Policy Analysis

Reduced demand caused by the coronavirus and low oil/gas prices has complicated plans for further development of the region’s offshore reserves.

پاسخ این بن‌بست فشار مضاعف یا «بازگشت» به دیپلماسی نیست، بلکه اعمال هماهنگ این ابزارهای سیاست‌گذاری طبق یک راهبرد واقع‌بینانه است.

For almost four decades, the Multinational Force & Observers has protected Israel-Egypt peace and anchored stability in the Sinai Peninsula, but a new Pentagon initiative could end the American contribution by late next year. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has indicated that all military endeavors must now fall within a National

Two security experts comb incident data from the past year to explain how the group is resurging and what factors are most likely to accelerate this troubling trend.

Is it too late for the UN to counter the Assad regime and its allies on their abuses or to salvage cross-border mechanisms for humanitarian aid? Former UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura joined a virtual Policy Forum to probe the prospects.

The drastic new declaration by Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) abrogating the PA’s commitments to its political agreements with Israel, including security cooperation, has aroused great concern among both Israelis and Palestinians. The crux of the matter is this: will it be just one more of the many

Whether continued campaigns to hold Riyadh accountable for the crime succeed or not, the crown prince’s economic ‘Vision’ is increasingly likely to slip by another decade or more.

The Middle East, engulfed in numerous domestic and regional crises, has seen these challenges deepen with the appearance of the novel coronavirus and a sharp drop in oil prices. As the virus has placed additional pressures on the region’s governments, the severity of these countries’ positions—especially from an economic perspective

The Syrian leader’s dramatic war of words with his massively wealthy cousin may seem like a major fracture inside the regime, but the dynamics of past and present family disputes paint a different picture.

During the pandemic, Iran’s first reported cases on February 19 in the Qom province—the eventual epicentre for Iran— have demonstrated that Iran is not as isolated as it is often believed to be. Iran’s health minister reported that the novel virus was brought there by an Iranian merchant who had

دولت ترامپ تلویحاً نشان داده که خود را به برنامه زمانی پرشتاب نتانیاهو برای الحاق اراضی کرانه باختری در اول تابستان مقید نخواهد کرد؛ مضاف بر اینکه بسیاری از عوامل داخلی و خارجی ممکن است موجب تأخیر نخست‌وزیر اسرائیل در اجرای طرح یا مانع آن شوند.

The Palestinians are withdrawing from peace deals, and Jordan could be next as Israel edges closer to appropriating land outright.

ﻧﺨﺴﺖﻭﺯﯾﺮ ﺟﺪﯾﺪ ﺑﻪ ﺯﻣﺎﻥ ﻭ ﻓﺮﺻﺖ ﻧﯿﺎﺯ ﺩﺍﺭﺩ ﺗﺎ، ﭘﺲ ﺍﺯ ﺁﻏﺎﺯﯼ ﻧﻮﯾﺪﺑﺨﺶ، ﺑﺮ ﺑﺨﺶ ﺍﻣﻨﯿﺘﯽ ﺍﯾﻦ ﮐﺸﻮﺭ ﻣﻬﺮ ﺍﻗﺘﺪﺍﺭ ﺑﺰﻧﺪ، ﺣﺘﯽ ﻫﻤﺎﻥ ﻫﻨﮕﺎﻡ ﮐﻪ ﻣﻮﺷﮏﻫﺎﯼ ﺷﺒﻪﻧﻈﺎﻣﯿﺎﻥ ﺩﺭ ﺑﻐﺪﺍﺩ ﻓﺮﻭﺩ ﻣﯽﺁﯾﻨﺪ.

استقرار ارتش سوریه در درعا در این اواخر، و تلاش‌های نه‌چندان جدی روسیه برای متوقف کردن آن، ممکن است به‌زودی منجر به بمباران دوباره مناطق غیرنظامی به وسیله این رژیم و پیچیدگی‌های بی‌شمار برای اسرائیل و اردن شود.

پاسخی به مقاله «در دفاع از اصلاحات دینی اسلامی» نوشته حسن اسمیک.

Disease prevention efforts in Idlib illustrate the movement's political evolution and its differences from the Islamic State, but the pandemic may still hit the area hard given inconsistent implementation and years of regime destruction.

With clashes between Houthis and the Yemeni government forces escalating in Marib, the city’s inhabitants will lose no matter who claims victory.

The latest row over prisoner payments has highlighted the PA’s longstanding legitimacy deficit and its potential inability to control events on the ground if public unrest escalates this summer.

On April 7, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called for a “Strategic Dialogue” between the United States and Iraq on the future of the bilateral relationship. The dialogue, meant to be a series of meetings between high-level U.S. and Iraqi officials, is intended to put all aspects of the

In this illuminating Policy Note -- complete with detailed maps and satellite imagery -- Matthew Levitt and Samantha Stern tell the story of the Lebanese NGO Green Without Borders and explain why the mandate for the UN Interim Force in Lebanon must be reworked.