Policy Analysis

Former American and French ambassadors discuss the regime's calculus and preview the upcoming U.S.-Russia summit in Jerusalem. Watch video or read a summary.

اخوان‌المسلمین با توجه به خصلت ترمیم‌پذیری‌اش، از کارزار قاهره برای سرکوب این سازمان صرفا نیرو می‌گیرد و با توجه به ناکامی‌های دولت در دیگر عرصه‌ها، قاهره با این روش نمی‌تواند ثبات را به صورت پایدار در مصر تامین کند.

His deep unpopularity made it difficult for many actors at home and abroad to criticize the current government, but Washington still stands to lose rather than gain if it comments on the matter.

There are no optimal options in the current Yemen war, but U.S. policymakers should seize the opportunity to bring Gulf governments into NATO-like agreements that avoid such dilemmas in the future.

راکت‌ها هم‌چنان بر سر تاسیسات آمریکایی فرود می‌آید، و این تلاشی است آگاهانه برای این‌که عراق در منطقه تبدیل به چهارراهی بی‌طرف نشود.

Emphasizing stabilization efforts now while at least mentioning Palestinian statehood just might give the Trump peace plan a chance later.

The price of oil is often directly related to global economic prospects, so Washington’s tariff tiff with Beijing could hit regional states doubly hard.

If the president wants to blunt Tehran’s sabotage campaign without a war, he needs to work closely with countries that share a stake in the free flow of oil.

Among other steps, Washington should release more intelligence on Tehran’s efforts to target energy assets while urging Gulf and European allies to visibly step up their military posture.

یک تحلیل‌گر اسرائیلی مشاهدات خود را از گفت‌وگوهای فشرده با مقامات ارشد نظامی، دیپلماتیک، و آکادمیک چین در این مطلب به اشتراک گذاشته است.

The truth is that Ankara feels threatened by Moscow, but security concerns, mistrust of the West, and an inability to secure American missiles left Erdogan searching for an alternative.

محاکمه یک عضو عملیاتی ارشد حزب‌الله، وسعت دسترسی این سازمان تروریستی به ایالات متحده و کانادا را آشکار می‌کند.

The latest round of shipping attacks could be another notch in Tehran’s controlled military response to U.S. pressure, and bolder escalatory actions should be expected given the bleak outlook for negotiations.

The slow but steady progress in developing offshore gas fields is transforming local economies and could underpin U.S. peace plans.

Ultimately, sabotage operations in the Gulf may prove to be less impactful than Russian engagement with OPEC, a global economic slowdown, and other geopolitical factors.

The Yemeni group appears to select targets directly inspired by its principal complaints, potentially helping security officials protect against future attacks while negotiators promote overall de-escalation.

Although Hezbollah and its allies might use the upcoming talks as a mere stalling tactic, negotiators will still have opportunities to exploit the group’s domestic vulnerabilities.

Ultimately, no deal is better than a bad deal, and Moscow’s track record in Syria suggests it is both unable and unwilling to keep Iran out.

The Taif Accord, which ended Lebanon’s civil war almost three decades ago, stipulated that the country’s president be Christian, the prime minister be Sunni, and the parliament speaker be Shia. Today, two of these figures—President Michel Aoun and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri—are in their eighties, and both demonstrate sympathy for Hezbollah, the Shia militia and party that serves as a national power broker.

Although massive state resources have been mobilized against Imamoglu, the opposition candidate has taken up the mantle of the underdog who could challenge the status quo nationally, just as Erdogan himself did two decades ago.