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The article reflects on the comments of Craig Whitlock, an investigative reporter on the Afghanistan war and he joined the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft to discuss the impact of the "Afghanistan Papers". It mentions that U.S. negotiated an agreement with the Taliban in which it promised to remove all troops from Afghanistan.

The article focuses on a policy paper "Breaking the Israel Palestine Status Quo," which was presented at a web-based conference organized by this journal. It was prepared by former policy makers who assessed what U.S. engagement has been in the region and to re-imagine that engagement. It is noted that Palestinians wanted the U.S. involved, was because they believed that only U.S. can deliver Israel.

The article presents several letters published in various news papers including "Enterprise-Record," "The Plain Dealer" and "Portland Press Herald." The topics include increasing violence witnessed during Israel- Palestine conflict, U.S. President Joe Biden's support for Israel and the need for U.S. to change its policy towards Israel.

The article discusses a panel discussion hosted by Middle East Institute (MEI) at Washington, DC on January 13, 2019. Topics discussed include MEI nonresident fellow Jason Pack's paper "An International Financial Commission is Libya's Last Hope," an economic-based approach of Pack to end Libya's six-year civil war and views of Nate Mason, former commercial officer at the American Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, on economic concerns.

The article reports on challenges posed by Turkish local elections on opposition, as well as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. It informs that ruling party is dominating the media and public discourse, with all the mainstream papers and television channels supporting Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party; and the impact of Turkey's military activities in neighboring Syria on elections.

The article discusses the virtual roundtable on the published Chatham House research paper, "Community Dynamics and Economic Interests of Libyan Armed Groups" and civil war hosted by Middle East lnstitute (MEl) on April 7, 2020. Topics discussed include refugees and migrants remaining in abysmal detention centers and facing grave risk of human rights abuses; need for funding a strong COVID-19 humanitarian response; and control of the Central Bank of Libya.

The article informs that Middle East Institute hosted a program on Nathan Stock's recently released paper "There is No ‘Status Quo': Drivers of Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. It mentions that Stock argues that domestic Israeli politics, Palestinian leadership, lack of legal status for Palestinians and the continuing illegal Israeli occupation are key drivers of violent conflict.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles published in various papers including one on the resolution supporting Israel's attack on Gaza, one on the U.S. foreign policy with respect to the shooting down of the Malaysia airliner and another on the Israeli bombing in Gaza.

The article reports on the release of a policy paper titeld "Our Foreign Policy Choices: Rethinking America's Global Role," by the scholars of CATO Institute in July 2016 that focuses on the international relations of the U.S.

The article focuses on the theatrical production "It's What We Do: A Play About the Occupation" written and directed by Pamela Nice and performed at the Atlas Theater in Washington, D.C. and its receipt of awards from the newspaper "Washington City Paper" and the website DCMetroTheaterArts.

The article announces the online availability of all Voice of America programming and the call for papers for the 2015 Middle East Dialogue: The Middle East: Glorious Past, Uncertain Future.

The article reports on the calls for papers/panels announced by the Law School at the University of Southampton in England for its conference titled International Law and the State of Israel: Legitimacy, Responsibility and Exceptionalism.

The article reviews the works on paper and film exhibition "The Map Is Not the Territory: Parallel Paths--Palestinians, Native Americans, Irish" at the Laventine Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California on May 8-June 22, 2014.