Institute for Contemporary AffairsFounded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 20, No. 6 With the Covid-19 pandemic sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, how are...
By Dr. Irwin J. Mansdorf Vol. 20, No. 3 As the world faces the threat of the coronavirus (COVID-19), many commentators and national leaders around the world are beginning to recognize it as a genuine...
In mid-January 2018, Israel destroyed a Hamas attack tunnel that passed under the Kerem Shalom crossing into Israeli territory and from there into Egypt. The event sparked a debate in Israel about...
In communities throughout the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, a surprising degree of luxury exists alongside the poverty. This study includes “A Photo Album of Palestinian Luxury in the West...
By Sandro Calmanti, ENEA Global warming may imply large fluctuations of the impact of droughts in rural areas. Adaptation strategies will likely have to cope with such variable conditions rather than...
This report is based on telephone conversations with members of the Syrian opposition. The Geneva 2 peace conference was convened after an agreement between the United States and Russia that the main...
Dr. Rephael Ben-Ari Nearly forty thousand INGOs are active in the world today. The remarkable flourishing of these organizations has given the impression that they constitute a sort of “global civil...
Jerusalem Issue Brief Vol. 13, No. 8 Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah On the second anniversary of the Syrian civil war, those who hurriedly announced the demise of the Assad regime realize that the...
Jacques Neriah Mali, like other sub-Saharan countries, has been facing growing attacks from al-Qaeda's North African branch – Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Islamists are involved in a...
Jacques Neriah Much has been written about a tacit agreement between the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) led by Field Marshal Tantawi and the Muslim Brothers. But as events leading up to...