standing regional power dynamic and the emergence of…
November 29, 2025
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Report: At Georgetown, B’Tselem Outlines Evidence of Genocide in Gaza
Israeli human rights group argues that the October 7 Hamas attacks triggered a shift in state policy from repression to “destruction and annihilation,” calling the present…
November 26, 2025
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Are Turkey and Israel on a Collision Course?
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria has triggered two opposing sets of interests between Turkey and Israel. As a result, speculation is growing that Turkish-Israeli relations…
November 26, 2025
- Middle East & North Africa
Syria After Assad: A Nation on Edge
Known formerly by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, militant-turned-statesman Ahmed al-Sharaa now presides over a fractured Syria struggling to define its future. His…
November 23, 2025
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Iranian Regime Survival Through Currency Reform
Since 2023, Iran’s proxy network—the country’s primary forward defense strategy—has significantly declined through consistent Israeli campaigns. This degradation…
November 15, 2025