Policy Analysis

Iran has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with more than 11,364 confirmed cases. While Iran struggles to contain the virus, its healthcare system has become severely stressed and public health officials have done little to ease public anxiety. And as the coronavirus epidemic continues to worsen, vulnerable populations

Allawi’s cabinet failure may indicate growing Iraqi agency at Iran’s expense, but the path toward political stability remains tortuous and foggy.

حتی در زمانی که عدم شفافیت رژیم ایران بحران بهداشت عمومی را وخیم‌تر می‌سازد، رهبر این کشور و دیگر مقامات رژیم به‌شکلی نظام‌مند تمام عناصر جامعه مدنی را که قادر به سازماندهی مخالفت اساسی علیه چنین سیاست‌هایی باشند، مرعوب می‌کنند.

Revelations from a recent terrorism trial suggest that the group will be patient in avenging his death, but could eventually use the preoperational surveillance it regularly collects to carry out an attack.

Given the near-certainty that conflict will erupt again in northwest Syria, the United States should start planning for how it might leverage that next outbreak to push the parties toward a political process.

In early 1947, a Bedouin shepherd named Muhammad Ta’amirah threw a rock into an opening on the side of a cliff near Qumran on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea and heard a clay pot shatter. The next day, the shepherd returned with some of his friends and climbed

The duration and effects of the showdown may come down to price fluctuations and budgetary requirements in Moscow and Riyadh, but the U.S. shale industry will likely suffer either way.

Although Benny Gantz’s party lost the head-to-head battle, Avigdor Liberman’s favorable influence on the coalition math has left the general in a stronger position—and taken some diplomatic weight off the Trump administration’s shoulders.

Reports of royal arrests, a possible coup plot, and a brewing oil price war suggest that the kingdom is facing another period of considerable political tension.

بلندپروازی‌های دستگاه روحانیت برای انقلاب جهانی شیعه، شهر قم را در برابر این بیماری فوق‌العاده آسیب‌پذیر کرده، و مقاومت آن‌ها در برابر علم پزشکی مدرن، توانایی حکومت برای مبارزه با شیوع آن را کاهش داده است.

Palestinians watching Israel’s election this week are likely to find their low expectations fulfilled. The vote produced yet another inconclusive result, with the incumbent prime minister’s Likud Party narrowly in the lead but unable to muster a majority governing coalition with its existing right-wing and religious allies. The centrist Blue

To keep recent rebel victories from cascading into a wider military collapse, Washington must urge the Gulf coalition to firm up the government’s forces and move more quickly on peace talks.

A deep dive into the evolution of Erdogan’s regional approach and how it informs the current crises in Syria and other hotspots.

ایران، خواه با اعمال زور و خواه از راه سیاست، به‌شدت نیازمند تحکیم دوبارۀ قوا در حوزۀ نفوذ شیعی خود در سراسر منطقه است؛ چالشی که چه‌بسا، با توجه به احساسات عمومی فعلی در عراق و لبنان، بزرگ‌تر از آن است که چاره شود.

The first signs of the coronavirus epidemic came just two weeks before Israel’s third election, when fourteen Israelis were quarantined for two weeks on the Diamond Princess cruise ship off the coast of Japan. For Israel’s politicians, the virus gave them the excuse to bombard the electorate with news of

Turkey, Russia, and Washington have compelling reasons to welcome a new ceasefire agreement, however imperfect, but they still need to address the longer-term dangers posed by the Assad regime’s murderously maximalist strategy.

پس از آن‌که آژانس بین‌المللی انرژی اتمی، ایران را به عدم همکاری متهم کرد، مقامات آمریکایی دلایل فراوانی برای تشدید فشار دیپلماتیک بر ایران دارند، اما این کار باید با تمرکز بر پرسش‌های مناسب صورت گیرد.

Despite the collapse of the Syrian economy due to the ongoing war that has raged for years, Syria’s war economy benefits those known as “war profiteers,” who exploit the war, siege, and mass poverty to amass vast resources. These profiteers operate via border crossings that connect regions in conflict, which

Three leading Iran scholars explore how the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the broader regime will adapt their policies following the death of the seminal Qods Force commander.

اگر واشنگتن و متحدانش به مطالبات مشروع معترضان لبنانی برای اصلاحات پاسخ ندهند، حزب‌الله از طریق گسترش عملیات قاچاق، ارتقای ظرفیت نهادهای مالی خود، و قربانی‌ کردن گزینشیِ سیاستمداران فاسد، به بقای خود ادامه خواهد داد.