Once Power, Now Peril? The Legacy of Protests in Iran
The current regime would do well to remember that ignoring the needs of the citizens in favour of ideological…
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The Imperial Imam: Islam, Empire, and the Diplomacy of Revolutionary Iran
The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been shaped by its revolutionary, Shia Islamist and imperial…
The Peace to End All Peace: The Munich Ceasefire and the Coming of the Second Cold…
President Obama and his diplomats assured the world there was no military solution to the Syrian civil war, even…
It’s Always Sunni in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's mass executions in January were, paradoxically, not a message to Iran as much as a warning to a…
Erdogan’s Balancing Act
As the new year unfolds, Turkey—under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan—will continue to hold an increasingly…
A Weakened Saudi Arabia and Its Rift With Iran
After a rapid, and unfortunate, series of events that took place in the Middle East during the first weekend in…
How Hezbollah’s Involvement in Syria Sheds Light on the Beirut Attacks
On Thursday, November 12, a double suicide attack killed 43 people and injured hundreds in the predominantly Shiite…
How ISIS and Sunni Rage Remade the Middle East
The Bush White House’s decision to invade Iraq, overthrow Saddam Hussein’s Ba’athist dictatorship and…