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The Case for Investing in Iranian Civil Society Alongside Military Replenishment
Another Massive Post-Liberal Adjustment in Which the U.S. Is Sidelining Systems That No Longer Function as They Should
The Longer This Interim Phase Continues, the More It Will Shape the Iran That Emerges After Both the War and Khamenei
We May See the Wholesale Destruction of the Forces and the Authority That Paid the Highest Price to Defeat ISIS
The Advance of the Syrian Govt. Forces Has Been Accompanied by Atrocities, Including the Execution of Prisoners and the Abuse and Tormenting of Captured Female Kurdish Fighters
Despite a Ceasefire Agreement, Clashing Visions of Central Authority and Kurdish Autonomy Are Driving Escalation in Hasakah and Along the Turkish Border
By Weaponizing Terror Listings to Crush Dissent, Cairo Is Closing Off Peaceful Opposition and Raising the Risk of Regional Spillover
Public Religious Expression, Immigration, and Identity Debates Are Colliding in the U.K.’s Capital
Iran’s Long Memory of Foreign Concessions Explains Why Transactional Regime Change Would Fail
Brussels’ New Industrial and Emissions Rules Expose How Deeply Turkey’s Automotive Sector Depends on EU Market Access
Damascus Signals Cultural Recognition While Using Legal Ambiguity to Pressure the Syrian Democratic Forces Into Centralized Rule
Benghazi’s Outreach to Athens Seeks to Shield Libya’s Frozen Assets From Russian and Turkish Predation
Decades of Security Preparation, Economic Capture, and Elite Cohesion Complicate Any Path to Change
Preventing Symbolic Triumphs on the Temple Mount Is Central to Deterrence and Postwar Stability
Water Scarcity and Security Cooperation Are Being Weaponized by Rival Elites and Foreign Powers
Contacts Between Displaced Alawite Fighters and the Syrian Democratic Forces Reflect Survival, Not Strategic Coordination
Today’s Protests Lack the Elite Defections and Institutional Collapse That Toppled the Shah
Widespread Unrest Has Revealed the Islamic Republic’s Inability to Address Economic Collapse or Public Anger
Targeted Support for Protesters Could Shift the Balance Without a Full-Scale War
Iran’s Capacity to Respond to Such an Action Is Far More Limited than Its Leaders Suggest
A Middle East Quarterly Special Report
Iran’s Collapsing Legitimacy and Escalating Violence Are Forcing the United States to Move beyond Containment and toward Decisive Action
Economic Freefall and Cross-Class Protest Are Exposing the Regime’s Structural Weakness
