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Hezbollah: Party of Fraud

Worldwide efforts aimed at Hezbollah's criminal rather than terrorist activities would weaken the group's support network and undermine its reputation at home and abroad.

Matthew Levitt

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Iranian Doublespeak on the Anniversary of the AMIA Bombing

Iran's recent offer to assist in the 1994 AMIA bombing investigation is nothing more than a political game.

Matthew Levitt

Iran's Policy Confusion about Bahrain

Iran's inability to aid Bahraini protestors could reduce its political influence among Shiite Arabs.

Mehdi Khalaji

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Iran and Syria: Next Steps

Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs. Four months ago, I had the privilege of testifying to this committee when the hope and optimism of the potential for democratic change in the region was at its height. Now that we have seen what reactionary forces in

Robert Satloff

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Supreme Succession

Within the Islamic Republic of Iran, both the democratic movement and internal conflict raise questions about the regime's stability. Should Ayatollah Ali Khamenei die -- or become unable to carry out his position as supreme leader -- the regime's stability rests on the peaceful transition of power.

Mehdi Khalaji

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Iran has been trying to claim credit for the Arab Spring uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt as being inspired by the 1979 Islamic revolution, yet the Syrian case has created the need for Iran to formulate a new narrative to explain why a genuine popular uprising was threatening its closest Arab ally.

Mehdi Khalaji

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What Would War with Iran Look Like?

Those who fear Iranian nuclear weapons above all else tend to minimize the risks of using force, while those who fear war tend to exaggerate them.

Jeffrey White

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The Ayatollah Will Overwhelm Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has now made the mistake that all Iranian presidents have made: he has challenged the authority of the country's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and he is doomed to fail.

Mehdi Khalaji

In-Depth Reports

The Iraqi Security Forces:

Local Context and U.S. Assistance

Over the past several decades, the Iraqi Security Forces have been shaped not only by external wars, but also by local factors. As the December 2011 deadline for full U.S. military withdrawal approaches, the success of American assistance in Iraq will rely more than ever on a clear understanding of

Michael Knights

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Iran's Syria Strategy: Heavy Meddle

If the Asad regime falls in Syria, a key link in Iran's strategic chain across the region would be broken.

Michael Singh

In-Depth Reports

When the Dust Settles: The Middle East, Circa 2016

On May 13, 2011, Robin Wright, Robert Kagan, and Martin Kramer addressed The Washington Institute's 2011 Soref Symposium. Ms. Wright, a distinguished journalist who has reported from more than 140 countries, is a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson

Robin Wright
Robert Kagan
Martin Kramer

In-Depth Reports

Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy

On May 12, 2011, National Security Advisor Thomas E. Donilon delivered the Michael Stein Address on U.S. Middle East Policy at The Washington Institute's 2011 Soref Symposium. Mr. Donilon is national security advisor to President Obama, a post he has held since October 2010. During the Clinton administration, he served

Thomas Donilon

Iran's Influence in Iraq

On April 29, 2011, Ahmed Ali, Michael Knights, and Michael Eisenstadt addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Ali is a Marcia Robbins-Wilf research associate at the Institute, focusing on Iraqi political dynamics. Dr. Knights is a Lafer fellow at the Institute, specializing in the military and security

Ahmed Ali
Michael Knights
Michael Eisenstadt

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Iran's Islamic Revolution: Lessons for the Arab Spring of 2011?

Does the behavior of Iran's armed forces during and after the 1979 revolution hold relevant lessons for current unrest in the Middle East?

In-Depth Reports

Iran's Influence in Iraq:

Countering Tehran's Whole-of-Government Approach

Since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, Iran has tried to establish itself as the key external power broker in Iraq by exploiting ties with key parties, arming and training militias, and exerting economic, religious, and informational influence. Although these efforts have yielded mixed results thus far, the

Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Knights
Ahmed Ali

Washington and the UAE Discuss Iran

Sheikh Muhammad's visit is an opportunity for the White House to clarify its views on Iran, which the Gulf Arab countries do not see as being subject to the standards of universal political freedoms otherwise espoused by Washington.

Simon Henderson

Iran's Continuing Power Struggles

The power struggle between Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad continues. Signs of deep fissures in the conservative camp are emerging just as the Islamic Republic prepares for parliamentary elections next year, the first countrywide polls since the disputed June 2009 presidential election. These divisions, rather than

Mehdi Khalaji

No Good Options for Iranian Dissidents in Iraq

In an April 8 confrontation at Camp Ashraf, Iraq -- home to some 3,400 members of the Iranian dissident organization Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) -- Iraqi army forces killed at least thirty-four people, according to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. The clash highlighted an ongoing problem: what to

Patrick Clawson

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Influence Curtailed: Democracy in the Arab World Stands to Strip Iran of Its Power

If the recent political movements in the Arab world lead to more free and liberal societies, this will promise the decline of Iranian influence in the region. For the current Iranian regime, democracy is no longer threatening only at home, but also abroad.

Mehdi Khalaji

Iran's Shadow over Reform in Bahrain

On April 11, President Obama dispatched his national security advisor, Tom Donilon, on a three-day trip to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During the trip, the United States will likely discuss the crises in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Syria, as well as the situation in Bahrain, where

Simon Henderson

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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

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