FPRI Targeted in Online Disinformation Campaign
In a twist of the old adage that all politics is local—even international politics—last week the Foreign Policy Research...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
FPRI Targeted in Online Disinformation Campaign
A nation must think before it acts.
Iran
Snatching Strategic Defeat from the Jaws of Tactical Victory in the Middle East
The strategic implications from President Donald Trump’s tactical decision to kill General Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Islamic...
Trends in Terrorism: What’s On the Horizon in 2020
As we usher in a new year, what trends in terrorism are likely to dominate the global security landscape...
The NDAA: Congress and the Middle East
Last week, Congress reached consensus on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the $783 billion bill that funds the...
Iranian Missiles on Parade
On December 4, 2019, the New York Times reported that the Islamic Republic of Iran had exported ballistic missiles...
Shifting Poles in the Middle East: Implications for U.S. Regional Strategy
The Arab uprisings and subsequent civil wars sweeping the region beginning in late 2010 have fundamentally shifted the internal...
The Real Problem with the Trump Foreign Policy
The real problem with the Trump administration’s foreign policy is not its disparaging attitudes toward the United Nations, inherited...
Why Iran Should—But Might Not—Take Up Latest U.S. Offer of Negotiations
The recent firing or resignation of President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton has heightened speculation that Trump...
The Iranian Way of War
The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war for almost its entire existence, beginning with the Iraqi invasion...
The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces
Facing the existential threat of the then-rapidly expanding Islamic State in 2014, former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki officially...