Policy Analysis

این دیدار و گفت‌وگوهای بعدی نه‌تنها فرصتی برای تأکید مجدد بر همکاری راهبردی آمریکا و عراق است، بلکه فراتر رفتن از پارادایم‌های منسوخی است که عراق را تنها عرصه‌ای برای مقابله با تروریسم و عقب راندن ایران می‌بیند.

The ramifications of the application of the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, known as the Caesar Act, are becoming apparent in the wave of fear and anxiety that hit Syrian and Arab businessmen and traders who deal with the Syrian regime and who fear international sanctions that have begun to affect

Years of burgeoning trade and quiet U.S. diplomacy helped lay the groundwork for a move that is only partly focused on improving the bilateral relationship.

Carmel Dangor of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation published a leaked Israeli proposal for annexation in late June, which shows the difference between President Trump's vision and a subsequently developed Israeli map . This new Israeli map shows a very different concept than the Trump map. While Israel would get

Emirati leaders apparently understood that this move would preserve the two-state option and preempt Iran from exploiting the annexation issue—while also opening access to previously off-limits U.S. weaponry.

Arab countries that have official relations with Israel are more effective at advancing Palestinian interests, and now Abu Dhabi has joined their ranks.

Since Iraq’s first case of COVID-19 in late February, the Iraqi state has struggled to contend with stagnant economic growth, political unrest, and divided popular opinion as cases continue to rise through the summer. Despite early attempts to slow the spread of the virus, the rocky relationship between Iraq’s people

On July 30, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi announced that early elections in Iraq will take place on June 6, 2021. Following the announcement, various political parties unleashed a barrage of statements in Iraqi media, with some asking for even ‘earlier’ elections. This camp included the President, the Speaker, the UN

گرچه مقامات و رسانه‌های دولتی روسیه درباره فاجعه بیروت و اعتراضات متعاقب آن نظراتی تا حدی متفاوت ابراز کرده‌اند، بیشتر اظهارات آن‌ها در جلوگیری از مداخله عمیق‌تر آمریکا و صیانت از منافع مسکو در ساختار قدرت فعلی خلاصه می‌شود.

Although containing or deterring minor powers can help shape the behavior of great powers, conflicts with these smaller foes have proliferated in the twenty-first century, tying down resources and attention needed elsewhere.

The current flare-up centers on differing interpretations of international law—a situation that should be employing lawyers but is instead deploying navies.

If the United States lets France take the lead, the Lebanese people will get more political paralysis, cosmetic reforms, and Hezbollah control of state institutions.

Saudi Sunnis and Shia largely agree on issues polled—except on Qassem Soleimani

کمی بعد از استقرار مجدد نیروهای دریایی غرب در خلیج فارس و انفجارها در سایت‌های حساس ایران، تهران با به رخ کشیدن سلاح‌ها و توانمندی‌های جدید در رزمایش‌های اخیر، اشتیاقش را برای اثبات دوباره توان بازدارندگی خود نشان می‌دهد.

سه کارشناس بهداشت منطقه‌ای، علت شیوع همه‌گیری کنونی در کشورهایی را شرح می‌دهند که موفق شده بودند، در بدترین شرایط شروع همه‌گیری، از آن پیشگیری کنند.

Putin set a trap for Erdogan long ago, and because the Turkish leader woke up too late to his predicament, he now has little leverage in the unequal bilateral relationship.

Riyadh has now ticked the first two boxes on the enrichment checklist and might already be working on the others.

حزب‌الله لبنان یک سازمان عالمگیر چندوجهی است که درگیر طیف گسترده‌ای از فعالیت‌هاست، از جمله فعالیت‌های علنیِ اجتماعی و سیاسی در لبنان، فعالیت‌های نظامی در لبنان و سوریه و تمام خاورمیانه، و فعالیت‌های مخفی نظامی، تبهکارانه و تروریستی در سراسر جهان.

با توجه به معضلاتی که تلافی اقدامات خرابکارانه اخیر‌ و مرگ قاسم سلیمانی به وجود خواهد آورد، ایران احتمالاً هرگونه اقدام نظامی قابل‌توجهی علیه اهداف ایالات متحده را تا کمی پیش از انتخابات نوامبر یا بعد از آن به تعویق خواهد انداخت.

The recently announced 25-year agreement between China and Iran appears to have become almost an urban myth among Middle East watchers. The importance of the agreement has been exaggerated and even become the subject of conspiracy theories. It has been both demonized as a “shameful treaty” that enables China to