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Sep 4, 2025

Dispatch from Basra: Glimpses of hope in Iraq’s forgotten south

By Jon Wilks

Basra is proving to be part of a broader trend: improved security and visible reconstruction, despite persistent corruption and dysfunction.

Iraq Middle East

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Aug 29, 2025

Is the cautious China-Iran military cooperation at a turning point?

By Jean-Loup Samaan

With a new war between Iran and Israel still an immediate threat, China might need to ask itself: Is cooperation with Iran worth risking its diplomacy model in the Gulf?

China Iran

MENASource

Aug 28, 2025

The Gulf’s dark horse: Why Oman can seize a global trade realignment

By Nic Adams

While economic uncertainty is gripping many countries around the world, Oman has remained a steadfast defense and economic partner of the United States.

Defense Industry Defense Policy
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Dec 4, 2020

Wechsler joins ISPI to co-moderate a dialogue with Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Saudi Arabia

This event was organized as part of the Rome MED 2020 Dialogues. Will and Lucia Annunziata posed questions to speaker Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

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Dec 4, 2020

Iranian reformists decry the assassination of a leading nuclear scientist

By Sydney Martin

The assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has caused reformists to rally behind their government in a way not seen for several years.

Iran Middle East

In the News

Dec 4, 2020

Kroenig and Ashford discuss Iran, Biden’s national security team

By Atlantic Council

On December 4, Foreign Policy published a biweekly column featuring Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig and New American Engagement Initiative senior fellow Emma Ashford discussing the latest news in international affairs. In this column, they discuss the killing of a senior Iranian nuclear scientist and its implications for US-Iran relations, and President-Elect Joe Biden’s picks for his […]

Iran Politics & Diplomacy

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Dec 4, 2020

Fulton in MED 2020: Navigating the Pandemic
Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Dec 4, 2020

Biden administration should act fast to bolster people-to-people exchanges with the Middle East

By Richard LeBaron and Dan Sreebny

While US policy toward individual MENA countries will be hammered out in the interagency process through the first year of the new Joe Biden administration, we recommend action in the first months employing existing Public Diplomacy programs to reinforce support for unlocking human potential.

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 3, 2020

Dagres joins The Times to discuss the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist
Iran Middle East

Events

Dec 3, 2020

Wechsler joins ISPI to moderate a panel on Regime-opposition dynamics in the MENA region

This event is organized in occasion of the joint report published by ISPI and Atlantic Council. Will was joined by Chris Murphy, US Senator and Ghassan Salamé, UN Former Special Representative for Libya.

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Dec 3, 2020

Limited and constrained: The Biden administration and the prospects of a Syria policy

By Abdulrahman al-Masri

While any departure from the Trump administration’s transactional and inconsistent leadership is welcomed, the hopes surrounding the incoming Biden administration’s return to engagement in Syria requires more in-depth scrutiny.

Politics & Diplomacy Syria

MENASource

Dec 3, 2020

Netanyahu and MBS are not done with Trump just yet

By Shalom Lipner

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman are circling their wagons. Like other Donald Trump fans, they are hunkering down now to meet the challenges of the impending post-Trump era.

Israel Middle East

In the News

Dec 3, 2020

Slavin quoted in Newsweek on the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist
Iran Middle East
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US-Iraq security partnership after Operation Inherent Resolve
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Implications of Middle East security trends for Latin America and the Caribbean
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