Policy Analysis

The vote and the events leading up to it reflect a system in near-paralysis rather than an example for neighbors to emulate.

Although the country currently lacks the unity and rule of law needed to safely pursue a process as fraught as amending the constitution, there are several alternatives that could get it on the path to systemic reform.

The transfer further boosts his son’s authority and could even be a prelude to an unprecedented abdication.

Palestinians felt that Biden’s visit did little to aid the Palestinian cause, despite attempts by the Palestinian Authority to portray the trip as a success.

اگر مقامات برای محافظت از شناورها و تدوین دستورالعمل‌های موثر برای عملیات امن آن‌ها قاطعانه اقدام نکنند، ممکن است مشکلات بیشتری در راه باشد.

The partial mobilization suggests that he is more afraid of regime hardliners than the Russian public.

Hezbollah leaders are not ready to act on their many threats of major escalation, so Washington and its allies should prevent the group from reaping the nascent agreement’s reputational and financial benefits.

Watch an expert forum on the new realities of the Middle East and Israel's strategic position amid deepening ties with Arab countries, Iran's regional ambitions, Palestinian political crisis, and renewed great-power competition.

The Abraham Accords have substantially increased the region’s options for countering Iranian threats, but the past performance of Arab coalitions should make policymakers cautious about expecting too much from new alliances.

The first in a series of Washington Institute articles about the upcoming vote discusses how the rival coalitions are shaping up, why extremists are gaining ground on the right, and which policy issues are most likely to steer the national debate.

مداخله هدفمند می‌تواند به منافع آمریکا و تلاش جهانی برای یافتن جایگزینی برای نفت و گاز روسیه و ایران کمک کند.

While the Middle East remains littered with flashpoints, Saudi Arabia is reaching out to Israel and Iran in an attempt to defuse simmering tensions and build consensus, with the Kingdom shifting from a confrontational to fence-mending approach.

Seven experts examine how the fraught decision to start production might affect Beirut’s negotiating stance, Hezbollah’s military calculus, U.S.-Israel relations, and other factors.

In light of increased regional tensions, the idea of a Middle East NATO is becoming more and more realistic, this time with the possibility of Israeli-Arab cooperation.

Efforts to counter Iran in Syria are solely focused on Iran’s military presence in the country, and have ignored the soft-power, cultural spheres of influence being developed by Iran as a long-term strategy.

Although the threat of a more serious armed conflict is not acute, the region's worsening diplomatic strife could have far-reaching economic consequences.

Al-Warithuun is a "resistance" brand with a recurring connection to kinetic operations that are directed by Iran's Qods Force but intended to be deniable.

Violent protests broke out after al-Sadr announced his withdrawal from Iraqi politics, but this is unlikely to be the end of al-Sadr's political maneuvering.

حمله به سوریه با استفاده از پهپادهای انفجاری «کی.ای.اس-۰۴» ساخت ایران، و از پایگاهی در عراق صورت گرفت.

در جدیدترین مورد از زورآزمایی‌ جناح‌ها در عراق، واحدهای مورد حمایت ایران در حشد شعبی بودند که تیراندازی را شروع کردند؛ آنها نباید مسئول امنیت مقر دولت باشند.