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In a letter addressed to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on September 29, U.S. Congresswoman Lisa McClain (R-MI) and 26 of her colleagues called for imposing sanctions on Algeria through the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). The move is ostensibly connected to the war in Ukraine and the intensifying.

Yahia H. Zoubir

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Speaks During a Media Conference at the European Political Community, Prague, Czech Republic. October 6, 2022.   Speaking to reporters at a press conference on the sidelines of the European Political Community meeting in Prague on October 6, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan created diplomatic waves by stating that he… Continue reading Turkey’s New Syria Narrative

Galip Dalay

The calls for sanctions against Algeria, for its ties to Russia, ignore the close cooperation and commercial relations between the U.S. and Algeria, as well as the long-standing strategic dialogue between the two countries.

Yahia H. Zoubir, Nejla Ben Mimoune

In the northern West Bank cities of Jenin and Nablus, Israeli military raids have become a near-nightly occurrence. So far this year, Israeli soldiers have killed more than 80 Palestinians in the West Bank—the most since 2015—and arrested hundreds of others, in what amounts to a far-reaching campaign to crush Palestinian resistance groups that have… Continue reading As PA Loses Grip Over West Bank, Israel Scrambles to Save It

Omar H. Rahman, Nejla Ben Mimoune

The anniversary of the assassination of the Tunisian politician Chokri Belaid,Habib Bourguiba Street, Tunis Tunisia, February 6, 2021   In 2002, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) produced a remarkable and far-reaching document titled the Arab Human Development Report. Written largely by Arab authors, the report mobilized a wealth of data to argue persuasively that… Continue reading Twenty Years of Governance Reform: What’s Next for the MENA Region?

Robert P. Beschel Jr., Tarik M. Yousef