Omphalos takes an interdisciplinary look at the contemporary Middle East, and is published jointly with two key partners: Academic Exchange, an educational non-profit that seeks to deepen understanding of Israel in the international academic community, and the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy and its blog, Markaz. Turmoil in today's Middle East today implicates a wide array of legal questions, bears huge costs for civilian populations, and poses diverse challenges to policymakers, activists, lawyers, and reformers. For the issues that Lawfare treats, the Middle East is a kind of omphalos.
Algerians still remember what JFK did to support the country's independence. Can the Trump administration learn from history?
Libya needs an interlocutor that can prevent another military regime taking power in Tripoli.
In the aftermath of Israel’s recent election, de jure annexation of the West Bank is increasingly likely. But such a plan raises issues under international law and risks calling into question Israel’s status as a democracy.
Maximum pressure, meet minimum patience.
The latest move in the Trump administration's pressure campaign is more bark than bite.
It's up to the United States to prevent what increasingly seems like an inevitable outcome.
A slapdash rollout and decision at odds with the international community are an uncomfortable fit for the complex and hotly contested political history of the Golan Heights.
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