The crisis casts doubt on whether Western officials can continue excusing the crown prince’s domestic authoritarianism.
He’s 83, with no successor and no state, but he still seems to believe that defiance is a worthwhile end in of itself.
The United States needs to keep Europe on board, go beyond sanctions, and ensure lasting bipartisan support for its new policy.
In this new study, David M. Witty examines prospects for the Counter Terrorism Service in Iraq's post–Islamic State landscape.
Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
Israeli-Palestinian peace is elusive because all of the parties, including the United States, have made a series of damaging but preventable errors.
Anna Borshchevskaya, Robert E. Hamilton, and Steven Zaloga
Watch an expert debate on what Russia's growing military footprint in Syria means for ongoing American operations in the Levant, U.S.-Russian relations, and Washington's allies in the region.
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The regime’s most vulnerable point is its precarious banking system, whose persistent mismanagement, capital shortfalls, and lack of transparency have already sparked public protests.
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Pending policy decisions on reimposing sanctions will give Washington opportunities to calibrate its arsenal of measures against illicit Iranian financial activity.
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Numerous individual aircraft and front companies were added to the Treasury sanctions list, but naming even more of them could boost U.S. efforts to pressure Iran and close the IRGC’s Syrian air bridge.
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Barbara A. Leaf and Ali Shihabi
Can Washington turn its Arab partners' favorable rhetoric on the administration's new Iran policy into concrete actions to curb Tehran's regional adventurism? Join us for an expert conversation and live webcast on Tuesday, June 5.
