US Policy
Among Diplomats and Analysts, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Qatar’s Double Game Is Well-Known
Changing the Name of Lake Ontario Is Ahistorical, but So Was the Change from ‘Persian Gulf’ That Predated Trump
To Break This Pattern of Elite Stagnation, the United States Must Replace Passive Diplomatic Support with Decisive Leadership
Ordinary Iranians Are No Strangers to Sanctions, a Shaky Currency, or Deprivation, but What They Face Now Is Qualitatively Different
No Sovereign State Should Be Left to Manage the Consequences of Decisions Made by a Partner
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
The emirate that bought Washington’s silence is deporting a religious minority by verbal order. America’s leverage exists to be used
The Trump Administration Must Lean on Allies and Partners to Enforce U.S. Sanctions
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
The Newspaper Neglects Context with Its Approach and Critical Omissions in the Reporting and Opinion Essays It Publishes
Diplomatic Fantasies About a ‘Political Hamas’ Ignore Doctrine, History and the Body Count
Tehran Pushes Back, Casting Doubt on the Effectiveness of Economic Pressure and Predicting U.S. Failure
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Regime Has Failed to Establish an Effective Framework to Prevent Turkish Companies from Using Bribery to Advance Their Commercial Interests Abroad
Mass Surveillance, Informants and Fear Are the New Weapons of Preemptive Repression
A Pullback in U.S. Soft Power Coincides with China’s Expanding Influence and Investment in the Region
Conflicts in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran Are Set to Continue in Altered Form
The Modern Digital Landscape Took Away the Buffer Protecting Washington from Sudden, Volatile Swings in Public Emotion