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Syria at a Turning Point: Power Shifts, Actors, and U.S. Policy
In this Expert Panel Series, three prominent subject-matter experts assess recent developments in Syria,...
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Senior Fellow Suleyman Ozeren Featured in The New Arab on Turkey's Position in Syria-SDF Conflict
In an analysis by Paul Iddon, our Senior Fellow Suleyman Ozeren, Ph.D., has been featured in The New...
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Post-Quantum Cryptography: An Urgent Need for AI Infrastructure
Post-quantum cryptography is typically framed as a problem in quantum computing. It is something to address...
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Will Cuba be the Next After Maduro?
President Donald Trump has started to frame U.S. policy in Latin America through a tougher reading of...
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Sudan: Theatre Where Many, Competing Interests Meet and Clash

November 11, 2025

After 18 months of siege marked by starvation, targeted killings, and sexual violence, El Fasher – the capital of North Darfur – fell to the

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Armed Groups, Illicit Extraction, and Human Exploitation in the DRC’s Cocoa Supply Chain

May 20, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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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