Policy Analysis

Imam Hussein Scouts Association is Kataib Hezbollah’s youth organization and an affiliate of Lebanese Hezbollah's Kashaf al-Imam Mahdi youth movement.

As the risks of holding Palestinian elections come into focus, a Palestinian Authority decision to postpone the elections will increase tensions on the ground while highlighting structural flaws within Fatah and the PA.

افزایش تنش اخیر بین دو کشور در دریا عمدتا از تلاش‌های ایران برای تامین مالی حزب‌الله نشأت می‌گیرد که تاکیدی است بر وابستگی متقابل شبه‌نظامیان لبنانی، تهران، و رژیم اسد.

If the $1.1 billion deal goes ahead, it will strengthen Abu Dhabi’s claim to be a player in the East Mediterranean.

Asaib Ahl al-Haq is a major fasail (armed group) in Iraq, which self-identifies as part of Iran's Axis of Resistance but which stubbornly maintains some independence of action from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force. It has numerous cells undertaking kinetic, media and social operations, some of which are bankrolled by the Iraqi state.

Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba proved its Axis of Resistance credentials in Syria but its role in terrorism and repression within Iraq is more enigmatic.

Fatemiyoun Electronic Squad is a cyber facade group that undertakes cyber attacks on behalf of Kataib Hezbollah, in close collaboration with other KH affiliates.

Reestablishing U.S. funding and diplomatic missions may pose problems given the Palestinian leadership’s continued rejectionism, but one key benefit could be ending the PA “pay for slay” program.

By examining the growth of such hubs during the Islamic State’s caliphate years, two experts assess how the international community can limit recruitment in these areas and address local grievances.

Although the Biden administration strongly favors a diplomatic path to ensuring Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, it needs to show that it will exercise other options if Tehran makes a viable deal impossible.

To safeguard U.S. national security, the Biden administration needs to hold the UAE to the same standards it demands of other partners in the Joint Strike Fighter program.

Unit 10,000 is Kataib Hezbollah's premier online facade group, specializing in the publication of muqawama propaganda and the development of "electronic armies" capable of hacking, information operations and open source intelligence gathering.

A new online facade group Rijal Allah has undermined the Kataib Hezbollah (KH) narrative of the April 22 rocket attack on Baghdad Airport. claiming the attack for itself and undercutting a previous KH effort to pretend the attack was a far-fetched conspiracy involving Iraq's Kurds.

For the first time in years, Erdogan needs the United States more than Washington needs him, so Biden is seizing the opportunity.

فلاح‌زاده کیست و چرا به‌ عنوان قائم‌مقامِ این ابزار حیاتی در سیاست خارجی تهران منصوب شد و انتصاب او چه تاثیری بر این سازمان خواهد داشت؟ نگاهی دقیق‌تر به حضور این سردار سپاه در سوریه، ارتباطات سیاسی و نظامی و نفوذ بالقوه او در چگونگی اجرای عملیات‌های آتی نیروی قدس در خارج از کشور.

Iraqi Kurdistan's Komal party faces a difficult dilemma as it seeks a more reformist direction.

Experts discuss the humanitarian, trade, and security measures that are necessary to stabilizing the northeast and preventing the Islamic State and Assad from extending their harmful influence there.

A bevy of Israeli security officials will soon visit Washington against a backdrop of Vienna talks, Saudi engagement with Tehran, and continued nuclear moves.

The concept of the civilizational state helps explain how Iran is challenging the liberal international system and weakening Iraqi sovereignty.

The United States needs to restore emphasis on its values in order to combat critical media narratives and a growing appreciation for China.