Haisam Hassanein was an Associate Fellow at The Washington Institute. Previously, he was the Institute's 2016-2017 Glazer Fellow, in which he focused on economic relations between Israel and Arab states. He has published in several media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs
Wesam Hassanein is a master's candidate at American University's School of International Service.
Articles & Testimony
The various regional actors who galvanized past protests have lost much of their legitimacy in recent years.
On Dec. 6, President Trump declared Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, causing an uproar among Arab and international officials who warned of impending widespread protests and violence all across the Middle East. However, three weeks after the decision, those pessimistic warnings have mostly been proven futile and overblown...
