Policy Analysis

One obvious remedy involves asking Riyadh to end its production cutback, but any such request could be complicated by the administration’s recent friction with the crown prince.

It is unclear whether those who seek to carry on his foreign policy legacy will embrace wan realism, amoral nationalism, or a more successful conservative internationalism, but either way a clear-eyed evaluation of U.S. challenges and options is crucial.

The shift away from a U.S.-led military posture will require that Washington repair its damaged credibility with allies abroad. A major task at home will be disentangling counterterrorism budgets from the military budgets on which they have long been grafted.

The video offers potentially significant insights into the detainee and his description of being recruited by Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada.

After being struck by U.S. forces, Kataib Hezbollah dropped the pretense of the coordination committee and acted unilaterally.

ارتباط واتیکان با عراق با هدف کاهش خشونت دینی ستودنی است، اما مقامات غربی درمورد دستاورد همکاری با رهبران دینی شیعه در کوتاه‌مدت باید واقع‌گرا باشند.

Given our perpetual crises, we Iraqis rarely look back. But unless Iraqis collectively understand the past and decide how to avoid repeating its mistakes, we are bound to pay these crimes forward as we have in the past.

NATO stands ready to increase its commitment in a slow and steady manner consistent with Baghdad’s needs, but careful communication will be crucial, as will a more strategic discussion on how to combine different assistance efforts.

Three Lebanese experts explore Beirut’s precarious politics, Hezbollah’s continued ability to evade accountability, and the Biden administration’s options.

There are several steps the Biden administration can take to strengthen its allies in Syria and promote a peaceful solution.

Members of the political class and the general public are increasingly anticipating and expecting that Palestinian elections will take place due to an unusual convergence of interests between PA president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Hamas.

Bitter squabbles between the social media platforms of two competing Iraqi militias offer insights into the movements and their relationship.

Even if the growing regional and geopolitical stakes were not sufficient on their own, the regime’s domestic negligence, illegitimacy, and criminality provide ample reason to shake up Washington’s approach.

Good relations with Iraqi Kurdistan are a valuable strategic asset for the United States, but support from the Biden administration should not be unconditional.

Iraq's Yazidis need assertive international support to protect their rights and well-being. ​

بهترین رویکرد برای هر دو دولت این است که درس‌های سال ۲۰۱۵ را جدی بگیرند و وارد گفتگویی جامع و محرمانه شوند که بر ایده‌های سازنده و نتایج واقع‌گرایانه تمرکز داشته باشد.

The centrist party leader discusses key domestic and international policy issues ahead of the upcoming Knesset elections, with follow-up analysis by political and polling experts.

The omissions in Moscow’s statements on the U.S. operation are as revealing as the predictable hyperbole and hypocrisy.

After more than a decade of feuding, Palestinian factions face an opportunity for change.

انتقال اسرائیل از یوکام به سنتکام، که در سالها همکاری فزاینده و به دور از توجه رسانه‌ها ریشه دارد، تسهیل همکاری امنیتی دوجانبه و منطقه‌ای و به اشتراک گذاشتن مسئولیت‌ها را نوید می‌دهد، در حالی که تجربه همکاری «ارتش اسرائیل-یوکام-سنتکام» عرصه را برای جبهه بعدی مهیا می‌سازد:‌ تعامل نظامی آمریکا-اسرائیل درباره همکاری‌های ایران-چین.