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Disclaimer: This section features a selection of noteworthy analysis and forecasts which reflect the opinions of their authors. They do not necessarily reflect those of the Foundation for a World in Transition, nor of its members. The Foundation encourages the open exchange of opinion amongst its members yet does not take any institutional position.
 
U.S. military challenges in the Middle East
With Gen. Joseph Votel
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — April 22, 2020
 
Energy Implications from COVID-19: The Middle East
With Robin Mills
Energy 360’, Center for Strategic and International Studies - May 15, 2020

 

A Financial Crisis in Lebanon
With Joyce Karam
Middle East Brief, Foreign Policy Research Institute - May 18, 2020
 
The Health, Economic and Political Effects of COVID-19 in Iran
With Karim Sadjadpour
Intelligence Matters, CBS News - May 20, 2020
 
Iran Remains Committed to Syria Despite Ongoing Pandemic and Economic Collapse
With, John Dunford, Nicholas Heras, & Kyra Rauschenbach
Overwatch, Institute for the Study of War - May 21, 2020
 
How COVID-19 and the oil shock will reshape the Middle East
With Jihad Azour, Rola Dashti, Samantha Gross, &  Hady Amr
Brookings Institution - June 1, 2020
 
Conflict and COVID: The Middle East in 2025
With Steven Kenney & Ross Harrison
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — June 5, 2020
 
The Caesar Civilian Protection Act: The Debate over Sanctioning Syria
With Basma Alloush, & Alex Simon
Middle East Brief, Foreign Policy Research Institute - June 16, 2020
 
Shocks and Rivalries in the Middle East and North Africa
With Imad Mansour & William Thompson
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — June 18, 2020
 
China’s growing presence in the Gulf
With Camille Lons
Sounds Strategic, International Institute for Strategic Studies - July 6, 2020
 
Mysterious Explosions in Iran
With Fabian Hinz
Middle East Brief, Foreign Policy Research Institute - July 6, 2020
 
Annexation and Beyond, Israel’s Evolving Foreign Policy
With Jonathan Schachter & Tamara Cofman Wittes
Asia in Depth, Asia Society - June 11, 2020
 
A “Perfect Storm” of Challenges for Iran
With Alex Vatanka, Nazila Fathi, & Amin Mohseni
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — July 10, 2020

 

The future of Oman and its new leader
With Jerry Feierstein, Karen Young, & Diana Thafer
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — July 23, 2020
 
Al Qaeda Infighting in Syria Tests Loyalty of Foreign Fighters
With Nicholas Heras and Isabel Ivanescu
Overwatch, Institute for the Study of War - August 3, 2020

Tragedy in Beirut
With Paul Salem & Randa Slim
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — August 7, 2020
 
U.S. policy and the limits of diplomacy with Iran
With Paul Salem & Ross Harrison
Middle East Focus, Middle East Institute — August 13, 2020
 

 

Israel and the United Arab Emirates: The Art of a Deal
With Dr. Joshua Krasna
Middle East Brief, Foreign Policy Research Institute - August 17, 2020
 
 
 
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