Iran
No Sovereign State Should Be Left to Manage the Consequences of Decisions Made by a Partner
U.S. Policy Must Expand Beyond Currency Interdiction, and Washington Should Direct Secondary Sanctions Against Intermediaries
What Began as Domestic Payroll Corruption Has Become a Parallel Financial System to Expand Iran’s Proxy Networks Abroad
Neither Tehran nor Washington Has Found Enough Leverage to Force a Retreat
Washington Should Force Saudi Arabia to Choose Between Subsidizing a Dictator or Protecting Its Wall Street Investments
Pledges to Bring Weapons Under State Control Prove Unenforceable Because of Militias’ Political and Coercive Power
Sami Al-Arian Says a Senior Turkish Official Once Described Closer Alignment With Iran and Pakistan as Ankara’s ‘Grand Strategy’
The Trump Administration Must Lean on Allies and Partners to Enforce U.S. Sanctions
Dubai’s Geostrategic Position as a Regional Business Hub Is Both Its Strength and Its Vulnerability
Enforcement Will Test Abu Dhabi’s Appetite to Absorb Domestic Costs While Pressuring Tehran
The Trial of a Hezbollah Suspect in Panama Could Shed New Light on Iranian-Backed Networks Operating Across the Western Hemisphere
Partisan Politics Cannot Substitute for a Strategy to Defeat Iran
Islamabad Has Practiced the Discipline of Staying Useful to Multiple Sides Without Committing Fully to Them
A Comparative Study of the Baha’i and Zoroastrian Communities
Tehran Pushes Back, Casting Doubt on the Effectiveness of Economic Pressure and Predicting U.S. Failure
Mass Surveillance, Informants and Fear Are the New Weapons of Preemptive Repression
An Upcoming Summit and Iran’s Pending Ratification of a Security Treaty Have Reopened Discussions About the Coastline
Six Appointments Show an Architecture Built Around Institutional Memory, Loyalty, and Coercive Power Is Taking Place
Tehran’s Cyber Strategy Partially Relies on Externalized Digital Logistics Bases
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey Aren’t Going to Go to War for Each Other; They Want to Show the U.S. and Iran They Are Ready to Lead in a Region They See as Destabilized by Jerusalem