Dr. Massaab Al-Aloosy is a researcher focusing on Iraq, Iran, and Shia non-state armed groups. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School-Tufts University and is the author of The Changing Ideology of Hezbollah, Palgrave 2020.
Spinning Plates: Al-Sudani’s Foreign Policy Balancing Act
GeopoliticsAfter more than a year of political deadlock, Mohammed al-Sudani finally succeeded in forming a...
Three Tests for the New Iraqi PM’s Reform Agenda
Politics & GovernanceThough Iraq finally formed a government this October after more than a year of political...
Instability, Revolutions, and the Future of the Islamic Republic
Politics & GovernanceThe Iranian society is witnessing yet another wave of demonstrations against the regime in Iran,...
Iraq’s Absent Political Opposition
Politics & GovernanceAs a general rule, most nations are stronger and more stable when they have a...
Taliban Afghanistan: A Double-Edged Victory for Iran
Defense & SecurityMany Iranian officials celebrated the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a momentous strategic victory. One...
The Regional Contest Over Iraq’s Electricity
GeopoliticsIraq has remained a contested geopolitical arena since the 2003 invasion. As Iran’s primacy in...
Biden in Jeddah: Pursuing U.S.-Saudi-Israeli Alignment
GeopoliticsPresident Joe Biden’s visit to the Middle East, and more specifically Saudi Arabia, has put...
Iran: Winning Abroad While Losing at Home
GeopoliticsSince the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran’s foreign policy has relied on supporting allied and proxy...
Iraq’s Perennial Electricity Problem and its Implications for Social Stab...
Economy & InnovationThe growing social unrest we see in Iraq today can be directly linked to the...
The Iran Nuclear Deal and World Energy Markets
Energy & EnvironmentThe revival of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and the “P5+1” powers, if all...
Latent Potential of the Iraqi Energy Sector
Energy & EnvironmentIraq is one of the most important countries in terms of oil reserves and production,...
Neither Elections nor Nuclear Negotiations Will Change Iran’s Influen...
Defense & SecurityThe results of Iraq’s recent election and the government formation negotiations that have followed pose...