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Western Sahara's MINURSO faces an uncertain future

Boulos's remarks shattered expectations that UN Security Council Resolution 2797—which made Morocco's autonomy plan the basis for negotiations—would quickly translate into a final settlement

Rabia Abdul Salam 15 October 2026

Members of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) arrive at the Moroccan side of the border crossing between Morocco and Mauritania in the Guerguerat area of Western Sahara on 25 November, 2020

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Will Hezbollah’s Rise Be Its Downfall?

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Brian Katz 15 March 2019

Negotiations Are the Best Way to End the War in Afghanistan

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Barnett R. Rubin 15 March 2019

Hardliners Consolidate in Tehran, Face International Pushback in Bid to Evade Sanctions

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Joseph Braude 15 March 2019

A New Americanism

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Jill Lepore 08 March 2019

The Future of the Liberal Order Is Conservative

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Jennifer Lind* and William C. Wohlforth 08 March 2019

Raya El Hassan: Being a Woman May Give Me a New Approach to National Security

Theappointment of Raya Haffar El Hassan as Lebanon’s Interior Minister in Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri’s new government went viral locally and regionally. Hassan is the Arab world's first female…

Soha Jaffal 08 March 2019

Algeria’s Ailing President and the Problem of Succession

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Yasmine El Geressi 08 March 2019

Former French Defense Minister: Tehran Disrupted the Middle East and Arab States Have Become Hotbeds of Iranian Militias

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Shoukry bin Naseer 08 March 2019

Iranian Ties with Europe Suffer Amid Leadership Crisis and Diplomatic Row

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Joseph Braude 08 March 2019

ISIS in 2019: Atrocities that Remain Unpunished

Introduction by Ali El Shamy Despite ISIS’s majorterritorial losses and humiliating military defeats, it’s hard to forget that the terrorist group had once controlled…

Roshan Kasem 08 March 2019

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