Gulf States’ Reaction to the JCPOA Talks
On December 30, the eighth round of indirect nuclear deal talks between the United States...
Two Years After the Aban Protests, Iran Faces Increased Unrest
Two years have elapsed since Iran brutally repressed the November 2019 mass protests (also called...
Iran’s Combative Diplomacy Continues in Vienna
After the withdrawal of the United States from the 2015 “Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,”...
Resolving Iran’s Water Crisis is Needed for Stability
Water scarcity is a growing problem across the Middle East. It has grown in importance...
Formalizing a Middle Eastern “Cold War”
More than ten years after the advent of the 2011 “Arab Spring” uprisings, the original...
Raisi’s Pivot to East Policy: An Inefficient Lever Against the U.S.
“We will not tie the economic and living conditions of the people to the negotiations...
Great Powers’ New Conflict in Afghanistan
The fate of Afghanistan, like many other political issues, is fundamentally rooted in history. In...
Iran Can Resolve its Gas Disputes Through Active Energy Diplomacy
Exporting natural gas to its neighboring countries has been a top priority for Iranin recent...
To Engage or Not to Engage? Iran and the “New” Taliban
Given the fundamental ideological differences between the ruling political system of Iran, based on Twelver...
Will Iran Become a Gas Exporter to Europe?
The geography of Iran has provided special natural conditions for the country. Iran borders 13...
The Gulf Prepares for an Afghan Scramble
For the last twenty years, Afghanistan has remained mired in a brutal conflict between the...
The Brewing Sino-Indian Conflict Over Iran’s Chabahar Port
Iran’s strategic, geopolitical, and geoeconomic position has been carefully scrutinized by major countries around the...