Even more significant is the apparent collapse of ISIS in the wake of the SDF’s military defeat and subsequent integration, ...

A conversation about the upcoming Israeli elections: how they’re likely to unfold and what the potential outcomes mean for Israel’s domestic tensions, foreign policy, and the war that began on October ...

Former diplomat says US-Iran deal will not lead to a new Middle East Former diplomat says US-Iran deal will not lead to a new Middle East Alan Eyre is a Distinguished Diplomatic Fellow at the Middle ...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has mostly been viewed through the lens of global oil and gas supply disruptions, but the ...

There is a new and little noticed geostrategic alliance on the rise. India, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have had surface-level, transactional relations for a long time. However, last ...

After 11 years of war in Syria, the COVID-19 pandemic, and an economic crisis, education for Syrian children and youth has been severely disrupted, leaving more than 2.4 million out of school. Failure ...

On March 10, 2025, Ahmed al-Sharaa, the president of Syria, and Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), signed a historic agreement, ending a long-running divide ...

Six months into his second term, President Donald Trump remains in search of a major, concrete foreign policy win. Trump 2.0’s foreign policy is still struggling to produce a major positive outcome ...

This article is the second in an ongoing series exploring the question of succession in the Islamic Republic and the eventual move to a post-Khamenei era. Among analysts of Iranian affairs, there is ...

The Middle East and North Africa are well known for their severe water scarcity. The region’s lack of water resources is the result of many factors, including the harsh climate, intense heat, high ...

The artificial intelligence (AI) era demands a fundamental rethinking of strategic infrastructure and international partnerships. Just as oil shaped the geopolitical landscape of the 20th century, ...

This is the third in a series of articles examining and rebutting the shu al-badīl? (“What’s the alternative?”) argument in the run-up to this year’s presidential elections, when Bashar al-Assad, ...