Policy Analysis

Hate speech and social dialogue have given rise to increased levels of violence against women in the KRI.

Given the region’s fraught history and piecemeal legal frameworks, the parties and their allies should focus more on the political, economic, and security concerns underlying their legal disputes.

Political conflicts, sectarian disputes, and clashing interests between regional and international actors have heightened Iraq’s instability in recent years. An interview with KDP advisor Kifah Mahmoud teases out these challenges and the KRG’s response.

With the war on Ukraine in its fourth week, many features of how the conflict will play out are still unknown. However, with the first wave of Ukrainian refugees already within its borders, European Union policymakers should be looking to learn lessons now from over a decade of conflict in Syria to help address and mitigate the fallout from the war on Ukraine.

A new gas deal with Germany may help, but the Gulf states are taking a risk by intertwining urgent Western energy requests with seemingly tangential regional issues.

Washington has many good options for avoiding a Kurdish economic meltdown and turning Iraq’s internal energy dispute into a net win for all players, but it must pursue them quickly.

حمله اخیر به اربیل عراق به یک استراتژی گستاخانه، غیرقانونی، و خطرناک برای اعمال فشار از طریق حملات موشکی و پهپادی اشاره دارد -‌رویه‌ای که برای مدت طولانی مهارنشده رها شده است.

With its first Kurdish-language video, the militia has upped the stakes by hinting at regime change in Iraqi Kurdistan.

The fractured state of Iraqi politics is evident in the various forms of political discourse utilized by the country’s movements and factions.

گزارش‌های خبری مبنی بر موفقیت قریب‌الوقوع مذاکرات هسته‌ای ایران سبب خاطرجمعی است اما به احتمال زیاد توافق حاصله در بسیاری موارد نومیدکننده خواهد بود.

Ankara has taken a leading role in rehabilitating the group’s image, but many other countries have reached out as well, making eventual recognition a fait accompli.

The alliance’s CT chief reflects on what member states, their militaries, and their international partners should focus on as they adapt to constantly evolving terrorist threats at home and abroad.

Bruce Riedel's latest book has numerous insights on U.S. relations with Amman, but also many unfortunate omissions.

To offset the destabilizing measures coming from Turkey and the Assad axis, Western governments need to offer more development assistance—but in a targeted way that reassures local authorities and minimizes mismanagement.

Ukraine is no Syria, and Putin’s miscalculations are astonishing—but the West still faces grave risks of its own, including military escalation, mass refugee flows, and food shortages for Middle Eastern partners.

After months of deadlock over who will hold the position of Iraq’s president and prime minister in a laborious process towards government formation, an agreement finally seems possible, and perhaps even likely.

Boris Johnson’s expected visit reflects both the urgency of the crisis and the chill between Riyadh and the White House.

Finding a compromise timeline for elections will be delicate, but the recent thaw in relations between Ankara and Abu Dhabi removes a significant external impediment to progress.

The southern Beirut suburb encompasses multiple layers of clashing and besieged identities that pose major internal challenges to Hezbollah’s hold over Lebanon.

مرور رای کشورهای خاورمیانه و آنچه مقامات منطقه درباره فوریت رای زمان جنگ در مجمع عمومی گفتند -یا نگفتند.