Dislocation, destruction, and continued oversight were always part of Israel’s plan for the post-conflict situation in the Palestinian territory.

In the second of this four-part series, experts analyze Palestinian outlooks on what happens after the fighting abates.

Please join the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Middle East program for a public discussion on how Palestinian succession could unfold.

Once Mahmoud Abbas eventually abdicates power, overlapping legal procedures will guide the many organizations he leads.

Syrian presidential elections are scheduled for 2021. President Bashar al-Assad and his close confidants have said that they will go ahead with the elections without a new constitution and irrespective of whether they meet the standards of the political process outlined in Security Council Resolution 2254.