Negotiations in Stockholm have created opportunities for progress, but pressuring the parties is necessary to cement these initial gains and keep the nascent process from collapsing.
Anna Borshchevskaya, Ben Fishman, and Barbara A. Leaf
The Italian-sponsored stabilization conference produced some positive outcomes, but a genuine breakthrough requires U.S. involvement.
Watch a webcast on the prospects for liberal democracy in Iran with Reza Pahlavi, son of the late Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi.
Thirty-five years of historical precedent make clear that Tehran will lash out if it feels cornered.
Assaf Orion and Simon Henderson
Riyadh’s allies need to adjust more to the kingdom’s dynamic decisionmaking, once noted for being slow and cautious.
The country avoided the tumult of the Arab Spring, but its next election cycle will bring political, economic, and social challenges back to the fore.
Policy Alert
He seems to have calculated that keeping his coalition together is the best way to rebuild public support for the Gaza ceasefire policy, but his political margins are narrowing.
PolicyWatch 3044
Ghaith al-Omari and Assaf Orion
Israel and Hamas cannot advance their current strategic goals through intensified fighting, but the Cairo dialogue could enable important short-term gains in Gaza.
PolicyWatch 3042
Netanyahu’s government has splintered following a new round of violence, raising questions about the utility of escalation versus reinstating the ceasefire with incremental infrastructure improvements in Gaza.
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Netanyahu outmaneuvers rivals, heads off early election.
