Policy Analysis

One of the most well-established Iraqi volunteer militias to fight for Iran and the Assad regime, both in the Syrian civil war and during various anti-U.S. actions.

The post-attack shutdown of the Tamar gas field had highlighted the vulnerability of Israel’s energy infrastructure.

The recent attack in Smara signifies a troubling departure from established conflict norms, with the Polisario Front's acknowledgment of responsibility for targeting civilians raising significant concerns for a paradigm shift in the conflict and signals an escalation of the already fragile situation in the region.

The SDF’s current role in Deir ez-Zor and the local grievances surrounding it requires an understanding of the origin of its entry into the region, along with the underlying tension between U.S., Iranian, and Syrian regime interests there.

افزایش اعزام قوا و تجهیزات نیروی دریایی ایالات متحده برای تقویت بازدارندگی کافی نیست؛ واشنگتن باید به حملات گروه‌های نیابتی ایران به نیروهای آمریکایی قاطعانه پاسخ دهد و فشار اقتصادی به تهران را تشدید کند.

نیروهای نیابتی ایران دو بار با پهپاد به پایگاه‌های آمریکا در عراق حمله کردند و فعالیت‌های آنها در شبکه‌های اجتماعی در این زمینه نشان می‌دهد که نیروی قدس ایران نقش هماهنگ‌کننده را در عملیات داشته است.

ریاض دست یاری به سوی لبنان دراز نخواهد کرد مگر آن که واشنگتن در اجرای کامل پیمان طائف قدم بردارد، قاچاقچیان کاپتاگون را متوقف کند، و تسلط ایران و حزب‌الله بر لبنان را معکوس سازد.

Baghdad should allow Kurdistan based oil operators to invest in the rest of Iraq as a part of a solution to the long-standing oil issue between Erbil and Baghdad, using a proven, practical model currently being implemented.

Four experts and former officials discuss the evolving military operation against Hamas, the status of the Lebanon front, the political plight of Arab governments, and the steps Israel must consider to balance its goals with growing international pressure.

A conversation on the group’s strategic pivot, internal debates, hostage calculations, postwar prospects, and more.

Hamas began laying the groundwork for a West Bank uprising before October 7 and has steadily increased its activities there, demonstrating the risk it poses beyond Gaza.

One of the largest Iraqi-Syrian militias, developed by Iran's IRGC-QF to support regime and proxy objectives in and around Syria.

The group seems intent on using its many remaining captives to increase international pressure on Israel and compel mass prisoner exchanges, though it may hesitate to take steps that would further harm its public image.

قطر از رابطه نزدیک خود با حماس برای آزادسازی گروگان‌های غزه استفاده می‌کند، اما همین رابطه می‌تواند به روابط سیاسی و نظامی‌اش با آمریکا لطمه بزند.

There is no evidence Moscow knew about the October 7 attack, but it has provided support to Hamas and is taking advantage of the resultant blows to U.S. interests.

A data-driven look at how research into terrorism and extremism is often hindered by tech companies with ill-suited content filters.

Without clearly stated goals and a well-defined exit strategy, Israel risks its counteroffensive becoming a punitive effort that costs immense civilian deaths while failing to establish lasting stability and peace in its southern sector.

The antiaircraft system poses a manageable risk to Israeli operations along its northern border, but Washington must show Moscow and its associates that any benefits to such escalation are not worth the costs.

A regularly updated compendium of Beijing’s reactions to the Gaza war, including analysis of shifts in its traditional approach of trying to please all sides.

The country must come to terms with the fact that this war is deeply different from those it has fought in recent decades, and commit unwaveringly to transforming its security approach.