Policy Analysis

قرار گرفتن رسانه‌های مرتبط با ایران در لیست تحریم‌های آمریکا می‌تواند فعالیت‌های آنها را محدود کند اما اگر واشنگتن بخواهد به طور موثر با دستگاه تبلیغاتی رژیم ایران مقابله کند به یک استراتژی جامع‌تر نیاز دارد.

A closer look at the attack patterns, ideological disagreements, and shifting strategies of the world’s foremost jihadi organizations over the past year.

Washington can do much to help the kingdom close its serious air defense gaps, whereas acquiring Russian S-400s would be militarily insufficient and strategically disastrous.

Losing Marib would discredit and debilitate the multilateral peace effort, so the United States should facilitate more energetic Saudi and Emirati support to the city’s defense.

Despite accusations by leftist politicians, Ennahda’s commitment to national security has not wavered since it turned on the jihadi movement, but the party still needs to define what it means by “Muslim Democracy.”

To expand its strategic influence on the Mediterranean, Moscow is exploiting Beirut and Hezbollah’s crisis at a time when the West seems uncertain about how much to intervene.

Simply waiting for Russia to decline has not prevented the Kremlin's aggressive and destabilizing behavior in various regions, and may even have encouraged it.

The muqawama are trying to put squabbles over the utility of convoy bombings behind them and are making a concerted attempt to demonstrate inter- and intra-group unity.

The dalliance between the Assad family and Iran’s Shia clerics began in the 1970s. But whereas the Syrian leader held leverage in those days predating Iran’s Islamic Revolution, the tables have now been turned.

عملیاتی که در مرز عراق و سوریه انجام شد، می‌تواند مهم‌تر از آن باشد که منتقدان اذعان می‌کنند، اما مشروط به آن که دولت بایدن بی وقفه نشان دهد که سطح تحمل اش برای رسیدن به یک توافق هسته‌ای جدید حدی دارد.

The deterioration seen in recent years has diplomatic, political, economic, and even personal roots, and their collective effect has been to hold back everyone’s interests, including Washington’s.

Societal transformation in Iraq requires motivated, capable young people who can redefine the status quo in their country.

The administration needs to demonstrate that its pursuit of nuclear negotiations will not inhibit the lengths it will go to counter Tehran’s regional provocations.

New polls show that Iraqis want institutional change, but they are losing faith in elections as a real means towards reform.

A Syrian scholar and expatriate lays out the legacy of terror under the Assads and urges the Biden administration to prioritize the country’s sundry crises.

Saudi Arabia used what Congress might consider “offensive weapons” to successfully defend major oil terminals, but a much more devastating attack is inevitable if Houthi missile and drone attacks persist.

با حمله رو به افزایش شبه‌نظامیان به کنشگران، مسئولان غربی باید از مهاجمان نام ببرند، آنان را پاسخگو کنند، و قبل از آن که جنبش‌های داخلی و مردمی برای همیشه از بین بروند، از آنها حمایت کنند.

The pandemic has not ended terrorism in Jordan, and ISIS is still a significant threat.

American withdrawal would doom efforts against the Islamic State, undermine confidence in Baghdad, exacerbate Iraq's economic crisis, and deliver the country completely to Tehran.

تهران با اجرای آهسته و پیوسته قانون ضد برجام مصوب مجلس و کنایه‌های علنی درباره «گربه‌ای که گوشه‌ای گیر افتاده» و «پنجره های فرصتی که در حال بسته شدن است»، سعی‌کرده احساس اضطرار به واشنگتن القا کند اما این رویکرد می‌تواند مثل شمشیر دولبه عمل کند.