US Policy
The Rhetoric from Iran’s Official Platforms Shows That the Islamic Republic’s Ideological Foundations Remain Unchanged
If U.S. Strategic Thinkers Consider This Deal to Be Far-Sighted Statesmanship, They Are Delusional
In This Emergent Bloc, Turkey, Qatar, and Pakistan Are the Core Players
The U.S.-Iran Memorandum Signed Last Month Left the Middle East’s Core Conflicts Unsettled
Erdoǧan Has Increased the Severity and Frequency of His Provocations, Seemingly to See What He Can Get Away With
Berri’s Death Could Mean the End of the Amal Movement, or at Least Its Relevance in Lebanese Politics
Algeria Criminalized Boycotting Its Own Elections, Then Spent the Entire Campaign Pleading with Citizens to Vote in Them Anyway
Iran’s Latest Proposal Is a Tactical Instrument Designed to Fracture the Coalition Forming Around Israel and Give Tehran Effective Veto Power over Gulf Energy Exports
Prosecutors Say the Defendant Was Actively Involved in Discussions About Finding Home Addresses, Conducting Surveillance, and Intimidating Targets
After the Assassination of the Supreme Leader and Other Senior Officials, the New Regime in Iran Is More Reckless, More Radical and Arrogant
The Lesson of the MOU, as Gulf Governments Currently Read It, Is That the American Security Relationship Is an Input Into Iranian Strategic Calculations Rather than a Constraint Upon Them
Azerbaijan Offers Washington the Strategic Access, Energy Security, and Regional Leverage Turkey No Longer Provides
Cairo Went to the G7 in Évian, France, to Slow the Infrastructure, While Nairobi Went to the G7 to Buy More of It
Erdoğan’s Turkey Is Using the Hegemon’s Tools to Build the Machine That Will One Day Render the Hegemon Irrelevant
America Didn’t Achieve a Single One of Its Aims in Iran
An Interview with a Contact Who Resides in the Iranian City of Qom
Israel’s Alumot Unit Turns Battlefield AI From Research Into Real-Time Combat Capability
Israel Has Sought Throughout to Detach Its Battle with the Iranian Proxy Group Hezbollah in Lebanon from the Negotiations
In His Debut Thriller, Middle East Forum Executive Director Gregg Roman Follows an Air-Defense Colonel, a Labor Organizer, and a Nurse Trapped Inside a Fragile U.S.-Iran Ceasefire—And the 60-Day Clock Counting Down on the People Peace Left Behind
His Government Emerged from the Same Forces That Have Run Iraq for Two Decades, Under the Supervision of Iran’s Qods Force