Radical Islam
Any Legitimate Post-Islamic Republic Order Must Emerge Through Popular Sovereignty Rather than Elite Imposition
Trump’s Show of Resolve in Venezuela Should Make Khamenei Reticent to Push His Luck Too Far with Violence Against Iran’s Protesters
In 2017, the U.S. Froze Maduro’s Assets in U.S. Jurisdictions and Barred Americans from Transacting with Him—a Rare Rebuke
For the First Time, Iranians Are Not Protesting to Demand Reforms but Are Openly Calling for the End of the Islamic Republic Itself
If Arab and Afghan Proxies Act with the Brutality They Showed in 2019, Iranian Security Forces Will Further Turn on the Regime
The West Should Give an Ultimatum to the IRGC and Cabinet Members: Leave Iran and Turn Yourself Into Foreign Embassies Abroad
The Islamic Republic’s Cruelty and Commitment to Staying in Power Against Defenseless Iranians Make Foreign Assistance Necessary
Widespread, Economically-Driven Unrest Has Engulfed at Least a Dozen Major Cities, but So Far Lacks Organization to Overthrow the Regime
The Government Cut Projected Oil Export Revenues by 63 Percent and Will Transfer Most Exports Directly to the Revolutionary Guard
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Is Likely to Resist the Creation of a New Ministry That Could Encroach on Its Influence
Videos Show Significant Participation by Middle-Aged and Working-Class Iranians, Many of Whom Confront Security Forces Directly
The Diaspora Should Provide Iranians with Instructions and Use Its Resources to Coordinate Public Demonstrations
Although Resilient, the Islamic Republic Was Always More of an Anomaly than the Natural Apex of Iranian Political Evolution
Iranian Dissidents Have Voiced Optimism That Sustained External Pressure and Growing Public Discontent Might Bring Political Change
Trump Criticized the Widespread Somali Fraud Scheme Affecting Minnesota’s Social Services, but Somali Culture Is Not Somaliland’s
Economic and Military Pressure Is Increasingly Pushing the Country Toward Serious Internal Upheaval, Which Is Necessary for Change
A Former Tehran Stock Exchange Official Recently Warned of a Potential Surge in Iran’s Inflation to as High as 3,000 Percent
Online Radicalization, Lone Actors, and the Islamic State’s Post-Caliphate Strategy
Rather than the Baathist Model Rooted in Arab Nationalism, the Emerging Order Combines Arab Nationalism and Sunni Muslim Supremacy
Bangladesh Is Now a Sanctuary for Armed Islamists Who Push Aside Democratic Forces and Reorient Foreign Policy