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Bahrain’s Worsening Authoritarianism Harms Faith In Governance

1 day ago | dawnmena.org | Andrew McIntosh |Andrew Mcintosh

Bahrain continues to juggle anti-democratic practices and a population widely supportive of true democratic ideals 14 years after its Arab Spring protest movement. Over this period, Manama's rulers have increasingly and reflexively cracked down on dissent with repression in response to its people's demands—leaving more questions than answers for a populace that, while retaining hope for true democracy, is becoming increasingly pessimistic about its prospects under authoritarian rule.
The Decoupling Doctrine: Trump's Middle East Policies Break with Tradition

1 week ago | dawnmena.org | Raed Jarrar

As Trump returned from the Middle East in mid-May, he carried with him a slew of new decisions in the name of his so-called "America First" foreign policy. To put it plainly, we may be witnessing the start of a fundamental shift in U.S. foreign policy that few thought possible in our lifetime: the decoupling of U.S. interests from Israeli national security. The US-Houthi (Ansar Allah) truce on May 6, as an example of this dynamic, did not happen in isolation.
New York Federal Court: DAWN Urges Court to Reject Legal Attack on Human Rights Advocacy - DAWN

1 month ago | dawnmena.org

DAWN had previously advocated for Isaac Levi Pilant to be sanctioned by the U.S. government last year which found him “responsible for violence against civilians in the West Bank.” The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU), and Human Rights First (HRF) filed an amicus brief in support of DAWN.
The Dangers of Trump’s First 100 Days: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable

1 month ago | dawnmena.org | Frederick Deknatel

What Donald Trump billed as "the most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history" has, as feared, instead been a chaotic and relentless assault on the country's governing institutions and American democracy itself.
The Threats to Syria’s Political Transition: A Democracy in Exile Roundtable

2 months ago | dawnmena.org | Frederick Deknatel

The euphoria that erupted across Syria after the sudden fall of the Assad regime in early December has since given way to harsh realities—of sectarian violence, the dual traumas of a 14-year civil war and a 54-year dictatorship, and creeping doubts about Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Islamist rebel-turned-statesman. When Bashar al-Assad abruptly fled Damascus for Moscow in the face of a lightning rebel offensive, Syrians celebrated the end of a war and the end of a regime.
Understanding Gaza's Modern History, From Balfour to Hamas

2 months ago | dawnmena.org | Juan Cole

In 1917, the British Cabinet had been convinced by London Zionists, proponents of turning Judaism into a form of nationalism that sought to colonize a territory, to issue the Balfour Declaration to Lord Rothschild, saying, "His Majesty's Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice...
‘Trump Doesn't Have a Yemen Policy.’ The Folly of U.S. Airstrikes on the Houthis

2 months ago | dawnmena.org | Mohammed Ali Kalfood

On his third day back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued an executive order re-designating Houthi rebels in Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization. He ordered the Pentagon to start preparing military plans against the militant group and imposed sanctions on Houthi leaders, along with their main backer, Iran. Then, on March 15, Trump announced a new U.S. bombing campaign against the Houthis in Yemen that has now continued for 10 days.
How Western Media Has Manufactured Consent for Atrocities, From Iraq to Gaza

Mar 4, 2025 | dawnmena.org | Assal Rad

It is often said that hindsight is 20/20, that we understand something better after it has already happened. That is certainly the case with the war in Iraq, which had support across the political spectrum in Washington and among the majority of Americans in the lead-up to the invasion, 22 years ago this month. Years later, the consensus is clear that the war was a significant U.S. blunder, launched based on fabrications and lies from George W. Bush's administration.
What Trump’s ‘Cruel’ Halt to Foreign Aid Means for Yemen

Feb 14, 2025 | dawnmena.org | Mohammed Ali Kalfood

When Donald Trump entered the White House in January 2017, Yemen's civil war had been raging for three years and had already produced the world's worst humanitarian crisis in recent history. When his first term was coming to an end in 2020, the situation in Yemen got even worse.
Trump’s Terrorist Designation of the Houthis Could Kill Yemen’s Fragile Peace Talks

Jan 30, 2025 | dawnmena.org | Mohammed Ali Kalfood

The United Nations special envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg, has had a busy start to the year. Grundberg visited Oman, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Yemen in January, aiming to push elusive Yemeni peace talks closer to a conclusion. They came on the heels of American shuttle diplomacy in the Gulf in the closing weeks of Joe Biden's presidency that was overshadowed by the Gaza cease-fire negotiations.