Sima Ghaddar - The Century Foundation

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Sima Ghaddar is a fellow at Century Foundation specializing in Middle Eastern affairs. Her research focuses on identity and mechanisms of social control.

Commentary Middle East

Lebanon Treats Refugees as a Security Problem—and It Doesn’t Work

BEIRUT, LEBANON - FEBRUARY 23: A woman cries during the funerals for former Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine at the Sports City Stadium on February 23, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon. Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Beirut to attend the funeral of Hezbollah's former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a southern suburb of the Lebanese capital. Nasrallah founded and led the Shi'ite Muslim group for 30 years, through decades of conflict with Israel and became one of the most prominent Arab figures in generations. (Photo by Daniel Carde/Getty Images)

Report Shia Politics

Doubting the Party, Revering Its Ideology: Hezbollah’s Battered Constituencies Reckon with a Year of Loss

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - NOVEMBER 05: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena on November 05, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Trump campaigned for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania before arriving for his last rally minutes after midnight in Michigan. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Commentary Century International

How Trump Can Make Things Worse in the Middle East

SOUTHERN ISRAEL, ISRAEL - JANUARY 19: Israeli soldiers stand on a tank as they secure the border with the Gaza Strip, as seen from a postion on the Israeli side of the border on January 19, 2024 in Southern Israel, Israel. Israel increased air raids in the south of the Gaza Strip, where medicines are expected for hostages held by Hamas and humanitarian aid for the Palestinian population. Despite Israel's recent troop drawdown in Gaza and the discussion of postwar plans by an Israeli cabinet minister, the country has continued its intensive bombardment of the Gaza Strip, particularly in the territory's south, as it seeks to destroy Hamas, the Palestinian militant group behind the Oct. 7 attacks. At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers have been killed in Israel since October 7 along with some 190 IDF soldiers killed fighting in Gaza ground operations, while more than 24,000 people have been killed in Gaza in the last three months, according to the territory's health ministry, and most of the population has been displaced. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)

Report Century International

The Costs of War Extend Far Beyond Gaza

TALL AFAR, IRAQ - SEPTEMBER 14: Iraqi soldiers detain suspected insurgents in the al-Qadisiyah neighborhood after house-to-house searches September 14, 2005 in Tall Afar, Iraq. Tall Afar is located approximately 93 miles east of the Syrian border and about 260 miles northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Akram Saleh/Getty Images)

Report Century International

Roundtable: Generation Iraq: The Iraq War’s Legacy of Harm

ZARQA, JORDAN - MARCH 10: U.S Vice President Joe Biden (C) reviews weapons and troops during a visit with Jordan's King Abdullah (not pictured) at a joint Jordanian-American training center on March 10, 2016 in Zarqa northeast of Amman, Jordan. This is the final stop on Biden's Middle East tour that also took in Israel and the Palestinian territories. (Photo by Jordan Pix/Getty Images)

Report World

Policy Roundtable: Biden’s Chance to Avoid Old Wars and New Pitfalls in the Middle East

Commentary Middle East

Order from Ashes Podcast: Lebanon, Neoliberalism’s Proving Ground

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: People hold posters showing the portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Major General Qassem Soleimani and chant slogans during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on January 05, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed by a U.S. drone strike outside the Baghdad Airport on January 3. Since the incident, tensions have risen across the Middle East. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

Report Middle East

Moving America Closer to War?

Book Middle East

Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East

Report Middle East

Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East