International Politics and Conflicts

In October and November of 2018, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi unleashed another crackdown on the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and its followers. As usual, this entailed “a mass arrest campaign, rounding up at least 40 political activists, lawyers and human rights workers.”[i] Of those arrests were Hoda Ad al-Moneim—a prominent activist, lawyer, and Brotherhood member—and the … More The Egyptian Government and U.S. Government Should Attempt Integration, Not Extermination, Against the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood

The horrendous Yemeni Civil War began in March 2015 as the Houthis—a Shia militia and Iranian proxy—attempted to seize control of the Yemeni government led by President Hadi. Saudi Arabia—the Middle East’s Sunni capital—and other Sunni-majority states hastily entered the conflict by bombarding the Houthis with airstrikes and placing a naval blockade within two years … More Saudi Arabia’s Naval Blockade on Yemen Increases Animosity Towards the United States

The past 19 months, Palestinians, Israelis, and a number of Arab states anticipated President Trump’s Middle East peace plan.[i]During this waiting period, Trump acknowledged Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, cut humanitarian aid to the United Nations Relief Work Agency (UNRWA) which supports Palestinians, and most recently, closed the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Mission in … More President Trump’s Latest Decisions to Close the Palestinian Liberation Organization Mission and Cut Aid to UNRWA Will Further Destabilize the Peace Process