Page ContentIn response to the interest of several prospective applicants, the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies announces the availability of a limited number of seats at the fifth International Winter School 2024 (IWS)…
A Dialogue of Civilizations? Relational Ethnicity and Islam…
Dru C. Gladney This paper is part of Al-Mesbar’s 105th monthly book, which addresses the status of Islam and Muslims in China, from historical, social, religious, and economic. Arab scholars and research institutes often neglect…
Appraising the Uncertainty of Post-Withdrawal U.S. Policies Toward…
One year ago, celebration spread across the West and large swaths of the Middle East at the signing of the Abraham Accords. The fruition of quiet diplomacy, the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE,…
Mending the Historical Record of the Iraq War
The second Iraq War, the one that began in March 2003, ended up as one of the most damaging debacles of American foreign policy ever, nearly as ruinous as the Vietnam War. As far as…
Mending the Historical Record of the Iraq War
Donald Rumsfeld died on June 29 at the age of 88, in Taos, New Mexico. Not surprisingly for an American age of galloping historical amnesia, hyper-partisanship and massive ambient surreality, his death touched off much…
Stories, Stereotypes and Politics: America’s Ethno-racial Crucible
The logic of storytelling in social context, not science, determines what people come to believe. That includes not only beliefs about God, but also about human nature, race, politics, and how they all mix together.…
After July 25th in Tunisia: Islamism and the…
In its 179th book, released in November 2021 and titled After July 25th in Tunisia: Islamism and the State, the Al-Mesbar Center for Studies and Research addresses the record of governance in Tunisia from 2011…
The Strange Limbo of Contemporary American Conservatism
As a form of language, conservatism, obviously, is an abstract noun. As such, it means to imply that the many forms of conservative thought, historic and contemporary, have something in common. It is true; they…
Afghanistan after the American Withdrawal: The Harvest of…
In its 178th book, released October 2021 and titled Afghanistan after the American Withdrawal: The Harvest of Extremism the Al-Mesbar Studies and Research Center examines the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, which swiftly led to the…