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Is an Iran Upset in the Making?
The Nation· 4 hours agoForty-five years into its existence and after 13 presidential elections, the Islamic Republic of Iran is suddenly facing its 14th, following the death of...
Britain is already at war, and nobody wants to admit it
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThere are fewer than three weeks to go until polling day and, amid all the desperate campaigning and...
What a War Between Israel and Hezbollah Might Look Like
Foreign Policy Magazine· 16 hours agoWhile Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza has drawn much of the world’s attention over the past eight...
A Brief History of Iran’s Hostage Swapping
New York Times· 3 days agoSince the 1979 revolution, Iran has made detaining foreigners and dual nationals a centerpiece of its foreign policy, trading them for money and people....
Middle East and North Africa
Foreign Relations· 13 hours agoCFR experts discuss Iran’s attack on Israel and the escalation of the conflict. Steven Cook is the Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle east and African studies, and ...
What's changed 15 years after Iran's Green Movement
Newsweek· 4 days agoExperts like Alex Vatanka, director of the Middle East Institute's Iran program, told Newsweek via email that the "Iran of today is very different than...
The Fundamentalist, the Technocrat, and the Reformist
The Atlantic· 6 days agoThe Soviet despot Joseph Stalin once said that it is not the voters who matter most in elections but...
Iraq: Bad Habits
Strategy Page· 11 hours agoSeptember 8, 2020: The new prime minister (Mustafa al Kadhimi) is decidedly hostile to Iran. Such a meeting was important because Kadhimi is the first post-Saddam (2003) prime ...
Accused Salman Rushdie Stabber Doesn’t Want Plea Deal: Lawyer
The Daily Beast· 11 hours agoThen novelist was allegedly stabbed by Hadi Matar more than a dozen times in 2022.
Yemen: Hold Hodeida If You Want To Live
Strategy Page· 7 hours agoAugust 9, 2018: The government offensive is still stalled, two months after it began, to take the Red Sea port of Hodeida. While government forces keep getting closer to Hodeida, and the other ...
