Policy Analysis

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

پس از آن‌که دیدار آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای، رهبر ایران، با شینزو آبه، نخست‌وزیر ژاپن در ۱۳ ژوئن، به نتایج دلخواه نرسید، روشن شد که ایالات متحده و ایران به بن‌بستی رسیده‌اند که راه‌حل چندانی برای آن پیدا نیست. با این‌حال، ناظران عمدتا باور داشتند که این وضعیت پایدار نخواهد بود.

The United States is now designating politicians who place personal or Iranian interests above the needs of the Iraqi people, but these efforts could go awry if locals don’t understand the justification or consequences.

If the PKK is confirmed as the perpetrator, Ankara will almost surely launch retaliation in Iraq or Syria, and Washington will have little choice but to stand aside.

Egypt and Turkey are the two largest countries in the eastern Mediterranean; along with Iran, they make up nearly half of the total population of the Middle East. The two states also possess what are considered the two strongest conventional military powers in the Middle East. Moreover, Cairo and Ankara

On July 2, the Turkish army reportedly shelled Kurdish forces in the Northern Aleppo region of Tel Rifaat, following a similar incident in mid-June where the Turkish Defense Ministry reported killing ten Kurdish soldiers in retaliation for the death of a Turkish soldier. These recent intermittent skirmishes reflect how Tel

A delegation of the American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) just returned from a trip to Lebanon, where it met with over a hundred representatives of government, business, civil society, and academia while also visiting a Syrian refugee settlement in the Bekaa Valley. During the trip, I and other members

In a time where the balance of the Middle East is in flux, regional leaders and the international community alike should be closely following the relationship between Turkey and Iran. While the relationship between Teheran and Ankara has historically been troubled, mutual interests have sprouted newfound cooperation between the two

Seeing that the president wants out of “endless Middle East wars,” Tehran seems to think that raising the pressure might get him to back off.

گفتار و کنش‌های اخیر [مقامات] ایران، به مقابله به مثلِ بیشتر اشاره دارد، اما اتخاذ چنین مسیری ممکن است به همان محاسبات نادرست راهبردی و مداخله‌ بین‌المللی منجر شود که در دهه ۱۹۸۰ هزینه‌ بسیاری را بر این کشور تحمیل کرد

After months of delay, the new cabinet must get up to speed quickly in order to put KRG-federal relations on solid legal ground, curtail Iranian influence, and unify the Peshmerga.