Webcast Friday: Experts explore the prospects for war between Hezbollah and Israel | Watch live starting at 12:00 noon EDT (1600 GMT) on Friday, June 28, 2024.

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Recent Institute Analysis

Screenshot from MarineTraffic showing how ships are altering their AIS data to avoid Houthi attacks.
Maps & Graphics
Houthi Ship Attacks Pose a Longer-Term Challenge to Regional Security and Trade Plans
The immediate effects of the Houthi antishipping campaign are measurably serious, but the United States, Saudi Arabia, and other partners also need to prepare for the emboldened group to exert its newfound leverage in other ways beyond the Gaza war.
Jun 26, 2024
  • Noam Raydan

In Focus: The Hamas-Israel War

Gaza Fatality Data Has Become Completely Unreliable
Given the discrepancies in official Palestinian counts and their growing reliance on questionable data from media reports, the credibility gaps revealed by a previous Washington Institute study have become yawning chasms.
Mar 26, 2024
  • Gabriel Epstein
Can Hamas Be Defeated?
Although the group’s ideology will persist, the tools used to advance it can be effectively constrained through measures that turn a major threat into a marginal irritant.
May 21, 2024
  • Ghaith al-Omari
The Dangers of an Ungovernable Gaza
As the conditions for long-term lawlessness and violence begin to take root, a former Pentagon official details the urgent steps Washington and its partners should take to prepare for the postwar “golden hour.”
May 20, 2024
  • Dana Stroul
Mapping Clashes Along the Israel-Lebanon Border
A regularly updated visual tracker of northern border attacks by Hezbollah, the IDF, and Palestinian groups during the Hamas-Israel war.
Jun 4, 2024
  • Hanin Ghaddar
  • Ana Estrada Hamm
  • Miller Greene

Study: Addressing UNRWA's Problems and Failings

A damaged UNRWA building in Gaza City.
Options for UNRWA:
Israeli reports of terrorist involvement by personnel have cast the agency in an especially harsh light.
Mar 21, 2024
  • James G. Lindsay

Interactive Map: ISIS Global Activity

Interactive Tool: Tracking Maritime Attacks in Middle East Waters Since 2019

Arab Public Opinion 2014 to Today

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Maps & Graphics
TWI Interactive Polling Platform
Interactive datasets, from 2014 to today
Jun 30, 2022