Category: MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA

President Biden: Try for a Double Play on Iran and Afghanistan

| August 17, 2021
President Biden: Try for a Double Play on Iran and Afghanistan

As the US and Iran navigate through the current impasse in restoring the nuclear deal amid the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Jon Greenwald provides his views on how these concurrent challenges justify a new strategy for dealing with them that cuts across both situations.

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Afghanistan: Before Time Runs Out

| August 9, 2021
Afghanistan: Before Time Runs Out

As the Taliban inch closer toward retaking Afghanistan amid U.S. withdrawal, the International Republican Institute’s Owen Kirby provides analysis on how the U.S. and its partners can be helpful to the Afghan government with non-military assistance, while recognizing the reality on the ground.

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Israel-Palestine: Renaissance of a Two-State Solution

| June 10, 2021
Israel-Palestine: Renaissance of a Two-State Solution

Jon Greenwald provides his perspective on the prospects for a two-state solution as the result of greater interest in Palestinian rights following recent events in the region.

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U.S. Foreign Policy in Syria: Why Action is Needed Now to Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Children Exploited by the Islamic State

| October 5, 2020
U.S. Foreign Policy in Syria: Why Action is Needed Now to Rehabilitate and Reintegrate Children Exploited by the Islamic State

Cecilia Polizzi writes that any new strategy by the United States that fails to address the victimization and exploitation of children by Islamic State and does not embrace a long-term sustainable rehabilitation and reintegration strategy will lead to instability and inability to contain a resurgent IS.

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Implications of the Proposed China-Iran deal for India

| August 4, 2020
Implications of the Proposed China-Iran deal for India

Sruthi V S provides analysis of the implications on India’s foreign policy of Iran and China’s new deal.

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Does the New Saudi Reactor Justify Proliferation Fears?

| May 23, 2019
Does the New Saudi Reactor Justify Proliferation Fears?

Is Saudi Arabia’s development of a nuclear reactor a proliferation concern? The CIP’s Basel Ammane takes a look in his latest for the NATO Association of Canada.

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Inauspicious Incident: Erdoğan’s Evolving Relationship with Turkey’s Military

| October 10, 2018
Inauspicious Incident: Erdoğan’s Evolving Relationship with Turkey’s Military

Ben Tannenbaum writes about Turkish President Erdoğan’s evolving relationship with the military at the expense of Turkey’s civil society.

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Limited Justice for Syria on the Horizon

| April 16, 2018
Limited Justice for Syria on the Horizon

As the long and tumultuous Syrian civil war grinds on, the cascade of death, displacement and physical destruction shows no signs of ending.

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The Emerging Tehran-Gaza-Doha Axis

| November 16, 2017
The Emerging Tehran-Gaza-Doha Axis

Amid Palestinian unification efforts, Shahab Moghadam argues that there is a growing axis emerging between Iran, Qatar and Hamas in this piece for the Foreign Policy Project.

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Why the Iraqi Kurdish vote was problematic — and what can be done about it

| October 6, 2017
Why the Iraqi Kurdish vote was problematic — and what can be done about it

Wisam Salih argues foreign governments should wait to support an independent Iraqi Kurdistan and outlines the steps Kurdish leaders need to take to gain legitimacy.

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