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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
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Borders Without a Nation: Syria, Outside Powers, and Open-Ended Instability

In Syria’s border regions, changes in demographics, economics, and security mean that an inter-Syrian peace process will require consensus among main regional powers that Syria must remain united, that no one side can be victorious, and that perennial instability threatens the region.

· September 10, 2024
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A Strategic Blunder Wrapped in a Moral Disaster

In an interview, Stephen M. Walt discusses U.S. behavior in Gaza, Israel’s failures, and the possible return of Donald Trump.

· July 22, 2024
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
commentary
Setting Up an Arab Civil War

The Biden administration’s plan for the “day after” in Gaza would be disastrous without the promise of Palestinian statehood.

· May 27, 2024
commentary
Rockin’ in An Unequal World

Antony Blinken took his guitar to Kyiv to lift the spirits of Ukrainians, but Arabs are apparently denied his tunes.

· May 17, 2024