Policy Analysis

رژیم هنوز ابزارهای دیگری برای سرکوب‌های به مراتب مرگبارتر در اختیار دارد، و بخش‌هایی از کشور هم بالقوه زمینه درگیری مسلحانه را در مقابل دارند، اما پیامدهای چنین تقابلی در صحنه عمل نامعلوم است.

Despite claiming to defend free speech, the Iraqi government is increasingly targeting critics and protestors with arrests and lengthy jail sentences.

Saudis voiced their thoughts on global partners, internal dynamics, and regional issues, including opinions on the Iranian protests and nuclear dilemma.

At a time when Algerian military cooperation with Russia is growing and African counterterrorism challenges are proliferating, Washington cannot afford to take the relationship for granted.

The circumstances surrounding Troell's death in November clearly indicate that the murder is tied to political infighting and the ongoing issue of armed militias in Iraq.

خامنه‌ای در تلاش برای جمع کردن مردم ایران زیر پرچم حمایت از حاکمیت، جدیدترین سخنرانی خود را بر «توطئه‌های غرب» متمرکز کرد، امری که نشان می‌دهد او هیچ برنامه قریب‌الوقوعی برای سازش با معترضان ندارد.

Massive U.S. investment has failed to improve outcomes since the Arab Spring uprisings. A more targeted, sensitive approach could yield better results and promote regional stability.

Various historical and recent factors suggest that the nuclear dimension of Gulf politics is again in flux amid a deepening world energy crisis.

In the absence of strong international support, Tunisians have been left to face the worsening political and economic crises on their own

Regional governments will continue to balance between Beijing and Washington, so policymakers should focus on tipping the scale in America’s favor, countering the narrative of U.S. withdrawal, and avoiding unnecessary escalation with China.

به‌رغم سرکوب رژیم، معترضان ایرانی تاب‌آوری و اتحاد بی‌سابقه‌ای در مطالبات خود نشان می‌دهند، برای همین گام‌های بعدی جامعه بین‌المللی به مراتب حساس‌تر است.

Turkey's refusal to approve Sweden's NATO membership is yet another foreign policy tool being used by Erdoğan ahead of 2023 elections.

Decentralizing power would have been the best way of avoiding a return to Saddam-era authoritarianism and corruption, but Baghdad has favored centralization instead—while simultaneously fissuring the state through sectarian patronage and competition.

Because many states are eschewing both alignment with a single great power and nonalignment, the best U.S. response to this “omni-alignment” is creating more tailored opportunities for high-value cooperation with Washington.

Russia's use of Iranian drones in Ukraine foreshadows potentially dangerous developments for U.S. forces and their allies in the Middle East.

ایران کماکان مقدار زیادی نفت صادر می‌کند که هم یک منبع کلیدی درآمد رژیم است ‌‌و هم هدفی بالقوه برای افزایش فشار اقتصادی بر رژیم.

نگاهی دقیق‌تر به: پیشینه سیاسی نخست‌وزیر جدید عراق، وابستگی‌های گذشته او و انتخاب‌های کلیدی او برای وزرای کابینه در وضعیتی که سعی دارد تعادلی در روابط خود با گروه‌های هوادار ایران و مقامات محتاط آمریکایی ایجاد کند.

The West hasn’t shown signs of abandoning Ukraine in the near term, but it also hasn’t set a clear goal of permanently changing Moscow’s strategic calculus, which remains fixed on winning the long game.

Sandwiched between meetings with a Taliban leader and Israel’s president, the Doha trip reflects the scope and versatility of Emirati diplomacy.

Although Palestinian and Kurdish politics have similarly deteriorated into ineffective blame games, fresh U.S. policies focused on institution-building could restore the promise of progress in both cases.