Recent Institute Analysis

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi greets Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi in Beijing in March 2025 - source: Reuters
Leveraging the Gaps in Russia and China’s Complex Relations with Iran
Far from signaling a strong trilateral alliance, their history of often transactional cooperation reveals strategic gaps that Washington can leverage to help curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Mar 24, 2025
  • Richard Nephew

Strategic Study

An F35A fighter on a night-training mission at dusk
Maps & Graphics
Attacking Iran's Nuclear Program:
Should a negotiated deal prove elusive, policymakers will need to consider how to define a successful strike, Iran’s potential responses, and whether a strategy of prevention can be sustained.
Mar 11, 2025
  • Michael Eisenstadt

In Focus: Syria After Assad

In-Depth Report

Map of Syria, sanctions "tape," new Syrian flag, Bashar al-Assad, Ahmed al-Sharaa (Muhammad al-Jolani)
Navigating the Syria Sanctions Conundrum
Washington should act quickly to facilitate transactions for key sectors such as electricity, food, and rubble removal, lest public discontent lead to widespread protests and possibly government collapse.
Mar 5, 2025
  • Matthew Levitt

The Syria Breakdown, Episode Six: Hope for al Hol?

Does the transition in Syria from Assad regime tyranny offer hope for closing detention camps that have been home to 40,000 Syrian and Iraqi internally displaced persons as well as ISIS members and their families?

Interactive Map: ISIS Global Activity

Interactive Tool: Tracking Maritime Attacks in Middle East Waters Since 2019

Arab Public Opinion 2014 to Today

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Maps & Graphics
TWI Interactive Polling Platform
Interactive datasets, from 2014 to today
Jun 30, 2022