Policy Analysis

Israel’s ‘Begin Doctrine,’ a commitment to prevent rival regional powers from acquiring nuclear weapons, risks becoming unenforceable, but it’s not clear what comes next.

A reliable new Lebanese public opinion poll, conducted in November, shows that a large majority of the country’s Shiites retain positive views of both Hezbollah and its Iranian patrons—even as major anti-government protests include many Shiite participants for the first time. This surprising finding casts doubt on speculation that Hezbollah

Since the beginning of the year, Algerians have repeatedly come to the streets to challenge their political system. Some have used these ongoing protests, also known as Smile Revolution or Hirak, to celebrate their current victories while others have used the occasion to call for a complete change in the

تعدادی از قبایل قدرتمند عراق به خاطر عصبانیت از سوء رفتار شبه‌نظامیان ایرانی و ناکامی‌های روزافزون بغداد، سنت وفاداری فرقه‌ای خود را کنار می‌گذارند و برای محافظت از نیازهای اساسی خود گاه با خشونت عمل می‌کنند.

Amid Saudi stock sell-offs, Russian production limits, U.S. tariff showdowns, and a flurry of other factors, the potential impact of the cartel’s Vienna meetings is difficult to predict.

On November 23, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in Iraq for an unannounced trip that included a visit to meet with the President of the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Nechirvan Barzani. In the published White House remarks of the meeting, one sentence asserted a sense of confidence in the

با افزایش نگرانی‌های ایران در مورد نارضایتی داخلی و فعالیت‌های دریایی غرب، تهران ممکن است یک بار دیگر با اجرای حملات در خارج کشور سعی کند توجهات را از ناآرامی‌های داخل کشور منحرف کند.

Bahrain’s prime minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, has held his position since 1971, the year his country gained independence from Britain, but he is now eighty-four and evidently in uncertain health. Potential candidates to replace him include Crown Prince Salman or even a much younger nephew, Nasser bin Hamad, mirroring the generational handover in Qatar and Saudi Arabia. But the Khawalids, an influential, once-sidelined branch of the ruling family, also merit attention as Bahrain nears the end of an era.

In February, millions of Algerians went to the streets to protest against Bouteflika’s fifth bid for presidency after ruling the country for twenty years. What started as a spontaneous political movement against Bouteflika quickly transformed into popular demand for a radical political change. Even so, Algerians have been able to

The timing of the Iranian government decision to lift gasoline subsidies, which has effectively doubled the cost of fuel on Iranian motorists, raises fundamental questions about the Tehran regime’s political calculus. Despite protests raging in nearby Iraq featuring open and persistent rejection of Iranian meddling and influence, and despite a

The deployment of Kremlin-linked mercenaries will make a costly civil war even more difficult to end.

Throughout 2016 and 2017, statements from Riyadh suggested that Saudi Arabia might be on the verge of reorienting its decades-long promotion of Salafism around the world. Given the sheer scale of the kingdom’s support for Islamic institutions over the years, the ripple effects of such a shift would be profound

رهبر ایران با گزینه‌هایی دشوار روبه‌روست در این‌که چه کسی را مقصر اعتراضات قلمداد کند و این‌که انگشت اتهام‌اش به هر طرف بچرخد چه اثری می‌تواند بر سیاست تهران در قبال آمریکا داشته باشد.

An expert testifies on the concrete steps Washington can take to ensure that a credible, technocratic government forms in Beirut, and that the Lebanese Armed Forces protect civilians from Hezbollah-led reprisals.

The FBI’s top intelligence official shares his insights into how authorities and agencies are collaborating to keep the United States safe amid a shifting threat landscape.

این اعتراضات حاکی از طرد گسترده‌ نظام سیاسی از سوی مردم است، اما همین نظام برای مهار ناآرامی و مقابله با آن به‌خوبی سازمان‌یافته است.

The Iraqi Kurdistan government's top diplomat shares the Kurdish view of the growing unrest sweeping Iraq.

In summer 2006, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 1701 with the goal of ending the war between Israel and Hezbollah and preventing a recurrence. Among its terms was an expansion of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, a multinational peacekeeping body created in 1978. UN reports over the

درحالی‌که تهران شکیبایی اروپا را می‌آزماید، واشنگتن فرصت دارد یک جبهه متحد شکل دهد، برخی تحریم‌ها را به صورت مشروط سبک‌تر بگیرد و ایران را وادار به بازگشت به میز مذاکره کند.

جناح رئیس‌جمهور روحانی که با چشم‌اندازی تیره‌وتار در انتخابات آینده ایران روبه‌روست، در تلاش است تندروان را قانع کند که توافق هسته‌ای را زنده نگه دارند تا بتوانند زرادخانه نظامی خود و مداخلات‌شان در خارج از مرزها را گسترش دهند.