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The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords
A billboard in Tel Aviv in June 2025 by the “Coalition for Regional Security” Israeli political-security initiative depicting (L to R) leaders of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United States, Israel, UAE, Oman, Morocco and Bahrain, with the Hebrew slogan “A time for war, a time for settlement; now is the time for the ‘Abrahamic Covenant.'” Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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The Limits of Protection and Profits—Five Years into the Abraham Accords

Arang Keshavarzian • 11 min read
On the Road to Rafah—The Sumud Convoy and New Maghrebi Geographies of Resistance
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On the Road to Rafah—The Sumud Convoy and New Maghrebi Geographies of Resistance

Raouf Farrah • 12 min read
Refusing the New Normal—An Interview with the Gulf Coalition Against Normalisation
A Palestinian solidarity encampment at the University of Manchester, UK, May 13, 2024. MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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Refusing the New Normal—An Interview with the Gulf Coalition Against Normalisation

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Identity and Cultural Diplomacy of the Abraham Accords
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Identity and Cultural Diplomacy of the Abraham Accords

Shir Alon • 14 min read
The Abraham Accords and Sudan’s Global Counterrevolution
People gather in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Khartoum to stage a demonstration against the normalization agreement signed with Israel, in Sudan on February 6, 2023. Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
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The Abraham Accords and Sudan’s Global Counterrevolution

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