Policy Analysis

Proxy rocket attacks in Iraq require a clear response, otherwise the safety of U.S. troops and the prospect of nuclear negotiations will both be in doubt.

The Biden administration and the French government must draw clear redlines, or the group will escalate its campaign of terror.

In seeking to salvage the JCPOA, Biden should not assume cooperation from Moscow, but instead focus on building a unified strategy that strengthens the U.S. negotiating position.

تهران برای دستیابی به یک قرارداد هسته‌ای جدید و مطلوب با دولت بایدن، احتمالا با ترکیبی از لاف‌زنی و تنش‌افزایی، به مانور خود ادامه خواهد داد.

Kurds in Turkey and Iran could be valuable partners as the United States navigates difficult relations with both countries.

The United States and Jordan need to broaden the scope of their security relationship and prepare for a more diverse array of security concerns.

Facing Turkish, Iranian, and Islamist threats, Kurds in Iraq and Syria are hoping for more U.S. support than they saw under the Trump administration.

سه چهره پیشکسوت سیاست‌گذاری چالش‌هایی را که دولت بایدن هنگام بررسی نحوه بازگشت آمریکا به توافق هسته‌ای ایران با آنها مواجه خواهد شد، تحلیل می‌کنند.

رهبر ایران با تعیین پیش‌شرطی که می‌داند واشنگتن فعلا برآورده نخواهد کرد، بار دیگر عدم تمایل خود را به بازگشت کامل به برجام یادآوری می‌کند؛ ‌دست‌کم تا پس از آن‌که دوره تصدی رئیس‌جمهور روحانی در ماه آگوست به پایان برسد.

Tehran’s nuclear and regional activities are part of a single strategy that aims to paralyze stronger foes, so Washington’s policies for responding to each challenge should likewise overlap considerably.

The KH-affiliated media group Unit 10,000 planted disinformation about a nonexistent U.S. airstrike, stoked the story, and then tried to remove its fingerprints from the original "fake news."

Dire circumstances are pushing Lebanese people to the edge, which could bring violent results.

After the UN's failures regarding Assad, Syrians need a more forceful option to restore their dignity and rights.

The New Hope party leader and former Likud minister discusses why he is running in Israel’s March election, how his policies differ from Netanyahu’s, and what his approach will be on key issues such as the Middle East peace process and the Iranian nuclear challenge,

Militia Spotlight provides timely, high-quality evidence, analysis and contextualization of militia activities in Iraq and Syria, both within government agencies and outside them.

By ceding control of its borders and airspace to various foreign actors, the regime has essentially resigned itself to a limited but potentially durable existence for the long term.

It is far from certain that the next election will stabilize Israeli politics, and even if it does, the forces taking shape could create challenging peace math for the Biden administration.

Even as U.S. policymakers must stay focused on the Assad regime’s culpability, they also face a complex web of power dynamics in which Russia, Turkey, Iran, Israel, and other actors are attempting to secure their various interests.

درس اصلی از فتوای هسته‌ای این است که تصمیمات امنیت ملی تهران از منافع پیروی می‌کند، نه ایدئولوژی، و پیشرفت در مذاکرات ممکن است مشروط به آن که در چارچوب «مصلحت نظام» تعریف شود.

یکی از ثمرات عادی‌سازی روابط اعراب و اسرائیل باید همکاری قوی‌تر در دفاع موشکی به رهبری ایالات متحده میان کشورهایی باشد که با بیشترین تهدید از جانب ایران مواجه‌ اند.