All Policy Analysis by رابرت ستلوف

President Biden has a powerful moral imperative for ending his feud with the crown prince: to ensure that the kingdom’s gradual pivot away from extremism doesn’t falter.

“This will not stand,” the president said after Iraq invaded Kuwait, but no such fortitude has been evident in response to Iran’s continued aggression.

گزارش‌های خبری مبنی بر موفقیت قریب‌الوقوع مذاکرات هسته‌ای ایران سبب خاطرجمعی است اما به احتمال زیاد توافق حاصله در بسیاری موارد نومیدکننده خواهد بود.

The head of the first Arab party to join an Israeli governing coalition answers questions about the country’s domestic and foreign policies, including its approach to Palestinian issues and diplomacy with Arab states.

The Washington Institute’s executive director reflects on this year’s wave of remembrance events in the region, including his remarks at two landmark programs in Egypt and the United Arab Emirates.

در منطقه‌ای که عامه مردم برای دستیابی به بهداشت و درمان، مسکن، شغل و آزادی بیان فریاد اعتراض سر می‌دهند، لزومی ندارد پیشرفت در دموکراسی انتخاباتی همیشه اولویت نخست باشد.

اگر ایالات متحده آمریکا به حمله پهپادی در سواحل عمان پاسخ ندهد، ممکن است به جای کمک به پیشرفت مذاکرات برجام به آن آسیب بزند.

By failing to provide essential information on sourcing, the reporting environment, the victims’ proximity to legitimate military targets, their family connections with combatants, and other matters, the article presents a skewed, sensationalist image of the Gaza conflict.

Hamas may not have realized it when firing its first salvo against Jerusalem, but the challenge of its rockets didn’t end with a ceasefire—the administration now faces complex and urgent decisions that could affect the direction of its overall foreign policy.

دستیار سابق وزیر خارجه و مسئول خاورمیانه از ۲۰۱۹ تا ۲۰۲۱، درباره دوره تصدی خود در این سمت و نحوه تحول چالش‌ها و فرصت‌های منطقه همزمان با آغاز دولت بایدن صحبت می‌کند.

Four factors have gradually legitimized honest regional discussion of the Holocaust and made traditional statements of denial and distortion less acceptable.

The immediate crisis seems to have ended for now, but the stunningly public Hashemite feud is a reminder that Jordan’s stability needs tending and is not something to be taken for granted by Washington or Amman’s regional friends.

The administration’s instinct to cancel Riyadh’s blank check is right, but engaging a flawed partner is not the same as confronting a determined adversary.

A revamped approach to the alliance should stay focused on shared goals, from ensuring a stable oil market to promoting a more tolerant version of Islam at home and abroad.

Modest invest­ments of U.S. diplomatic capital, economic aid, and security assistance can help these three countries and advance American interests.

Watch video or read a transcript of President Rivlin's post-election interview with the executive director of The Washington Institute, along with remarks by King Abdullah II of Jordan.

Like all good policy decisions, the deal emerged from the enlightened self-interest of the key parties, but the stakes are not as high as with Israel’s previous two Arab peace treaties.

If Netanyahu decides to throw prudence aside and proceed with the move, it would impose impossibly high costs and deliver few benefits.

As soon as next month, Israel’s new government could approve plans to annex a substantial portion of the West Bank. The trigger for this comes from Washington—a shift by the Trump administration to recognize Israel’s new self-declared borders. But that still doesn’t explain why. What might Israel gain by discarding