Israel’s campaign to eliminate the Palestinian militant group Hamas is now six weeks old. How do you assess its performance from a military perspective? Israel is making progress toward its goal of dismantling or destroying Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have bifurcated the Gaza Strip, and they basically control the northern half of the
November 21, 2023 2023-11-21T13:26:39-05:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvOTgxXC8wMTRcLzE3MDA1OTM1OTBfMDE0LmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller briefs reporters and responds to questions on a range of foreign policy issues, including the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza, the safety of civilians there, and a possible deal on release of hostages. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller briefs reporters and responds to questions on a range of
6:00pm | Opening remarks 6:30-7:15pm | Art Talk 7:15-7:30pm | Gallery tourRefreshments will be served As part of First Friday ArtWalk Dupont, the Middle East Institute Arts and Culture Center invites you to the opening of its latest exhibition, The Sea Of Life: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Kingdom of Bahrain. Co-curated by Bahrain-based Hayfa Aljishi
The renewed violence in Gaza could not have come at a less opportune time for the climate agenda in the Middle East. This already vulnerable region now finds itself preoccupied with fresh or mounting dangers capable of deteriorating local levels of resilience and disrupting fragile climate initiatives, even as the existential threats of warming grow.
As the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deepened, international institutions have failed even to secure a brief humanitarian pause to safeguard the lives of over ten thousand Palestinian civilians, a substantial majority of whom are women and children. While the peoples of the region have long been aware of the United States’ support for
As the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deepened, international institutions have failed even to secure a brief humanitarian pause to safeguard the lives of over ten thousand Palestinian civilians, a substantial majority of whom are women and children. While the peoples of the region have long been aware of the United States’ support for
This week on War & Peace, Olga talks with Samuel Charap, Senior Political Scientist at the RAND Corporation, about the prospect (or lack thereof) of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, what diplomacy would look like and what role Kyiv’s Western supporters would play in facilitating it. In this episode of War & Peace
This report presents a book-length net assessment of unclassified data on the military balance in the Arabian Gulf or Persian Gulf. It is designed for review by experts on net assessment and the regional military balance and focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of each Gulf military power, the strengths and weaknesses of the unclassified
Episode 28The impacts of climate change are as diverse as the people affected by it. Communities everywhere are looking for solutions to adapt to and combat the crisis. But how are the needs of these local leaders reflected in the global conversation about climate change? What voices aren’t being heard as decisions are made about
In this video, personal narratives from migrants, smugglers, and locals shed light on the perilous journey through the Darién Gap, a treacherous migration route between Central and South America marked by criminal control. Every day, hundreds of thousands of migrants risk their lives to cross one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes: the Darién