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Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, draws on Carnegie scholars to provide insight into and analysis of the region. 

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An Old Lebanese Habit

As with Lebanon’s other sects, has Hezbollah’s hubris brought devastating sectarian nemesis?

· November 13, 2024
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The Palestinian Struggle Needs to be Reimagined

The U.S. election result and Yahya Sinwar’s death are markers that the contemporary national movement is moribund.

· November 12, 2024
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Syria’s Objective Is to Disunite From the Arenas

The priority of the Assad regime as the conflict in Lebanon rages is political survival, which has taken precedence over all else.

· November 11, 2024
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Complicit in the Middle East’s Distress

In an interview, Marwan Muasher looks back on U.S. policy toward the ongoing crisis, and sees even worse ahead.

· November 8, 2024
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Toward a Shiite Urbicide?

In an interview, Mohanad Hage Ali discusses the devastating impact of Israel’s ongoing attacks in Lebanon.

· November 4, 2024
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Iran Has Shown Its Vulnerabilities

Tehran’s attempts to establish “new equations” of deterrence through direct strikes on Israel have largely backfired.

· October 28, 2024
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A Stalemate in Kurdistan

The most recent parliamentary elections highlighted the rifts between the two dominant parties, the KDP and PUK.

  • Wladimir van Wilgenburg
· October 25, 2024
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Is Hezbollah Moving In?

The allegation that the party seeks to revive its military capabilities in non-Shiite areas is much easier said than done.

· October 23, 2024
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The Sinwar Delusion

The death of the Hamas leader cannot conceal the fact that unilateral Israel actions are making peace in Gaza less likely.

· October 22, 2024
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Beirut Under the Drones

As Lebanon’s war imposes suffering on civilians, the capital city is yet living an illusion of peace.

· October 21, 2024