Policy Analysis

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

سابقه‌ٔ سردار حجازی نشان‌دهندهٔ ارتباطات او با سازمان مجاهدین خلق در سال‌های پیش از انقلاب است که در بسیاری موارد مسکوت گذاشته شده است. به‌علاوه، او در تبدیل بسیج به ماشین سرکوب داخلی و فعالیت خودسرانه و سازمان‌یافته آن مسئولیت داشته است.

بررسی قطعاتی که در تمام تسلیحات ایرانی مشترک است، چه در سلاح‌هایی که به طور غیرقانونی (به گروه‌های نیابتی) منتقل می‌شود چه در صنایع سازنده آنها، می‌تواند به بازرسان کمک کند که به ارتباط بین رژیم ایران و حملات منطقه‌ای پی ببرند.

بریتانیا، فرانسه و آلمان با به جریان انداختن سازوکار حل اختلاف توافق هسته‌ای، فضایی دیپلماتیک باز می‌کنند که می‌تواند به ایالات متحده و ایران برای بازگشت به میز مذاکره یاری رساند.

با توجه به موارد نقض برجام در گذشته از سوی ایران و تعداد زیاد سانتریفیوژهای عملیاتی آن، ارقام نگران کننده روحانی را می‌توان دقیق دانست.

If the latest conference is to succeed, the principal actors stoking the civil war must endorse a genuine ceasefire and a return to Libyan internal dialogue.

خشم عمومی به خاطر سوءمدیریت رژیم در فاجعهٔ هواپیمای مسافربری اوکراینی در حال انفجار است، و به نظر می‌رسد رهبر ایران درک کرده که احتمالا روش‌های معمول او برای فرونشاندن ناآرامی‌ها و بهره‌برداری از چرخهٔ انتخابات کافی نخواهد بود.

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Regional players will likely be testing Muscat in the next few months, so Washington needs to help ensure continuity between reigns.

هم ترامپ و هم خامنه‌ای پس از بحران اخیر نیازمند راه خروج هستند و پوتین می‌تواند نقش میانجی بازی کند.

The head of the Counter-Narcoterrorism Operations Center discusses how the group uses drug trafficking and other schemes to fund its activities, and what the DEA is doing to stop it.

After the fall of Sirte, Erdogan and Putin’s desired ceasefire can only be achieved with Washington’s support.

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The IRGC didn’t spend decades and billions building up Iran’s regional satellites for them to simply stand aside if the homeland is attacked, which Trump has vowed to do if the situation escalates further.

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