Policy Analysis

The UN’s latest report makes clear that the dangerous situation will not improve on its own, compelling the international community to find new ways of addressing the group’s violations and the role that the Lebanese government and military play in enabling them.

Throughout his tenure as leader of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas has studiously avoided grooming a successor, instead consolidating his control over numerous Palestinian entities and sidelining officials he perceived as threatening to his rule. When he eventually exits the scene, Abbas will leave many leadership roles to be filled—including in the PLO, Fatah movement, and national security agencies.

By exploiting the public’s anti-corruption sentiment, the group's leaders are looking for an excuse to seize control of additional sectors and replace the country’s financial system with their own corrupt, cash-based economy.

Hamas authorities have taken various measures to stave off the pandemic, but Gaza’s major healthcare shortfalls, deep economic problems, and high risk of wider infection could lead to violent flare-ups with Israel.

On April 22, Iran announced the successful launch of its first Noor satellite into orbit by the IRGC after several previous failed attempts, a feat confirmed by NORAD. Despite the practical and scientific importance of this achievement, no less important is that the launch demonstrates Iran’s ability to manufacture the

On April 25, the Southern Transitional Council (STC) announced a declaration of self-rule in Aden, breaking from the Hadi government in the most recent development in Yemen’s years long civil war. However, it is already struggling to cope with the first real challenge in managing the outbreak in COVID19 cases

In early April, demonstrations erupted in the village of al-Hayatem in Egypt’s Nile Delta to protest the decision to impose a lockdown on the village after the appearance of cases of COVID-19 there. The scene was chaotic and even absurd as security forces wavered between a desire to follow orders

Three senior officials from Iraq, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia share a behind-the-scenes look at each country’s efforts to contain the pandemic.

با آن‌که نمی‌دانیم پیامدهای منطقه‌ای همه‌گیری ویروس کرونا به طور کامل چه خواهد بود، اما گرایش‌های اولیه در حال نمایان شدن است؛ از احتیاط برخی حامیان گروه‌های نیابتی گرفته تا افزایش فعالیت برخی دیگر و تنگنای مالی‌ای که دامان همگان را گرفته است.

از آنجا که تلاش‌های عربستان برای مذاکره در شمال و جنوب یمن ناموفق بوده است، توانایی این کشور در هدایت یک‌تنه‌ یمن به سمت صلح زیر سؤال رفته است.

The combo of local opposition to a high-tech urbanization project and oil market volatility has cast a shadow over Riyadh’s long-term economic plans.

روند آستانه، گرچه موفقیت راهبرد چابک نظامی و دیپلماتیک مسکو را در سوریه نشان می‌دهد، اما ناتوانی (یا بی‌میلی) کرملین را در حل این بحران پایان‌ناپذیر برجسته می‌کند.

Marked variously by idealism, hyperbole, factionalism, and ignorance, Islamist extremist and terrorist groups’ views of the coronavirus pandemic, along with their preparations to exploit it on a global scale, boil down to an attempt to create more propaganda and gain new recruits. In certain cases, leaders are prioritizing conducting of

The outbreak has temporarily shifted the two sides from squabbling over the ‘deal of the century’ to cooperating against the ‘pandemic of the century,’ though bitter political differences continue to cause tensions.

بسیاری از جنبه‌های رابطه ایران با اتحادیه اقتصادی اوراسیا به نظر کم‌ارزش می‌رسد، اما این اتحادیه، نوعی تجارت مطمئن و دیپلماسی و صف‌بندی ضدغربی ارائه می‌کند که هنوز هم می‌تواند برای تهران در میانه همه بحران‌هایی که دارد، معنادار باشد.

The world was caught unprepared by the COVID-19 outbreak, which has unleashed an unprecedented global crisis and left more than one hundred thousand people dead and many more in grave condition. The pandemic shows no signs of abating and the most recent assessments project tens of thousands of more deaths

A military expert offers historical context and present-day specifics on Iran's naval activities in the Gulf, using maps and other graphics to outline its capabilities and intentions during a perilously unstable time.

پاسخ به این پرسش که آیا دیوان بین‌المللی کیفری می‌تواند به پرونده‌هایی علیه مسئولان فلسطینی و اسرائیلی رسیدگی کند، منوط به معیارهای مبهم حقوق بین‌الملل است و استدلال‌هایی که هر طرف به همراه دولت‌های همفکر به سود خود ارائه می‌کنند.

در حالی که چندین کشور جهان سیاست درهای باز را تجربه می‌کنند، ایران به عنوان یکی از کشورهایی که گام‌های اولیه را برای بازگشایی تدریجی درهای کشور برداشته، خبرساز شده است. با این حال، سوءتدبیر مکرر رژیم در مهار بحران‌ها، این پرسش را پیش می‌کشد که آیا سیاست بازگشایی کشور نیز دچار سوءمدیریت خواهد شد یا خیر و اینکه آیا این کشور به نقطه‌ای خواهد رسید که احساس بیگانگی مردم از رژیم به حدی برسد که نقطه عطفی را برای رژیم رقم بزند؟

With the announcement this week that Binyamin (“Bibi”) Netanyahu would remain Israel’s prime minister in a new “emergency national unity” government, the latest poll shows that 62% of Israelis express support for this unusual political deal. Opposition leader Benny Gantz, who fell just short of unseating Netanyahu in an unprecedented