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Supreme Succession:

Who Will Lead Post-Khamenei Iran?

Although Ayatollah Khamenei has given no signs of imminent departure from the political scene, both the confrontational nature of his recent actions and the still-ticking Iranian nuclear clock raise important questions about what will happen upon his death. Will the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps subordinate the new Supreme Leader and

Mehdi Khalaji

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Money Troubles: The Financial Woes of al-Qaeda's Leaders

Al-Qaeda's finances are at their weakest point in years due to a successful campaign to close off major sources of funding.

Matthew Levitt

Interview on Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

There are few people in Washington who know the complex diplomatic shoals of the Middle East as well as Ambassador Dennis Ross. Over the course of three administrations -- both Republican and Democrat -- he has witnessed multiple efforts to create a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine, crafted a

Dennis Ross

America, the Middle East, and U.S. Politics circa 2012

On January 17, 2012, Stanley Greenberg and Susan Glasser addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Greenberg, the chairman and CEO of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, has served as polling advisor to an array of world leaders, including Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Tony Blair, Nelson Mandela, and Ehud Barak

Calculating Victory: How Iran Views Confronting the United States

If Washington does not demonstrate through both word and deed the risks that Tehran faces, overly optimistic Iranian hardliners may wrongly decide that the benefits of a confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz outweigh the costs.

Patrick Clawson

Michael Singh on C-SPAN

Appearing on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Institute managing director Michael Singh talked about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Topics included Tehran's warning to Washington that the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis should not return to the Persian Gulf, the strategic and economic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, and

Michael Singh

The Pentagon's New Defense Strategic Guidance: Pivoting to Asia, But Still Stuck in the Middle East

Despite Washington's desire to focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East regrettably holds much unfinished business for the United States and its military.

Michael Eisenstadt

A Testing Weekend in Bahrain

While international concern has focused on the strategic Strait of Hormuz and Iranian threats against U.S. Navy ships, tension is growing on the streets of Bahrain.

Simon Henderson

Articles & Testimony

The Real Iranian Threat in the Gulf

As Iran's posture in the Strait of Hormuz becomes increasingly bellicose, excessive risk aversion that results in a failure of deterrence and feeds the regime's sense of impunity may be just as risky as military action.

Michael Singh

Iran's Strait of Hormuz: A Challenge to U.S. Policy

Threats by Tehran to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz may be bluster, but they also represent a bigger policy challenge to the United States.

Simon Henderson

Articles & Testimony

On Iran, Pressure Works

Washington and its allies can still prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons through nonmilitary means.

Dennis Ross

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Iran's Regime of Religion

Accumulation of religious capital in the hands of the government mutually influences the nature of the state and the clerical establishment and will continue to do so in Iran's uncertain future.

Mehdi Khalaji

Articles & Testimony

Israel Is Wide Awake as Decision Time Approaches on Nuclear Iran

Far from sleepwalking into war with Iran, Israelis have their eyes wide open on the nuclear threat and expect others to do the same.

Michael Herzog

Why Syria's Regime Is Doomed

An interview by Bernard Gwertzman, CFR.org Amid mounting violence that has killed more than five thousand in Syria, it is "almost inevitable" the regime of President Bashar al-Assad will collapse, says Dennis Ross, a former senior Middle East adviser to President Obama. "When a regime is entirely dependent on coercion

Dennis Ross

In-Depth Reports

An Iranian Nuclear Breakout Is Not Inevitable

Much of the rhetoric surrounding the Iranian nuclear impasse has been marked by Tehran's staunch refusal to budge and pessimism among Western analysts that increasingly strong diplomatic and economic measures will ever have their desired effect. Yet several avenues for progress have opened up amid an environment of incrementally effective

Patrick Clawson

Lines in the Sand? Saudi Arabia's Security Meeting with Iran

In Washington, concern is mounting that Iran's potential for troublemaking will now be countered by Saudi actions, which may escalate rather than quiet regional tensions.

Simon Henderson

Actions of U.S. Allies Crucial to Strengthening Impact of Sanctions on Iran

The new financial sanctions against Iran are significant, although key U.S. allies will need to do more to potentially impact the regime's nuclear program decisionmaking.

Articles & Testimony

Give Iran Good Television

In its present form, VOA's Persian service is a waste of U.S. tax dollars.

Mehdi Khalaji

Articles & Testimony

Strategic (Mis)communication on Iran

Privately discussing U.S. concerns about military action against Iran is both responsible and necessary. Musing upon them publicly, however, is a strategic error.

Michael Singh

Articles & Testimony

Iran's Rattling Saber

If recent provocations are any indicator, Tehran might become so fearful of an overt war that it starts one itself.

Mehdi Khalaji

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Viterbi Program on Iran and U.S. Policy

Today, the Islamic Republic of Iran poses the most serious and urgent set of security challenges to the United States and its allies in the greater Middle East. Since the Khomeini revolution in 1979, Iran has sought to export its radical ideology through the use of terrorism, subversion, and support to ideological fellow-travelers throughout the Muslim world.

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Farzin Nadimi

Farzin Nadimi, a Senior Fellow with The Washington Institute, is a Washington-based analyst specializing in the security and defense affairs of Iran and the Persian Gulf region.

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Patrick Clawson

Patrick Clawson is the Morningstar Senior Fellow and Research Counselor at The Washington Institute.

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