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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.

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

Their willingness to stand against perceived threats to their democratic institutions is laudable, but allowing Israel to drift toward a de facto “one-state” peace solution poses serious threats of its own.

Because Netanyahu’s main objectives on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the Abraham Accords all depend on U.S. support, he also needs a workable policy toward the Palestinians—but his coalition partners are threatening this tenet.

چهار گام می‌تواند به بررسی پیشرفت تهران در زمینه تولید بمب اتمی کمک کند و مانع از خطرات منطقه‌ای مربوط به حمله یکجانبه اسرائیل شود.

If the government jettisons the idea of an independent judiciary, it could have a profound effect on the U.S.-Israel relationship.

Appointing senior ministers who incite against Arabs would undermine the shared values that buttress the bilateral relationship while giving fuel to Israel’s critics in Washington.

Israel’s maritime deal with Lebanon, facilitated by U.S. mediation efforts, reduces the risk of war and establishes a precedent in Lebanese recognition of a boundary line.

برنامه اتمی تهران در مقایسه با سال ۲۰۱۵ به‌مراتب پیشرفته‌تر شده است، بنابرین فقط یک تهدید جدی نظامی است که می‌تواند جلوی ایران را در عبور از آستانه رسیدن به سلاح هسته‌ای بگیرد.

چهار دیپلمات کارکشته و پژوهشگر از خلیج فارس، اسرائیل، و واشنگتن درباره اهداف و خطرها و همچنین فرصت‌های رییس‌جمهوری آمریکا برای موفقیت در خاورمیانه بحث می‌کنند.

Regional governments are going to reach out to Israel anyway, so why not take advantage of this activity to help the Palestinians and encourage Jerusalem toward constructive moves?

It is no exaggeration to say that the visit represents a transformation of Washington’s regional approach—including a rethink of the “pivot.”

در این «وب کست» تخصصی دو کارشناس منطقه به بررسی سقوط دولت ائتلافی یکساله اسرائیل و تأثیر آن بر سفر آتی رئیس‌جمهور بایدن به خاورمیانه و تاثیرات بالقوه آن بر سیاست گسترده‌تر آمریکا و اسرائیل می‌پردازند.

اندیشه‌های یک دیپلمات کهنه‌کار آمریکایی درباره ده‌ها سال تعامل مستقیم که راه را برای پیمان ابراهیم هموار کرد؛ پیمانی که از زمان انعقادش راهی تازه برای مهار ایران و جان بخشیدن به پیشرفت روند صلح اسرائیل و فلسطین باز کرده است.

A “more for more” agreement might be possible, but only if Iranian leaders are genuinely afraid of what they could lose without one.

The president will still be able to set boundaries with Riyadh—while also addressing other major issues such as national security, rampant energy costs, and normalization with Israel.

Some potential allies in the Middle East may not be democracies, but they're not revisionist states either, so the United States cannot afford to write them off.

Two veteran diplomats discuss what implications the Ukraine war holds for multilateral institutions, international law, and the global order they aim to uphold.

Moscow has provided a wake-up call about how actors like Iran interpret habitual demonstrations of U.S. inaction.

If the Ukrainians can hold out long enough to force serious negotiations, Washington must remind both parties that they will need to make several specific—and bitter—concessions.