Policy Analysis

The former head of U.S. naval operations in the Gulf joins two military and diplomatic experts for a discussion on Iran's strategic calculus, allied perspectives, and Washington's policy options.

Iran says it won’t negotiate with Washington under pressure, but it has done so in the past and might again.

How Turkey’s president went from being a regional Islamist leader in the Arab Spring to sharing Qatar’s role as the Middle East’s odd man out.

گوستاو لوبون، جامعه‌شناس و روانشناس اجتماعی فرانسوی در کتاب خود با عنوان «توده: مطالعه ذهن عامه» (۱۸۹۵) می‌نویسد: «در نگاه اول، اینطور به نظر می‌رسد که آشوب‌های بزرگی که مقدم بر تغییرات تمدن‌ها روی داده‌اند... به طور خاص از طریق دگرگونی‌های سیاسی صورت پذیرفته است.»

Autocrats, theocrats, and democrats—protagonists once again in “Arab Spring” 2.0, in Algeria and Sudan—seem to have all learned the lesson of the original 2011 release, and to be maneuvering to avoid a repetition of the results to their respective detriment. The military in both countries is avoiding provocative moves, relying

U.S. rivals are diversifying their support for the Maduro government in familiar fashion, whether to parry the United States, exploit the crisis for profit, or both.

جامعه بین المللی باید اقدامی جهت تقویت جامعه مدنی ایران و حفاظت از آن در برابر آزار و سرکوب سیستماتیک جمهوری اسلامی انجام دهد.

تصمیم تهران برای شکستن برخی تعهدات هسته‌ای خود، پیام‌آور دور جدیدی از اعلان‌های چندپهلو و ناخوشایند است.

بنا به گزارش‌ها، تهران به گروه‌های نیابتی شبه‌نظامی خود گفته است که برای بالا گرفتن تنش‌ها آماده باشند. در نتیجه، واشنگتن باید خودش را برای حفظ حضوری کامل در عراق آماده کند، حتی در شرایطی که بالقوه زیر آتش بیشتر باشد.

Despite the challenges that usually accompany these high-level talks, Gulf countries seem keener than ever to counter the threat across the Persian Gulf.

"We're not turning back halfway," wrote the head of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party Omar al-Degeir in a tweet referring to the wave of protests against Sudan’s seventh president, Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country with an iron fist for decades. In the months that followed, Degeir‘s declaration became a

خامنه‌ای با حفظ رویکرد مبارزه‌جویانه خود از یک طرف، و پرهیز از جنگ از طرفی دیگر، احتمالا امیدوار است بتواند تا دور بعدی انتخابات در ایران و در آمریکا دوام آورد.

Explore a comprehensive interactive map of Shia militias across the Middle East, charting their location, movements, ties to Iran, and involvements in conflicts in Iraq and Syria.

واشنگتن باید تنش‌ها را کاهش دهد، خطوط تماس را باز نگه دارد، و بازدارندگی را احیا کند، گرچه مدیریت تضاد میان این اهداف، چالش‌برانگیز خواهد بود.

The hate speech of groups that play on religious sentiments, poverty, and need has become a real threat not only to the region but also to European and American cities. In the age of the internet, ISIS’s gelatinous ideas are able to penetrate the minds of young people regardless of

The Kurdish-led force cannot hold the northeast on its own, and withdrawing coalition support would bolster Assad and Moscow’s interests.

The IDF's former top general discusses Russia’s role in advancing security goals in Syria, ongoing Israeli concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the humanitarian imperative of keeping a lid on Hamas and Hezbollah, and more.

An in-depth look at Putin’s economic, military, and diplomatic outreach to the continent, which has extended well past North African states following his successful power play in Syria.

When Sudanese Defense Minister Awad Ibn Auf issued a statement on April 11, 2019 revealing that Sudan’s longtime dictator Omar al-Bashir had resigned and that a military council would undertake a two-year "transitional governing period,” a number of indicators revealed a shift in domestic and regional attitudes that were likely

Even prior to the announced withdrawal from Syria, the longstanding unwillingness of the United States and the West to become seriously involved in the war has encouraged Russia to entrench itself militarily there. Russia now has a number of secure military bases throughout the country, in addition to airport access