The Islamic Republic as we know it cannot endure. However, its collapse or transformation does not guarantee liberation. What ...

In the aftermath of the 12-Day War, both Israeli and US officials were insistent that regime change in Iran was not one of the objectives — notwithstanding some mostly symbolic actions by Israel that ...

The SDF and the armed factions that assumed control in Damascus also have more than a decade of tensions and hostilities ...

Iran is at a critical juncture. The clerical establishment is confronting the most sustained and deadly unrest it has faced ...

Last week, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei effectively greenlit mass killings to save his regime. His message was blunt: ...

In 2016, Donald Trump was brand-new to the presidency and, by many accounts, did not expect to win. It took him time to learn the ropes of domestic and foreign policy, and for much of his first term, ...

Civil society groups can play an important role in promoting and working for democracy and in holding political elites accountable to citizens. In Malaysia and Singapore, there have long been groups ...

Mabrouka M’Barek is an elected member of the Tunisian National Constituent Assembly (2011-2014). She sat on the Constitutional Draft Committee, which wrote the preamble of the new Tunisian ...

Amer Bisat, PhD, is the Global Head of Emerging Markets at BlackRock and a member of the firm’s Global Fixed Income Executive Committee. In this capacity, he leads a team managing approximately $40 ...

America’s dramatic capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro has set the stage for the conduct of America’s national security strategy in 2026. It has also raised questions. Was it legal? Was it ...

Dr. Dania Thafer is the Executive Director of Gulf International Forum. Her area of expertise is on US-Gulf relations, security and the political economy of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states.