A victory for Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will set Israel’s expansionist West Bank policy in stone.

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The Crown Center is looking to hire a Program Coordinator in the Crown Center for Middle East Studies. If you are looking for an opportunity to work on beautiful suburban campus with lots of perks inc...

Join CCMS for a discussion on the social, political, and historical forces behind the protests in Iran today.

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Most Gulf oil workers today are migrants, enduring some of the world’s harshest conditions with little ability to protest or organize. But it wasn’t always this way. In this Crown Seminar, Andrea Wrig...

Only a small few predicted that President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the Israel-Gaza war would succeed.

As Iraqis head to the polls in November 2025, what do the elections reveal about the country’s struggles over power, governance, and survival? In Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Moder...

As Iraqis head to the polls in November 2025, what do the elections reveal about the country’s struggles over power, governance, and survival? In Contested City: Citizen Advocacy and Survival in Moder...

I. IntroductionAt a White House press conference on 29 September 2025, President Donald Trump unveiled a 20‑point plan aimed at ending the war in the Gaza Strip and creating a pathway toward a wider r...

In June 2025, the United States and Iran entered their most direct confrontation in decades—crossing red lines and exposing the dangers of misreading one another’s intentions. On the occasion of the p...

In June 2025, the United States and Iran entered their most direct confrontation in decades—crossing red lines and exposing the dangers of misreading one another’s intentions. On the occasion of the p...

Job #AJO30422, Junior Research Fellow, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, US

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International sanctions are used as a powerful tool of statecraft, but their broader societal consequences are often overlooked. Since 2012, comprehensive sanctions on Iran have drastically eroded its middle class, undoing decades of social progress and undermining a key engine of economic stability and political moderation.