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Effective governance is pivotal in resolving conflicts and building sustainable peace. We explore innovative governance models that address the complexities of conflict. Our insights inform policy recommendations and interventions that strengthen governance systems worldwide, mitigating conflict and advancing stability.

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Reports & Papers

A Theory of Everything for the Middle East Political Economy

May 2026 by Ziad Daoud

From Middle East Initiative

Article

What Would Federalism Mean for the New Syria?

Apr. 22, 2026 by Andrew March
Blog Post

Pakistan, the Ceasefire, and the Shape of the Post-War Middle East

Apr. 13, 2026 by Rabia Akhtar
Article

A Martial Approach to Applied History: How the U.S. Military Turns History into Judgment

Apr. 1, 2026 by Patrick Holland

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A Theory of Everything for the Middle East Political Economy

May 2026 by Ziad Daoud

Reports & Papers

from Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center

a landscape image of oil field flare stacks burning in Basra, Iraq

What Would Federalism Mean for the New Syria?

Apr. 22, 2026 by Andrew March

Article

from Middle East Initiative, Belfer Center

Ahmad Al-Sharaa signs a temporary constitution while next to Asaad Hassan al-Shiban, seated at a desk alongside two Syrian flags

Pakistan, the Ceasefire, and the Shape of the Post-War Middle East

Apr. 13, 2026 by Rabia Akhtar

Blog Post

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

5 minutes

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, center, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshall Asim Munir, left, and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)

The Degradation of Iran’s Proxy Model

April 2026 by Lina Khatib

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Posters of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah and the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, posted on a pole in front of a destroyed building in Beirut.

A Martial Approach to Applied History: How the U.S. Military Turns History into Judgment

Apr. 1, 2026 by Patrick Holland

Article

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

U.S. Marines hitting the beach on Iwo Jima, February 1945.

Is Immigration Bad for America?

Mar. 23, 2026 by Jeffrey Frankel

Blog Post

Law Professor Jody Freeman Unpacks the EPA's Decision to Rescind the Endangerment Finding

Mar. 2, 2026 by Robert N Stavins and Jody Freeman

Q&A

from Harvard Environmental Economics Program

NATO’s Article 5 Explained: How Collective Defense Works and When It’s Triggered

Feb. 24, 2026 by Madeline Sawyer

Explainer

6 minutes

Flags flap in the wind outside NATO headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)