Category: MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.