Europe
Rehabilitating Assad: The struggle for influence in Syria's endgame
How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region's Arab power centers and Iran.
November 21, 2021
hezbollah
Middle East
Lebanon’s energy crisis fuels US-Iran tensions
In the midst of an economic collapse and an energy crisis, Lebanon has found itself in a tug of war between the United States and Iran.
August 30, 2021
Global Crises
It’s time to rethink US terrorism designations
The State Department’s terrorist lists have become politicized and counterproductive.
March 04, 2021
Middle East
Europe should back away from US strategy in the Levant
The United States is plunging further into its self-defeating foreign policy with new "maximum pressure" sanctions on Syria and anyone doing business with it.
June 15, 2020
Washington Politics
Why the US should allow Lebanon's IMF loan application
The Trump administration recently blocked Iran form getting an IMF loan amid the COVID-19 crisis and it’s likely to do it again because of Hezbollah’s role in Lebanon’s government
June 11, 2020
Europe
Will the EU follow Germany in banning Hezbollah?
The argument advanced by Pompeo, Grenell, AJC and others that banning Hezbollah is not an obstacle to engaging with the Lebanese government is disingenuous at best.
May 23, 2020
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