Policy Analysis

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 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.

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.

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

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.

The Turkish leader knows that if he cannot restore economic growth at home or stay just out of Russia’s permanent orbit, his political troubles will only increase.

The two countries still need to resolve longer-term questions about international export options and energy contracts with Jordan, but the latest step toward reopening the pipeline is encouraging.

"Decision Points" is a new podcast that is both a history lesson, a biography of the key Israelis and Americans that shaped the modern bond between the two nations, and a quest to understand how these decision points continue to reverberate today.

In this in-depth briefing, a leading CT official discusses how to address diverse challenges ranging from border security and document forgery to online radicalization and far-right copycat attacks.

The U.S.-brokered talks are a good start, but breaking the impasse on the GERD reservoir’s fill rate is crucial to avoiding deep socioeconomic damage in Egypt and potential armed conflict.

اعتراضات بی‌سابقه در عراق، گویای این واقعیت است که این‌ کشور به‌تدریج به یک دولت ناکام تبدیل می‌شود. هرچند طی سال‌های اخیر کیفیت زندگی در عراق قدری بهتر شده، اما هرساله تقریبا یک میلیون نفر به جمعیت بیکاران اضافه می‌شود. نیروهای شبه‌نظامی هم علنا به تحقیر دولت ادامه می‌دهند، و دولت این کشور برای روزی که درآمد نفت جوابگوی هزینه‌های آماس‌کرده دولت و پرداخت مزایای اجتماعی نباشد، آمادگی چندانی ندارد.

ایالات متحده به سیاست واقع‌گرایانه رو آورده است، اما منافعی راهبردی در حمایت از تظاهرکنندگان عراقی دارد.

Four Lebanese experts assess the country’s fragile political and financial situation, explaining why the demonstrations will not stop with Hariri’s resignation.