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The Military-Industrial Backbone of Normalization - MERIP The booming weapons industry made possible by the Abraham Accords.

NEW: The Military-Industrial Backbone of the Abraham Accords, by Tariq Dana

In a preview of our forthcoming issue, Tariq Dana analyzes the industry of repression and militarization that underpinned the Abraham Accords.

Episode 9: The MERIP Roundtable "On The Regional War"-The MERIP Podcast On today's episode we are providing another installment of our MERIP Roundtable, where members of our Editorial Committee discuss recent developments in the region. Today's roundtable, "On the…

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Maziyar Ghiabi, Shana Marshall and Kevin Schwartz join @jdryan08@bsky.social to discuss Israel's strike on Qatar, ratcheting tensions between Israel and Iran, and impacts on US policy in the region.

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Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" Podcast Episode · The MERIP Podcast · 08/13/2025 · 1h

As Canada, the UK and Australia recognize the State of Palestine, check out this MERIP Roundtable from last month. Sean Yom, Lisa Hajjar, Jacob Mundy and James Ryan discussed what this recognition means, and what it doesn’t.
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Episode 6: The MERIP Roundtable, "On Recognition" Podcast Episode · The MERIP Podcast · 08/13/2025 · 1h

As Canada, the UK and Australia recognize the State of Palestine, check out this MERIP Roundtable from last month. Sean Yom, Lisa Hajjar, Jacob Mundy and James Ryan discussed what this recognition means, and what it doesn’t.
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Thank you @keshavarziana.bsky.social for taking the time to write this thoughtful and comprehensive review of my book with @merip.bsky.social - it was a nice surprise to see it in my inbox this morning!

The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign th...

I had the opportunity to review Elham Fakhro's excellent and highly timely book on the Abraham Accords. It sheds light on Israel, the UAE, Bahrain, the GCC, and the US at this current moment. merip.org/2025/09/the-...

The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords - MERIP On September 15, 2020, US President Donald Trump was joined at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign…

NEW: The Limits of Protections and Profit, Five Years Into the Abraham Accords

Arang Keshavarzian reviews Elham Fakhro's new book on the Abraham Accords.

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Episode 8: Helen Lackner The MERIP Podcast · Episode

Have you checked out The MERIP Podcast yet? Our latest episode on the Houthis and Israel's recent assassinations was released last week. Check out other episodes on Syria, Palestinian recognition, the US Embassy in Beirut and more on Spotify below!

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Episode 8: Helen Lackner-The MERIP Podcast This episode of the MERIP podcast features an interview with longtime MERIP contributor and noted journalist Helen Lackner on the state of Yemen's Houthi movement. The conversation with MERIP…

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NEW PODCAST EPISODE: Journalist and longtime MERIP contributor Helen Lackner joins the podcast to discuss the recent Israeli assault on the Houthi government in Sanaa, and her piece from our Winter 2024 Issue, "Yemen's Ansar Allah".

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Episode 7: Syria at the Crossroads III | The MERIP Podcast Unpacking Sectarianism and the Crisis in Suweida

Hey y'all! The third installment of our Syria at the Crossroads series (organized with @merip.bsky.social ) is available on MERIP's podcast channel.

w/ Sara Ajlyakin, Sana Mustafa, and Yasser Munif.

Links to the previous two installments in our thread.

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Courts of Exclusion—Working-Class Masculinity and Anti-Afghan Racism in Iran - MERIP n 2016, Gol Agha, a ball boy and worker at a private tennis club in Tajrish—an affluent neighborhood in northern Tehran—went to an administrative office in Karaj to receive a […]

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زمین‌های طرد: مردانگی طبقه‌ی کارگر و نژادپرستی ضدافغان در ایران / پانیذ موسوی نطنزی - نقد اقتصاد سیاسی بازخوانی مستند «اعتراض وارد نیست»، 2025

New Translation! Paniz Musawi Natanzi's essay from our latest issue on the 2016 Iranian documentary "Overruled" which focuses on the struggles of Afghan workers in Tehran's elite tennis clubs has now been translated into Persian! Check it out!

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Episode 7: Syria at the Crossroads III The MERIP Podcast · Episode

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Episode 7: Syria at the Crossroads III | The MERIP Podcast Episode on Amazon Music This week in the feed we have the audio from our August 14th, 2025 event "Syria at the Crossroads: Unpacking Sectarianism and the Crisis in Suweida." The conversation features perspectives from…

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Episode 7: Syria at the Crossroads III Podcast Episode · The MERIP Podcast · 08/20/2025 · 1h 26m

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Episode 7: Syria at the Crossroads III | The MERIP Podcast Unpacking Sectarianism and the Crisis in Suweida

New in the Podcast Feed: Our "Syria at the Crossroads" event from 8/14 featuring Sara Ajlyakin, Sana Mustafa, and Yasser Munif on sectarianism and the crisis in Suweida. Co-produced with our comrades @journalspectre.bsky.social

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YouTube video by Middle East Research and Information Project Syria at the Crossroads: Regional Politics and the Movement for Palestine

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