Scrutinizing Iran’s Foreign Proxy Network
Since the end of the Second World War, open military conflicts between global and regional...
Why Iran Opposes Azerbaijan’s Zangezur Corridor Project
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, fought from September to November 2020, ended with a significant victory...
Salman Rushdie and the Ideological Divide in Iran
In February 1989, five months after Salman Rushdie published his polarizing fourth novel “The Satanic...
In the Rearview Mirror: The Case of Iranian Influence in Bosnia
As an important actor in the wider Islamic world, Iran wields some soft power clout...
Taliban Afghanistan: A Double-Edged Victory for Iran
Many Iranian officials celebrated the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as a momentous strategic victory. One...
“Dust Diplomacy” and Climate Change May Bring Gulf States Toget...
The Middle East in recent years has seen an unprecedented number of sand and dust...
An Uneasy Equilibrium: Russia-Iran-Turkey Trilateral Relations
On July 19, Russian President Vladimir Putin paid an official visit to Tehran—his second official...
Why President Biden Wants to Revive the Iran Deal
Last week, the Biden administration announced that it had agreed to engage with Iran yet...
Iran-Pakistan Relations: Hopes and Fears
Following the forced removal of former Prime Minister Imran Khan by the Pakistani parliament and...
The UAE-Iran Rapprochement: Causes and Effects
Earlier this month, Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic advisor to the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) President...
Identity is a Central Factor in Russia-Iran Relations
Five months after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia President Vladimir Putin met...
The Iranian Conundrum: Analyzing Divergent Saudi and Israeli Security Dilem...
With Saudi Arabia opening the country’s air space to all air carriers, including Israeli flights,...