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Tensions between the White House and the intelligence community are nothing new, but enough damage has already been done to elevate this problem to the Trump administration's A-list.

Tehran is ramping up its sanction-busting military support to the Houthis, necessitating a coordinated international response to close off Red Sea access to antigovernment forces.

Amid uncertainties about the incoming U.S. administration's approach to the Middle East and the nuclear deal, Tehran and Beijing appear to be entering a new era in their strategic partnership, including the potential transfer of advanced weapon systems down the road.

If the United States more openly addressed the wider strategic threat posed by Iran's role in Yemen, it could convince its allies in the Saudi-led coalition to modify their controversial military tactics, reduce civilian suffering, and support a serious peace effort.

Iran's missile force could double or triple in size by the time the major limits imposed by the nuclear deal are supposed to be lifted, so any attempts to improve on the JCPOA should address Iran's missile program as well.

Where does the Middle East fit into America's global strategy, and is the rise of Russian and Chinese great-power competition in the region a permanent new reality or an anomaly that the next president can reverse? This episode of the Institute's Near East PolicyCast podcast features a conversation with Michael

Hezbollah's broad web of shady 'facilitators' provide an attractive means of quickly moving and laundering massive amounts of illicit money, but they also reveal the supposed 'resistance' group as the criminal enterprise it has become.

Along with Iran's heightened anti-American rhetoric and local naval deployments, the recent Houthi missile attacks against U.S. vessels raise fears that Tehran's clients may take the war into a new and more dangerous phase.

از سال ۱۹۸۹ که آیت‌الله علی خامنه‌ای رهبری انقلاب را عهده‌دار شد، نهاد روحانیت به تمامی دگرگون شده و هم در شبکه‌های داخلی و بین‌المللی و هم از نظر مالی و شمار کارکنان رشد بی‌سابقه‌ای را تجربه‌ کرده است. هم‌زمان با این رشد، خامنه‌ای کنترل تندروها بر مدیریت نهاد روحانیت شیعه را شدت بخشیده است. اصل راهنمای جمهوری اسلامی پس از مرگ خامنه‌ای هم عوض نخواهد شد: یک رژیم روحانی نیازمند دیوانسالاران روحانی است تا حاکمیت و صدور ایدئولوژی‌اش را تضمین کنند.