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Héctor Camilo Morales Muñoz: The State of Things in Colombia
Syria’s Lost Children: The Assad Regime’s Legacy of Disappearances
With the protracted Syrian Civil War and the recent collapse of the Assad regime in December 2024, Syria...
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Our Senior Fellow Federico Donelli's Book
We’re excited to announce that our Senior Fellow Federico Donelli’s book, Power Competition...
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The SCO 2025: Progress and Reality Checks
Xi Jinping had a September full of diplomatic wins. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held...
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Cyber Espionage and U.S. Policy Responses
Introduction Between September 1986 and June 1987, a group of German hackers conducted the first recorded...
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Armed Groups, Illicit Extraction, and Human Exploitation in the DRC’s Cocoa Supply Chain

May 20, 2025 No Comments

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is exceptionally rich in natural resources. It has 200 million acres of cultivable land and the world’s second-largest rainforest.

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Our Non-Resident Fellow Marta Furlan’s Upcoming Book

March 31, 2025 No Comments

We’re excited to announce that our Non-Resident Fellow Marta Furlan’s upcoming book, “Inside Salafi-Jihadist Governance: The Strategies and Characteristics of Islamist Insurgent Rule” is being

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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Advances: The Latest Round of Escalation in the Syrian Conflict

December 3, 2024 No Comments

While the Israeli-Hamas conflict and, more recently, the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, have dominated discussions on the Middle East for much of the past year, the focus

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UN-led Meeting with the Taliban on Afghanistan: Seizing Opportunities or Betraying Promises?

July 10, 2024 No Comments

Since the Taliban took power in August 2021, Doha has hosted three UN-led meetings on Afghanistan. The latest was held on June 30 and July

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Eastern DRC: The Rise of the M23 and the Implications for the Region

May 21, 2024 No Comments

On May 3, an attack on an internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) left 18 civilians dead and more than 30 others injured. The camps were near Goma,

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Human Trafficking in Sudan: How the Sudanese Civil Conflict is Facilitating Exploitation and Abuse

April 15, 2024 No Comments

Since the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan broke

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The Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea and New Dilemmas for the United States

January 14, 2024 No Comments

Since the start of the Hamas-Israeli war last October, the Houthis – the Zaydi Shia armed group belonging that controls northern Yemen – has emerged

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Sudan: A Conflict Far from a Resolution

November 24, 2023 No Comments

While the world’s attention has been focused on the Hamas-Israeli war for the past month, concerning developments have been taking place in Sudan. The confrontation

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The October War Between Hamas and Israel: A Look into Responses from the Neighborhood

October 17, 2023 No Comments

“On the morning of Saturday October 7th – a day that was holy not only for being shabbat but also for being  Simchat Torah 1–  Israelis woke up

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From the Horn of Africa to Southern Arabia: A Perilous Journey through War-Torn Yemen

September 19, 2023 No Comments

Throughout history, the Horn of Africa has occupied a prominent position in international migratory flows. As early as the twelfth century, modern-day Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea,

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