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What New Middle East Will Emerge? A Statement from the Arab Reform Initiative
4 March 2026
#Conflicts#MENA
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Toward Rethinking the VAT System in Lebanon: An Entry Point for a More Equitable Tax System
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Toward Rethinking the VAT System in Lebanon: An Entry Point for a More Equitable Tax System
By Hussein Chokr
11 August 2026
#Economy#Lebanon#Taxation
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The Role of Palestinian Civil Society Organizations in Food Sovereignty
By Abdalaziz Alsalehi
5 March 2026
#Environment#Food Security#Palestine
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Lebanon Cannot Be Built on Two False Choices: Rethinking Sovereignty, Resistance, and Survival in a Changing Middle East
By Nadim Houry
6 March 2026
#Conflicts#Lebanon#Transition
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2026-06-18 -- English - Hormuz’s Closure Exposes Iraq’s Self-Inflicted Wounds - for website
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Hormuz’s Closure Exposes Iraq’s Self-Inflicted Wounds
By Ahmed Tabaqchali
18 June 2026
#Economy#Iraq#Power Sector
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Jordan’s New Security Dilemma
By Sean Yom
6 May 2026
#Conflicts#Jordan#Security
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The Credibility Gap in the Arab World's Democratic Opposition: A Conversation with Activist Hussein Baoumi
16 September 2026#Civil Society#MENA#Political Parties
Bawader / Commentary
Who Gets to Explain the War? Institutional Risk and the Politics of Expertise on the Middle East and North Africa
11 September 2026#Conflicts#knowledge production#MENA
Bawader / Commentary
⁠A MENA Agenda for COP30: Vulnerability, Transition, and Justice
18 August 2026#COP#Environment#MENA
Bawader / Commentary
Blaming the Arab League: Why Member States are Responsible for the Failure of Arab Collective Security
13 August 2026#Conflicts#GCC#MENA#Security
EN-2026-08-Jordan's Energy Transition Balancing Supply Security and Justice-website
Research
Jordan’s Energy Transition: Balancing Supply Security and Justice
12 August 2026#Environmental Justice#Jordan#Power Sector
Toward Rethinking the VAT System in Lebanon: An Entry Point for a More Equitable Tax System
Bawader / Commentary
Toward Rethinking the VAT System in Lebanon: An Entry Point for a More Equitable Tax System
11 August 2026#Economy#Lebanon#Taxation

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