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Israel Keeps Up Lebanon Attacks as Allies Push for Cease-Fire

A conversation about the evolving situation between Israel and Hezbollah.

· September 27, 2024
Bloomberg News
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Israel’s Attacks Should Force Hezbollah and Iran to Discard Their Unity of Arenas Strategy

With Gaza and large swathes of southern Lebanon destroyed and Hezbollah struggling to keep up with Israel in imposing a deterrence equation, it may be time to reassess the Unity of the Arenas concept.

· September 24, 2024
The National
Fighters affiliated with Syria's "Hayat Tahrir al-Sham" (HTS) rebel-group display drugs previously seized at a checkpoint they control in Daret Ezza, in the western countryside of the northern Aleppo province, on April 10, 2022
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Border Traffic: How Syria Uses Captagon to Gain Leverage Over Saudi Arabia

Bashar al-Assad’s regime has used the drug partly as a means of ensuring that Syria is reintegrated into the Arab world, allowing its leadership to reinforce its position after years of isolation and conflict.

· July 9, 2024
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The Futility of a Lebanon War

Israel has no military options that could achieve a better result than a negotiated solution or a return to the status quo.

· June 27, 2024
Ali Salih Atta, 84, who owns a farm in the Ajlun Governorate that includes the oldest olive trees in Jordan, close to the Jordan River, walks in his grove on September 25, 2023. (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Vulnerability and Governance in the Context of Climate Change in Jordan

Through concerted efforts to strengthen adaptive capacity in the socioeconomic and urban sectors, Jordan can improve its prospects for resilience and prosperity in the face of climate change.

· May 16, 2024
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Gaza and the Revolt in U.S. Colleges

As students around the United States and Europe protest, the relationship of Western elites with Israel is being redefined.

· April 30, 2024