Policy Analysis

On Tuesday, the Trump administration released the political portion of the long-awaited Middle East Peace Plan, six months after its attempts to publicly involve Arab states through the peace plan workshop in Manama, Bahrain, which introduced a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal. The eighty-page document named Jerusalem as

As Cairo prepares to host an urgent Arab League meeting this weekend, called to address the new U.S. Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, results from a rare new Egyptian public opinion poll show two-thirds support “incentives for both sides [Israelis and Palestinians] to take more moderate positions.” And a narrower majority, among

Will the various regional militias once controlled by Qasem Soleimani continue to take sometimes-unwanted direction from Tehran after his death? Read or watch a spirited conversation with three experts.

Three leading experts assess the current balance of power and its potential effects on counterterrorism, refugee resettlement, governance, economics, and other crucial issues.

Bahrain, Oman, and the UAE have evidently decided that good relations with the White House are more important than echoing Palestinian anger or appeasing Iran.

الحاق یکپارچه شهرک‌های یهودی‌نشین به اسرائیل، توانایی اسرائیل را برای جداسازی خود از فلسطینی‌ها، ناگزیر، تضعیف خواهد کرد و تشکیل یک دولت واحد را در نتیجه محتمل‌تر می‌کند.

Despite the applause in some quarters, the plan may wind up fostering tense conditions that are ripe for Palestinian violence.

On January 24, 2020, Moqtada al-Sadr seized the reins of Iraqi politics. By taking charge of the Friday marches, he overshadowed the Iran-backed militias and showed up their comparative lack of numbers. Al-Sadr directed the protests away from the U.S. embassy, subsequently stating that embassies should be protected and all

Iraqis have expressed broad political, religious, and public support for checking the militias more quickly, so the U.S. government should take several steps toward that end.

Fewer attacks and more prosecutions suggest the country’s integrated approach could eventually become a model for the region.

تشکیلات خودگردان فلسطینی به احتمال زیاد برای منزوی ساختن واشنگتن و پیشگیری از حمایت اعراب از طرح آمریکا واکنش خود را به فشارهای دیپلماتیک محدود می‌کند، اما هرگونه اقدام اسرائیل برای الحاق زمین به خاک خود می‌تواند موجب برانگیخته شدن اقدام شدیدتری شود.

Designating corrupt businessmen and officials under the Global Magnitsky Act would offer a tangible response to the persistent anti-sectarian demands of Lebanese protesters.

This modest proposal—to broaden the scope of Holocaust remembrance by including the names of Muslims killed at Auschwitz—appeared this weekend in English and Arabic in Saudi, Egyptian, and Israeli media outlets.

مقامات آمریکایی، خواه یک طرح صلح جامع منتشر کنند، یا فقط یک سند انگیزه‌بخش ارائه دهند، هنوز نیاز دارند اهداف‌شان را روشن کنند، آن‌هم در شرایطی که انتخابات نزدیک است و مشارکت فلسطینی‌ها بسیار بعید به ‌نظر می‌رسد.

As in other conflict zones, Moscow cares little about reaching a peace deal so long as it can outmaneuver the West strategically while securing port and energy access—with private contractors playing an increasingly important role.

The Palestinian Hamas movement briefly captured renewed attention when Ismail Haniyeh, a leader from Gaza, received the Ayatollah’s honors at the funeral of Qasem Soleimani in Tehran. Yet for the past few years, it has been Yahya Sinwar—head of the Hamas Political Bureau in Gaza—who has consolidated his stature as

سلیمانی با جایگاه داخلیِ بی‌رقیب خود می‌توانست در دوران گذار از رهبری خامنه‌ای به جانشین او نقشی حیاتی به عنوان میانجی بازی کند، و اکنون مرگ او این فرایند را به شدت نامطمئن ساخته است.

رژیم با ارتقای مقام یک جنگجوی رزم‌دیده‌ٔ جبهه‌‌‌‌‌ٔ‌ لبنان، ‍پرسش‌هایی در باره‌ٔ گام‌های بعدیِ سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی پس از مرگ سلیمانی برانگیخته‌ است.

One of the remarkable things about the spontaneous mass protests in Iraq that initially erupted in October 2019 was the fact that these protesters articulated their demands without any input from or involvement of Iraq’s political parties. Instead, civil activists used social media to express opinions and expectations without directives

With Israel preparing for an unprecedented third national election in March, domestic politics have been trapped in a kind of political stasis for almost a year since the original elections in April 2019. But demands for reform have not stopped, including the contentious question of crime and punishment in Israel