On 17 August 2020, the Arab Council for Social Sciences (ACSS) and Middle East Report and Information Project (MERIP) hosted a virtual panel on US policy, sanctions, and the Middle East. The panel featured Jadaliyya Co-Editor Omar Dahi (Hampshire College), Negar Razavi (College of William and Mary), and Hicham Safieddine (King’s College London), and was moderated by Waleed Hazbun (University of Alabama).