Will democracy summit examine US role in perpetuating authoritarianism?
The cruel irony is Washington supports most of the world’s autocratic nations with weapons and money.
The cruel irony is Washington supports most of the world’s autocratic nations with weapons and money.
The security establishment in the Jewish state is getting increasingly vocal as prospects dim for a return to the JCPOA.
Nothing good can come for Tel Aviv if it carries out an attack, or threatens and never does.
The agreement was presented by both Baku and Tehran as proof that their recent political crisis had been overcome. Has it?
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration.
Anyone hoping for a more creative policy that recognizes all bad actors in current Middle East crises will be disappointed.
The short-term crisis between the two neighbors has dissipated. But in the longer term, relations have gotten a lot more complicated.
How Damascus could become the next arena for geopolitical competition between the region’s Arab power centers and Iran.
Did Washington overplay its hand by not brokering with the more moderate government in Tehran when it had the chance?
Sens. Sanders and Markey and Rep. Khanna want to cut off all aid to Saudi Arabia. But will their efforts survive NDAA vote?
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal should focus on how to normalize their economic relationship in the long term.
It’s an inside story of how Congress failed to hold the executive branch accountable for a big misstep in US foreign policy.
Nearly 50 national and local groups say Iranians are badly in need of humanitarian goods regardless of whether the negotiations continue.
Washington must not allow anyone to suck it into self-serving strategies of confrontation in the Middle East or elsewhere.
At the very least, an incremental process of détente might lower political temperatures in the Gulf while winning support from Western leaders.
Aside from avoiding U.S. sanctions, Iran’s new president needs to mollify hardliners and separate himself from his predecessor.
Neither country can afford the setbacks that often are the result of hubris. Both have bigger geopolitical, diplomatic, and economic fish to fry.
While Manama is unlikely to reverse course on diplomatic ties with Israel, the Palestinian cause still has strong support in Bahraini society.
Meanwhile hawks in Washington are encouraging President Ilham Aliyev to stoke tensions with Tehran.
The White House reportedly wouldn’t commit to staying in the deal for the remainder of the president’s term.
The survey did not show evidence that the regime is close to collapse.