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The leading Iran-backed militia is increasingly picking territorial fights with military forces controlled by Baghdad.

A senior U.S. official discusses the current threat landscape, the role of counterterrorism in the broader national security space, and the Department of Homeland Security’s efforts to prevent violent extremism.

Watch as an expert panel assesses the full sweep of U.S. policy toward Iran in the twenty-first century across the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations.

The group stopped hinting and actually took credit for the 2017 murder of U.S. soldier Alexander Missildine, who was then supporting Iraqi combat operations to liberate territory from the Islamic State.

By establishing this Iraqi version of an Iranian IRGC conglomerate, militias aim to quickly dominate the country's growing economy.

سخنان تازه دولت بایدن را درباره سیاست آمریکا در خاورمیانه که در سمپوزیوم سورف انستیتو واشنگتن در سال ۲۰۲۳ بیان شد، به‌صورت ویدیو تماشا کنید یا متن رونوشت آن را بخوانید

After falling under the control of “resistance”-linked board members, this key Iraqi media institution began a widespread crackdown on freedom of expression. Its head commissioner is a member of U.S.-designated terrorist group Asaib Ahl al-Haq.

English translation of the March 16, 2023, draft regulation on digital content by the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission.

جدیدترین گزارش «خانه آزادی» حاکی از سیر قهقرایی در سال گذشته و از زمان بهار عربی است، همراه با افول چشمگیر حقوق سیاسی و مدنی در چند کشور و حاوی هشدارهایی درباره افول بیشتر در سال آتی.

دو کارشناس بحث می‌کنند که چرا دولت‌های عرب هرچه بیشتر در حال عادی‌سازی مناسبات با رژیم سوریه‌ هستند و پیامدهای آن برای سیاست‌گذاری آمریکا چه خواهد بود.

In a series of articles, op-eds, videos and media appearances, Institute scholar Soner Cagaptay, as well as other Institute experts and contributors, map out possible outcomes, discussing what the elections mean for Turkey’s trajectory, NATO, the Middle East, and the rest of the world.

Watch an expert webcast as scholars and journalists preview Turkey's historic 2023 elections and their implications for Turkish policy, the wider Middle East, and Washington's relationship with Ankara.

In this video, Beyer Family Fellow Soner Cagaptay provides context for the upcoming election and assesses Erdogan's prospects for success.

A near-term breakthrough may be unlikely, but President Biden is well positioned to apply his energy toward negotiating a historic deal that establishes peace and advances American interests.

Watch as experts discuss National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan's keynote address to the Institute's 2023 Soref Symposium.

In an ungrudging division of labor, senior militia figure Akram Kaabi is being built up by other factions as the main anti-U.S. "resistance" leader in Iraq.

In its latest threats to U.S. aviation, the oldest militia facade group in Iraq made an interesting callback to a deadly 2006 shootdown of a British helicopter.

کارشناسان انستیتو واشنگتن در سلسله مقالات، نظرات، و مصاحبه‌های رسانه‌ای، درباره معنای توافق تهران و ریاض به میانجی‌گری چین، برای ایران، عربستان سعودی و ایالات متحده به بحث پرداخته‌اند. مروری بر این مطالب دامنه بحث‌ها را روشن می‌کند.

The State Department’s deputy counterterrorism coordinator discusses how governments are addressing the challenges of repatriating detainees in Syrian camps and combating racially and ethnically motivated violent extremism.

در بحبوحه شعله‌ور شدن منازعه ناگورنو-قره‌باغ، ایران و روسیه به دقت تحولات جنوب قفقاز را زیر نظر دارند؛ از گرمی روابط اسرائیل با باکو تا چرخش احتمالی در کنترل بر کریدورهای حمل‌ونقل منطقه‌ای.