Principlist Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran’s next president on 18 June 2021. He will succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in ...
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In the seventh in a series of TRANSITION 2021 memos examining the Middle East and North Africa, Soner Cagaptay offers guidelines f ...
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Ebrahim Raisi’s election as president of Iran came as no surprise. All those who might have been a threat to him were disqualified ...
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On June 28, the United States struck three militia sites—two in Syria and one in Iraq—in retaliation for escalating drone attacks ...
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Principlist Ebrahim Raisi was elected Iran’s next president on 18 June 2021. He will succeed moderate President Hassan Rouhani in ...
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As it assesses U.S. priorities in Iraq, the Biden administration would do well to focus on sovereignty and accountability as the m ...
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Striking back one time in twelve will not stop Iranian proxy attacks, so Washington must consider more consistent and painf ...
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In 2003, following the toppling of the regime of Saddam Hussein, Iraqis had high hopes for fundamental change in their lives after ...
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from 2013 to 2015, the Islamic State recruited an estimated 40,000 foreign fighters from more than one hundred countries. T ...
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The Houthis resumed their attacks on Ma’rib in mid-February 2021 and almost defeated the government’s forces if it had not been fo ...
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