Policy Analysis

As Yemen’s devastating war drudges into its fifth year with no end in sight, Yemen’s public sector continues to deteriorate at alarming rates within the conflict zone. The already weakened state of the public sector, especially education, is expected to worsen in the near future. While the plight of Yemen’s

The U.S. withdrawal of troops from northeast Syria has placed Kurdish fighters in a near-impossible situation, while alarming Kurdish communities in other countries, but Washington can still take steps to mitigate the damage.

An in-depth conversation on Washington's misguided tendency to view Turkey through binary lenses based entirely on Erdogan’s policies, forgetting the country’s strong political diversity.

The Israeli prime minister’s failure to form a government suggests he will not prevail this time, but a decisive outcome will likely require yet another round at the polls.

Among other steps, U.S. envoys should seek to ensure continued deployment of sanctions and related tools to press Damascus, Tehran, and Moscow to back the UN political process.

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the peace treaty, both parties and the United States have strategic interests in upholding and reinforcing the relationship.

Recent U.S. decisions have seemingly ignored the degree to which the group is continuing its insurgent attacks and reorganizing its supporters inside increasingly vulnerable detention facilities.

The items being moved from Egypt through Salah al-Din Gate underline the contradictions and long-term unsustainability of the current stalemate regarding Gaza assistance.

Even though they did not share the same ideologies, Ben-Gurion, Begin, Rabin, and Sharon did share a common view of leadership and the role of the prime minister.

As new protests and further government crackdowns loom, Washington should call out abuses by Iran-backed entities and sanction the key offenders.

خیزش‌های اعتراضی اخیر در عراق و لبنان از خطوط فرقه‌ای عبور کرده و بی‌کفایتی حاکم بر هسته رهبری گروه‌های نیابتی ایران در این کشورها را نمایش می‌دهد. تهران ممکن است در اعمال نفوذ خوب باشد، اما در رهبریِ پس از آن بد عمل می‌کند.

As Washington pushes Erdogan to act responsibly in northeast Syria, the Turkish leader may face contrary pressures from Russia and Iran, who are keeping forces on the ground to back up whatever demands are made at this week’s summit and beyond.

این اولین نشست بین‌المللی است که پس از موج حملات اخیر ایرانی‌ها برگزار می‌شود و می‌تواند به واشنگتن کمک کند تا ائتلافی تشکیل دهد که قادر به پیشگیری از درگیری‌های آینده باشد.

در هفته‌های آینده سه سناریوی متفاوت می‌تواند اتفاق افتد، اما هر سه یک نکته مشترک دارند: این‌که نتانیاهو دیگر همانند یک دهه گذشته بر فضای سیاسی اسرائیل مسلط نخواهد بود.

به گفته یکی از ناظران، حالا بسیاری در منطقه می‌گویند: «اگر روی پوشش آمریکا حساب کنی، برهنه خواهی ماند.»

Many inhabitants of the al-Hol camp still profess loyalty to the jihadist group and have sought to impose a fundamentalist lifestyle on their fellow residents.

As of now, it appears that the American public is not yet aware of the full consequences of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. While most American media outlets are focusing on the military side of the problem, and as the European Union is panicking over the possibility of

Russia has steadily inserted itself into Iraq's military, energy, and educational sectors, and these relationships could turn Baghdad further away from the United States now that the Trump administration has ceded Syria to Moscow.

The following joint statement was submitted to the House Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism in advance of testimony by Dana Stroul and Michael Singh, the Washington Institute fellows who serve as co-chairs of the bipartisan Syria Study Group. Chairman Deutch, Ranking Member Wilson, and members

اردوغان با قطع همکاری آمریکا و یگان‌های مدافع خلق کُرد از طریق برانگیختن پوتین و ترامپ علیه یکدیگر به هدف اصلی‌اش دست یافت، اما ایران و روسیه اجازه نمی‌دهند که او از سوریه بدون لطمه دیدن خارج شود.