Policy Analysis

A key rival could affect Netanyahu’s ability to form a coalition or even retain control over his party, but his track record of winning elections and playing wild cards cannot be discounted.

The latest survey conducted by the Palestine Center for Public Opinion, June 27-July 15, 2019, indisputably confirms this highly counter-intuitive finding from other recent polls: on many issues related to Israel, the two million Palestinians in Gaza actually voice significantly more moderate opinions than do the roughly equal Palestinian population

Refugees are being blamed for the country’s economic and social troubles, resulting in online hate speech, vigilante violence, and further pressure on the government to change the status quo in north Syria.

If hostilities break out with the United States, Tehran may try to minimize risk to its most important assets in the Middle East by drawing on black ops units further abroad instead.

Coming just weeks after Abu Dhabi's drawdown from the anti-Houthi fight, the provocative attack could be a pivotal moment for Yemen’s future.

تظاهرات تازه و اعدام‌ها و نزاع‌های دیپلماتیک جدید در بحرین تهدیدی است برای تلاش‌های دولت این کشور که در میانه بحران ایران برای بهبود وجهه غرب‌گرای خود می‌کوشد.

The king has invested considerable diplomatic capital in Africa, Europe, the United States, and China, but the longstanding Western Sahara dispute remains a source of tension with neighboring Algeria.

A new poll by the Palestine Center for Public Opinion, taken June 27-July 19, indicates that the majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza oppose their leaderships’ preemptive rejection of the Trump administration’s peace plan—despite widespread popular disapproval of the current U.S. president. The survey also shows a

اقدامات اخیر ایران در منطقه، منافع اصلی بسیاری از متحدان آمریکا را به چالش می‌کشد و همراهی با این شرکا پیرامون اهداف مشترک بخت بیشتری برای موفقیت سیاست ایالات متحده فراهم می‌کند.

Clearance efforts can have an outsize impact, especially if supported by improvements in local governance.

We’re looking at the new face of cyber-ops in our hyperconnected, digitized world. It too often resembles the real thing. And it looks like Iranians are pretty good at it.

America’s oldest Arab ally has made significant economic progress since 1999, but grievances regarding social issues and political reform continue to pose a challenge.

در نگرش راهبردی اسرائیل، هیچ تهدیدی در سال‌های اخیر بزرگتر از بلندپروازی‌های ایران و توسعه توانمندی‌های نظامی آن در سوریه و لبنان در همسایگی این کشور نبوده است.

Since February 22, Algeria has been witnessing what has been described as the largest political movement since its independence in 1962. Over the past four months, this popular movement has been able to force changes that most political analysts previously thought to be unachievable in a country such as Algeria

While much of the world is focused on the Strait of Hormuz, tensions are also mounting rapidly in the East Mediterranean.

تهدید نظامی داعش در خاک سوریه تقریبا از بین رفته، با این حال و در نتیجه شکست گروه داعش، شماری از مسائل دشوار جدید کماکان حل‌نشده روی دست مسئولان باقی مانده؛ مسئله زندانیان وابسته به داعش از این جمله است.

Legal ambiguities have led to disagreements over how vessels can use the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, so Washington should highlight them in any future talks with Iran.

The future of the bilateral relationship looks bleak after years of strategic divergence on crises in Iraq and Syria.

The reign of terror that ISIS conducted in their self-proclaimed caliphate shocked the world’s conscious to the point that sworn enemies marshaled their resources to defeat the threat. Yet as Kelley E. Currie, senior State Department appointee and representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, stated at a

از دیدگاه نخبگان نظامی پاکستان که بیشترِ سیاست خارجی این کشور در دست آن‌هاست، تلاش‌ها برای ایجاد ثبات در افغانستان فرصتی استراتژیک برای رقیب اصلی‌شان هندوستان تلقی می‌شود تا بتواند پاکستان را محاصره کند.