Policy Analysis

Hamas's example could embolden Iraqi factions to accelerate attacks on U.S. facilities at home, as well as seek some reflected glory by claiming Syria-based attacks against Israelis.

Moscow would have the world believe that the best route to stability is legitimizing a dictator who plunged his country into war and destabilized the entire Middle East.

The most imminent threat to his rule has fizzled since the shooting began, but domestic anger toward him remains widespread.

In addition to seeking Egypt’s help with mediation, the Biden administration needs to recognize that several motivations are driving Hamas in this round, so raising the cost to the group cannot just be measured in military terms.

The group is employing sophisticated drone capabilities against U.S. airbases in Iraq, mirroring tactics and systems used in Yemen.

Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 repeats old mistakes of relying heavily on new megaprojects and ignoring regional advantages in research and education.

ستارگان پاپ، بازیگران پورن و بیت‌کوین در خدمت تبلیغ قمارخانه‌های آنلاین در ایران قرار گرفته که رشدشان اسباب شگفتی شده است و همزمان این پرسش را مطرح کرده که چقدر ممکن است سپاه پاسداران و دیگر نهادهای رژیم از این صنعت رسوا سود ببرند.

In mixed towns across the country, Arab and Jewish citizens have turned on one another, with substantial implications for the government formation process and other issues.

In addition to the Armenian genocide, the world should recognize the forced starvation of Lebanon's Maronites during the First World War.

مقاماتی که در حقیقت سیاست خارجی ایران را در کنترل خود دارند، با طرد فایل صوتی ظریف و تقاضا برای نظامی ساختن تصمیمات دولت، شمه‌ای از آن چیزی را ارائه می‌کنند که مذاکره‌کنندگان و همسایگان می‌توانند از تهران برای آیندهٔ قابل‌تصور انتظار داشته باشند.

The United States' approach to intra-Kurdish dialogue requires a profound understanding of regional history and dynamics, without which it risks further complications and difficulties in Syria.

Arab institutions and Arab youth themselves are both responsible for a lack of community engagement among young people in Arab countries.

در شرایطی که شورشیان مورد حمایت ایران در افزایش بُرد تسلیحات خود به جهش‌هایی دست یافته‌اند که تیررس آن‌ها را به مرزهای اسرائیل و کشورهای دیگر نزدیک‌ می‌کند، آمریکا باید آن‌ را چالشی در زمینه گسترش تسلیحات، و فراتر از جنگ داخلی یمن، ببیند.

To combat the effects of the regime’s destabilizing activities in eastern Syria, the United States can focus on supporting local Arab tribes.

For all the talk of shifting America’s national security posture, the reality is that conducting CT efforts and competing with Russia and China can be mutually reinforcing with a modicum of strategic planning.

The history of Iraq’s political parties helps contextualize why Iraq’s current political scene is so fragmented, and what remains missing.

Italian-Egyptian relations are once again at a low point, this time for the detention of Egyptian citizen Patrick Zaki—a student of an Italian university—and the question of what role foreign powers in general, and Italy in particular, can play in stopping human rights abuses in Egypt.

علاقه به یک رئیس‌جمهور مقتدر نظامی در بخش‌هایی غیرمنتظره رو به افزایش است، اما برآمدن چنان کسی، به احتمال زیاد، به تحکیم بیشتر قدرت خامنه‌ای می‌انجامد به جای آن‌که موجب اصلاحات چشمگیر در نظام شود.

Experts discuss how the two allies can work more closely on everything from artificial intelligence to missile defense, ideally with help from emerging Arab partners.

این سفر بازتابی از راهبرد پکن بود که قصد دارد ابتکاراتی را به هم گره بزند که به صورت منفرد ظاهرا بی‌اهمیت هستند، اما به صورت جمعی تهدیدی برای تضعیف منافع آمریکا و منطقه خواهد بود.