Policy Analysis

Since losing its territorial base, the group has shown troubling signs of recovery amid a deteriorating situation at al-Hawl refugee camp.

Algeria's divided Hirak movement needs greater unity in order to strengthen real, democratic institutions.

A village of women in Eastern Syria are upholding the core political beliefs of the Kurdish minority there.

Recent understandings between Cairo and Ankara have many of the group’s exiled figures worried about their future on Turkish soil.

Wishful thinking aside, Moscow will continue to push solely for its own interests in these discussions, which for the foreseeable future means empowering Assad.

New proposals by Palestinian commentators can give Abbas and other senior officials a viable framework for rescheduling premature elections and jumpstarting engagement with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan.

Saraya Awliya al-Dam (SAD) is a minor façade group with probable links to Asaib Ahl al-Haq (AAH), used by AAH to occasionally claim bombing attacks on U.S. supply convoys and rocket attacks on the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The profiles are a repository of institutional memory on the various armed groups, facade groups, and social organizations associated with Iraqi militias, to be used as concise reminders of how these entities are connected.

Regardless of the Biden Administration's stance on Iran and Hezbollah, sanctioning corrupt politicians in Lebanon is a good call.

The international community should push for free and fair elections in Iraq as a way to diminish the influence of armed militias on Iraqi politics.

The U.S. does not always have to be at the head of the table, but it has to be present and ready to jump in if progress stalls on issues such as advancing political dialogue, holding elections on time, and addressing Russia’s worrisome military encroachment.

رهبر ایران، به جای کوتاه آمدن از موضع هسته‌ای خود، مدام تاکید می‌کند که ایران می‌تواند تحریم‌ها را خنثی کند و به تنهایی بر چالش‌های اقتصادی‌اش فائق آید و ابزار دستیابی به هر دو را تکیه بر توانمندی‌های داخلی و نمایش حمایت فرضی مردم از رژیم از طریق مشارکت در انتخابات می‌داند.

Abbas may decide to postpone the vote given Fatah’s internal fissures, his rivals’ relative unity, and the damage that certain outcomes could do to Palestinian relations with the West.

Turkey is making overtures for rapprochement with Egypt. How will Sisi respond?

A more modest approach is warranted, one that emphasizes core interests, acknowledges the limitations of U.S. leverage, and avoids going too far with funding cuts and sanctions.

پاسخ آمریکا باید مشخص‌تر شود و همزمان دولت اقلیم کردستان و بغداد باید اختلافات امنیتی عاجل خود را حل و فصل کنند و آن‌ها را به مسائل ارضی یا قانون اساسی و بودجه‌ ربط ندهند.

Moscow has intensified its military deployments in sensitive areas and continued its counterproductive diplomatic track, exhibiting a long-game mindset that Washington needs to match.

Washington needs to revisit its traditional reluctance to share decisionmaking with European partners—who in turn need to reconsider their traditional discomfort over burden sharing.

U.S. concerns center on Turkey’s democratic backslide and deepening ties between Erdogan and Putin—but the Turkish president also wants to develop a rapport with Joe Biden and fortify his country’s weakened economy.

Syria may not be a priority for the Biden administration, but the Brussels pledging conference and the July vote on the UN cross-border mechanism mean that major donors can no longer keep the disastrous humanitarian situation on the back burner or expect NGOs to resolve it on their own.