Policy Analysis

The Jordanian “street” is now relatively content with its government’s posture, in spite—or indeed precisely because—of all the turbulence surrounding it.

Although Sudanese workers crossing the border are hardly a terrorist threat, they do pose problems that need to be addressed by Israeli, Lebanese, and international authorities.

Even after the fall of of the Islamic State’s (ISIS) territorial control last March, the al-Hawl refugee camp of northern Syria remains the group’s beating heart. Over the past five years, both ISIS and other extremist groups have spread extremist ideologies throughout the Syrian al-Hawl region, with the al-Hawl camp

جدا کردن تحریم تسلیحاتی از توافق هسته‌ای می‌تواند بهترین امید برای کاهش تنش‌ها بین اعضای گروه ۵+۱ باشد و همزمان دسترسی ایران به تسلیحات پیشرفته را هم محدود کند.

After Kataib Hezbollah was caught red-handed prepping new rocket strikes, justice needs to be served, and Iraq’s government needs to be better secured.

New data from a rare independent opinion poll show that the Egyptian public is much more concerned about domestic problems, including public health, than any foreign policy issue. And when it comes to foreign affairs and U.S. policy, only a third put the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the top of their

If Netanyahu decides to throw prudence aside and proceed with the move, it would impose impossibly high costs and deliver few benefits.

King Abdullah's 1950 annexation of “Arab Palestine” shows that a bold leader can play his advantages well, redraw the map, gain some recognition, and still leave only regrets.

Deeper Turkish engagement with the Syrian Kurds would be helpful, but any such talks need to be linked with ongoing efforts to contain the Islamic State and advance the UN’s broader Geneva process.

Conflicting priorities in the Syrian war have strained the U.S.-Turkish relationship since 2014, shaping Turkey's foreign policy in the country and the structure of its alliances. Turkey’s geopolitical identity and long-standing alliance with the United States, as well as its status in NATO, have come into question due to its

A territorial dispute between Moscow and Tokyo illustrates the challenge that midsize powers face in an era of great power competition.

What factors will shape Israel's decisionmaking, and how would unilateral annexation affect its relations with the Palestinians, Arab neighbors, Europe, and U.S. legislators?

The low price of oil and gas has not deterred Ankara from continuing to explore disputed waters around the divided island of Cyprus. The Turkish government’s upstream offensive—a combined effort of the state-owned Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) and the Turkish navy—in the East Mediterranean is clearly being driven by its Blue

A State Department official explains the latest sanctions against entities that do business with Assad, while two experts assess the regime’s current status and its susceptibility to foreign pressure.

A globalized world has meant that international media reactions to a policeman’s brutal killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, and the subsequent protests have been swift and comprehensive. Responses within the Arab media have shifted between attempts to explain to readers sociological fault lines and structural racism in

Polling shows that Palestinian public opinion is moving away from prior support for a compromise peace deal with Israel.

یکی از برجسته‌ترین تحلیلگران افکار عمومی عراق، همراه با دو کارشناس آمریکایی، درباره دستاوردهای گفت‌وگوهای آمریکا و عراق ‌بحث می‌کنند و به بررسی این نکته می‌پردازند که دو طرف برای پیشرفت اصلاحات واقعی چه می‌توانند بکنند؟

تهران برای آن‌که آژانس را از صدور قطعنامه عدم پایبندی ممانعت کند، تهدید کرده که مانع بازرسی‌های آژانس خواهد شد، ولی این رویکرد به‌راحتی ممکن است به ضرر خود رژیم تمام شود.

رژیم ممکن است سرانجام از کشتی‌های بزرگتری برای نمایش قدرت در خارج از خلیج استفاده کند، اما حتی افزوده‌‌های نسبتاً اخیر آن، ولو اندک و معمولی، نمایانگر تقابل‌های بیشتر و گسترش سلاح‌ در آب‌های محلی است.

Despite the international praise Jordan has received for the measures it introduced to combat the spread of coronavirus, the country’s policy makers remain deeply worried about the likely dire economic fallout from the pandemic. In this context, the Israeli announcement that it plans to proceed with unilateral annexation of large