Dana El Kurd

Jan 15, 2025 | arabcenterdc.org | Khalil E. Jahshan |Daniel Brumberg |Dana El Kurd |Imad K. Harb

The monumental events that took place in the Middle East in 2024 augur radical changes in the region’s geopolitical environment. Israel’s ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, its continued operations in southern Lebanon despite a negotiated ceasefire, and its illegal territorial expansion at the expense of Syria have helped erode international law as a guarantor of state sovereignty, peace, and security.

Oct 18, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Daniel Byman |Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib |Dana El Kurd |John Nagl

The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, raises several questions about the future of the Israel-Hamas war and the broader regional conflict between Israel and Iran. Can Hamas regenerate? How should Israel think about next steps? Similarly, what should inform its strategy for dealing with Hezbollah in Lebanon, after the killing of its leader Hassan Nasrallah? Join FP Live for an in-depth discussion with retired U.S. Army Gen.

Oct 3, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Dana El Kurd

The war in Gaza is only the beginning of mass violence that is likely to increase and spread in Israel and the Palestinian territories and across the region. The second Palestinian uprising, or intifada, from 2000 to 2005, revealed that the Oslo peace process framework was incapable of resolving the underlying structures of Israeli domination that plagued Palestinian self-determination.

Aug 7, 2024 | arabcenterdc.org | Dana El Kurd

Some 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negotiations, the question of what will happen to Gaza—as both a political entity and a society—remains unanswered. Israel’s current government has not indicated a deviation from its objective of annihilating Hamas and imposing costs on Palestinians in Gaza, even if it means destroying the Gaza Strip entirely.

Jul 24, 2024 | scholarship.richmond.edu | Elizabeth Saunders |Diana B. Greenwald |Dana El Kurd |David Edelstein

What political scientists know about occupation, applied to GazaExperts on the politics of foreign occupations tackle big questions in this week’s Good Chat. All Good Authority content is published under a Creative Commons license and can be republished [email protected] All Good Authority content is published under a Creative Commons license and can be republished subject to these conditions. Saunders, E., Greenwald, D., El Kurd, D., Edelstein, D., & Downes, A. (2023).