Policy Analysis

The crisis now unfolding in Iraq poses a major and urgent challenge to the interests of the United States, Japan, and their allies. It threatens to further destabilize an already chaotic Middle East. It has caused oil prices to rise on concerns over not only Iraq's current production, but worries

In addition to addressing the Iraq crisis directly, Washington should take a more robust, strategic approach to Syria while preempting possible threats to Jordan and other states.

A discussion of whether and how the United States or other outside actors might intervene to check the jihadist group's advance.

By maintaining close ties with Iraqi Kurds, continuing the peace talks with Turkish Kurds, and developing security relations with Syrian Kurds, Ankara can help stave off the threats now looming on its southern borders.

Even Egypt's most well-educated military officer may have trouble selling the public on Sisi's prospects for overcoming the country's immense challenges.

The Obama administration would be on firm ground in making further aid and diplomatic support conditional on the PA either acting unambiguously to end Hamas violence or dissolving its partnership with that U.S.-designated terrorist organization.

The discovery of murdered kidnap victims in the West Bank and increased rocket fire from Gaza have brought Hamas and Israel to the brink of a new round of hostilities.

«اگر روزی دنیای اسلام هم مجهز شود به این سلاح‌هایی که امروز اسرائیل دارد، آن روز این راهبرد استکبار به بن‌بست می‌رسد. چون استعمال یک بمب اتم در داخل اسرائیل هیچ چیزی باقی نمی‌گذارد، اما در دنیای اسلام آسیب فقط می‌زند و این اتفاق دور از عقل نیست.» (۱۴ دسامبر ۲۰۰۱/ خطبه نمازجمعه روز قدس، ۲۳ آذر ۱۳۸۰)

The June 28 announcement that Prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz had been relieved of his post after just six weeks means that the kingdom is about to have its fifth deputy defense minister in fifteen months.

If history is any guide, the networks of fighters forged by the Syrian war will not remain silent in the coming years.

Will the declaration of a new caliphate unite the world’s jihadists or tear them apart?

Lafer International Fellow Michael Knights discussed Iraq's political situation and U.S. policy on PRI's "The World."

Reza Akhlaghi interviews Dr. Cagaptay about the crisis in Iraq, the state of U.S.-Turkish relations, Ankara's policy toward Syria, and more.

Soner Cagaptay is the author of the new book The Rise of Turkey: The Twenty-First Century's First Muslim Power . His other work includes the book Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey: Who is a Turk? He is the Beyer Family Fellow and director of the Turkish Research Program

Sealing borders and arming tribes and the moderate opposition are keys to uprooting jihadists in Syria and Iraq.

With a massive Israeli crackdown under way, the militant Palestinian movement is struggling to determine its true identity.

Aaron Y. Zelin examines the history and evolution of relations between ISIS and al-Qaeda, detailing factors that could help determine their respective agendas in the global Jihadi arena.

Polling suggests that Americans are open to backing overseas engagements if the president demonstrates will, casualties remain low, and the United States does not act alone.

For the second time in less than a year, U.S. President Barack Obama is considering military strikes in the Middle East. But they will not fix the region's problems -- especially the ongoing war between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Hezbollah's past operations in Iraq show that a limited number of experienced "consultants," working with Iran's Qods Force, could significantly increase the lethality of the local Shiite militias currently gearing up to counter the ISIS offensive.