Policy Analysis

چه می‌شود اگر مقامات آمریکایی از این موقعیت استفاده کنند و از یک طرف ثالث مورد اعتماد خود ‌ــ‌مثل عمان یا سوئیس‌ــ‌ بخواهند آمادگی رهبران ایران را بسنجد و ببیند آماده ابتکار دیپلماتیک بی‌سروصدایی هستند؟

سال گذشته نشستی که از سوی انستیتو واشنگتن برای بحث در خصوص پیامدهای جانشینی سلیمانی برگزار شد، چنین نتیجه گرفت که سپاه پاسداران با از دست دادن سلیمانی مهمترین «توتم» خود و توانمندی منحصربه‌فردی در هماهنگی عملیاتی را از دست خواهد داد.

دیوید پولاک هموند برنستاین در انستیتو واشنگتن است و بر سیاست منطقه‌ای و موضوعات مرتبط با آن تمرکز دارد.

Soleimani had multiple deputies with years of experience, and the Iranian security establishment has a tradition of rewarding brazen initiative.

هرچند خامنه‌ای و دیگر مقامات رژیم ایران پس از ترور سلیمانی به‌سرعت وعده انتقام دادند، اما فعلا ممکن است روی تقویت احساسات وطن‌دوستانه و حمایت از نظامیگری در داخل کشور تمرکز کنند.

Following the events of September 11, 2001, US-NATO military interventions brought the United States directly into Middle Eastern affairs while costing the country more than 7,000 lives and approximately $5.5 trillion dollars. However, the regional perspective of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in particular is that its main result was

As tensions between the United States and Iran escalate, oil-rich Kuwait, sandwiched between Iran and Iraq at the mouth of the Gulf, is a key U.S. partner right in the potential line of fire. It is also the most internally politically active country of all six GCC Arab monarchies, with

Washington should smartly employ tougher love in the coming months, working with other nations and Iraqi moderates to improve the country’s chances of recovery from militia rule.

In November 2019, I wrote a piece for Fikra Forum titled “ U.S. Interests and the Unsustainable Status Quo in Iraq” where I argued the case that the United States needed to adopt a riskier short-term policy in Iraq in order to be on the right—and winning side—of history in

The Iraqi government’s vociferous condemnations of U.S. defensive strikes may just be rhetorical, but they highlight the stakes involved for a country veering ever closer to perpetual Iranian dominance.

Regional and commercial challenges require an evolving business plan.

The Gulf nation of Oman has been ruled by Sultan Qaboos since 1970, when he overthrew his own father. The seventy-nine-year-old leader has enjoyed wide popularity, but he has a history of illness. To ensure national stability and continued progress, his successor will have to enact far-reaching economic reforms, aimed especially at broadening the economy beyond its current oil dependence. At the same time, a new sultan will need to navigate challenges posed by powerful neighbors such as Iran, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia.

The Caesar Act will not put an end to the Syrian catastrophe so long as Washington keeps ceding political and military leverage to adversaries who do not care about human rights.

کنگره باید کمک‌های خود را به بیروت و بغداد به صورت مشروط ارائه کند تا آنها مجبور به پاسخگویی به شکایات شهروندان خود شوند. بسیاری از این شکایات ناشی از فرقه‌گرایی، فساد و خشونت تحت حمایت ایران است.

چالش متحدان غربی عربستان سعودی این است که چگونه احکام قاتلان خاشقجی را با نتیجه‌گیری‌های سی.آی.ای و سازمان ملل سازگار کنند که گفته‌اند ولیعهد عربستان خود جواز این جنایت را صادر کرده است.

Facing pressure from General Haftar and his foreign military backers, the Tripoli government has welcomed the helping hand extended by Ankara, whose own lack of regional options has drawn it into the middle of another conflict.

The recent terrorist murders by a Saudi cadet at the Pensacola Naval Air Station have revived urgent questions about grassroots Saudi attitudes toward the United States. As luck would have it, new data from a confidential survey conducted inside Saudi Arabia last month provides the answers. And they are not

In a bid to ensure plausible deniability, address internal rivalries, and advance its competition with the West, the Kremlin has increased its use of such contractors in the Middle East and elsewhere.

Renewing the UN cross-border mechanism is crucial to helping millions of needy Syrian civilians, preventing Russia and Assad from weaponizing aid deliveries, and safeguarding future international assistance efforts.

By uniting behind the message that financial aid and punishment will be tied to specific courses of action, the United States, France, and the UN may finally be able to push Beirut into establishing a reform-minded government.