Policy Analysis

لم تعد "وكالة المخابرات المركزية" الأمريكية تنفّذ عمليات الاغتيال كثيراً، ولكنها عندما تفعل ذلك فهي تختار أهدافها بعناية. وفي الواقع أن الخبر الذي نشرته صحيفة "واشنطن بوست" ومجلة "نيوزويك" في نهاية الأسبوع الماضي عن دور "وكالة المخابرات المركزية" في اغتيال الإرهابي الكبير في «حزب الله» عماد مغنية في شباط/فبراير 2008

بعد مرور أكثر من خمسة أشهر على انتهاء الصراع الذي نشب في غزة خلال الصيف الماضي، توقفت عمليات إعادة إعمار القطاع مع فشل إطار عمل ما بعد الحرب الذي صممته الأمم المتحدة في تجاوز مرحلته الأولى. وبينما ألقى بعض المسؤولين الدوليين في تصريحاتهم الأخيرة عبء المسؤولية على عاتق الأطراف المانحة

يجب أن يشكّل الخوف من فيروس "الإيبولا" الذي ظهر مؤخراً في المناطق التي يسيطر عليها تنظيم «الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام» («داعش») دعوة لليقظة بالنسبة إلى دول الشرق الأوسط من المخاطر غير المتوقعة الناتجة عن التراخي في أمن الحدود وفي التدقيق في المهاجرين. ولكن بالنسبة إلى تنظيم «الدولة الإسلامية» نفسه،

في التاسع والعاشر من شباط/فبراير يزور الرئيس الروسي فلاديمير بوتين مصر لعقد اجتماع ثنائي بناءً على دعوة من الرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي. ووفقاً لبيان صادر عن الكرملين فإنه "سيتم في القمة المقبلة مناقشة العلاقات الثنائية على نطاق كامل، بما فيها العلاقات السياسية والتجارية والاقتصادية والانسانية؛ كما سيتبادل الزعيمان وجهات

For the time being, King Abdullah will extract revenge on ISIS in Syria and have a freer hand to crack down on ISIS supporters at home.

As in other countries, no U.S. official is better placed to evaluate Yemen's current situation and make the decision to evacuate than the ambassador, and no one else will pay the same price if the decision is wrong.

February 5, 2015 The fourth anniversary of the January 25 revolution quickly turned bloody as security forces killed at least eighteen people across Egypt, including Cairo. Violence has spread across the country, especially following the Rabaa al-Adawiyya massacre in August 2013, and President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi’s government has cracked down

Amid tensions, Ankara must decide how much U.S. leadership it can stomach and Washington must decide how much it values Turkey as a partner.

The two countries have worked to insulate their innumerable daily interactions from inevitable bumps in the diplomatic relationship, but the current regional turmoil calls for a more clear-eyed acknowledgement of their shared interests, especially regarding Iran.

In responding to the PA's move, Washington will need to strike a balance between firing shots across the ICC's bow and preserving invaluable Israeli-Palestinian security coordination in the West Bank.

Even more than the murder of American and Japanese hostages, the Islamic State's horrific immolation of a fellow Muslim will backfire on the group.

With the CIA's role in Mughniyeh's assassination revealed, it may not be long before Hezbollah once again puts Americans in its crosshairs.

Tuesday's meeting in Riyadh between King Salman and Pakistan's top military commander will revive speculation of a secret nuclear agreement to counter any Iranian nuclear threat.

On January 29, Ghaith al-Omari, Dennis Ross, and David Makovsky addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Ambassador Ross, the Institute's counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow, recently returned from a regional trip that included meetings with high-level Israeli and Palestinian officials. Omari is a senior fellow at the

The PA's current approach consists of relying on international support against Israel and waiting for Hamas to weaken in Gaza, but neither tactic is bearing fruit thus far.

This study documents the highly organized geostrategic effort by Iran to use a global network of Shiite proxy groups to salvage the Assad regime's crumbling military position in the early years of the Syrian Civil War.

Read statements from officials and experts who participated in a special conference on the multifaceted nonmilitary aspects of the anti-ISIL campaign.

Advocates of increased pressure on Moscow received good news last week with the European Union decision to extend its sanctions by six months. There had been concerns that Greece’s new left-wing government would obstruct the renewal. Yet this bit of progress obscures deeper problems: Athens successfully lobbied to remove any

The receptiveness that many Yemeni Shiite leaders have shown toward Iran's foreign policy and religious practice give Tehran a ready means to expand its reach in Yemen.