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Negotiating With the Taliban: Iran’s No-Win Choice in Afghanistan
GeopoliticsAs Taliban forces captured Afghanistan’s northwestern city of Mazar-i Sharif in August 1998, armed insurgents...
The Continuation of Division in the GCC Following the Al-Ula Summit
GeopoliticsSeveral months after the al-Ula summit in January 2021, ostensibly resolving the 2017-2021 Gulf diplomatic...
Is Russia a Reliable Partner for Iran?
GeopoliticsIran-Russia relations have been associated with their own challenges in recent years. The two countries...
A Changing Balance of Power in the Red Sea
Defense & SecurityOn March 23, the Ever Given container vessel veered out of control while sailing through...
Iran-GCC Engagement Deserves a Chance
GeopoliticsThe future of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) remains uncertain. For months, the...
How Will Ebrahim Raisi Deal With China?
GeopoliticsWith the victory of Ibrahim Raisi in the Iranian presidential election, a new era in...
U.S.-Iran Clashes in Syria and Iraq: Exchange of Messages or Serious Escala...
Defense & SecurityOn June 27, President Joe Biden ordered U.S. airstrikes to be carried out against facilities...
The Saudi-UAE Alliance is Fracturing
GeopoliticsA trio of apparently unrelated issues has cast fresh light on policy divergences between Saudi...
COVID Knows No Nationality: What Non-Nationals Face in the Vaccination Proc...
Politics & GovernanceWhen I received my COVID-19 vaccine in mid-February 2021, I was taken aback. How had...
This is What Comes After Raisi’s Election
Politics & GovernanceThe recent presidential election in Iran, characterized by low turnout and accusations of rigging, sets...
Can “Soccer Diplomacy” Mend Fences Between Iran and Saudi Arabia?
GeopoliticsSport as a tool for international cooperation dates from the 1970s, when American and Chinese...
Kuwait’s Lost Constitution: A Struggle Between Corruption and Rights
Politics & GovernanceToday, twenty-one years into the twenty-first century, 40 years after the formation of the Gulf...