Quick Thoughts

The Ansar Allah movement in Yemen, also known as the Houthis, recently escalated its intervention on behalf of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to include not only Israeli ships seeking to enter the Red Sea, but any ship docking at an Israeli port. The United States on 18 December announced Op..

On 5 December 2023, the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing they titled "Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism." The hearing featured presidents Claudine Gay of Harvard, Elizabeth Magill of Penn, and Sally Kornbl..

On 10 September 2023, Storm Daniel produced massive floods in northeastern Libya, visiting particular destruction on the city of Derna. As entire streets and their residents were washed out to sea, it was clear that many thousands had perished. Mouin Rabbani, Editor of Quick Thoughts and Jad..

On 18 September 2023, the United States and Iran exchanged a total of ten prisoners as part of a deal in which Washington additionally provided sanctions waivers to enable South Korea to transfer payment for oil it had previously purchased from Iran into restricted accounts in Qatar. Mouin Rabba..

On 19 September 2023 Azerbaijan’s military launched a military offensive against the Armenian-ruled enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh and rapidly overwhelmed its defenses, bringing decades of self-rule to a sudden end. Mouin Rabbani, Editor of Quick Thoughts and Jadaliyya Co-Editor, interviewed Hrair ..

On 8 September 2023 a devastating earthquake, the likes of which Morocco has not experienced in a century, struck the High Atlas region of the country. Mouin Rabbani, Editor of Quick Thoughts and Jadaliyya Co-Editor, interviewed Brahim El Guabli, a specialist on the region and Co-Editor of Jadal..

On 13 September 1993 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Yasir Arafat signed the Oslo Accords at a White House ceremony officiated by United States President Bill Clinton. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of this agreement, and take stock o..

Since April 2023, Sudan has been consumed by a devastating civil war that has claimed thousands of lives and dislocated millions. Mouin Rabbani, Editor of Quick Thoughts and Jadaliyya Co-Editor, interviewed Mat Nashed, a journalist and political analyst who has been covering Sudan and its confli..

The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan represents the longest-running conflict in the former Soviet Union. At the center of the dispute is the status of N..

From 6-18 November 2022, the twenty-seventh United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) will convene in Sharm al-Shaikh, Egypt. Typically attended by numerous heads of state and government, these annual conferences are held to address the growing global climate emergency, rev..

On 11 May 2022, Israeli Occupation Forces shot and killed Al Jazeera veteran journalist Shereen Abu Aqleh as she was covering an Israeli raid on a refugee camp in Jenin. To discuss the killing, its context, and the response to it, Mouin Rabbani, Editor of Quick Thoughts and Jadaliyya Co-Editor, ..

In 2019 the Dutch government, for the second time within a decade, acquired an Israeli wiretapping system for its police forces. While the purchase made few headlines at the time, and even though the system is still not operational, it has sparked renewed scrutiny and criticism as revelations ab..

On 24 February 2022 the Russian military invaded Ukraine, immediately setting off a global crisis that continues to escalate. In the Middle East, most governments were slow to adopt a clear position on the conflict, and their policies often seemed at variance with their foreign alliances. Hesham..