On August 13, Iraqi militia leader Hamid al-Yasiri delivered an unprecedented public denunciation of Iran-backed armed groups oper ...
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former assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs diagnoses the country's incapacitated institutions and prescribes rem ...
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President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is a catastrophic moral and strategic mistake that will define his legacy. It wi ...
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The question is whether and how these historical echoes will affect decisionmaking in Russia, Iran, China, Pakistan, and India. Wh ...
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Since the fall of Kabul—and well beforehand—Iranian officials have signaled how they might use a Taliban victory to further their ...
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Despite the necessity of focusing on domestic affairs first and great-power relations second, the Biden administration has so far ...
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The Islamic Republic of Iran is a state divided against itself. Since its inception in 1979, it has been defined by tension betwee ...
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More than a year and a half into a global pandemic that has caused at least four million deaths, the world is still debating two c ...
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As part of its efforts to find a regional role for it, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi called for a regio ...
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Iranian policy continues in its orientations and principles in international and regional dealings, defying the world order and th ...
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