WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eitan Danon and Joshua Kram, two leading experts on economic statecraft, national security, and the Middle ...

Loosening Tehran’s grip on the strait and its disruption of the global economy would entail not only reducing threats to navigation, but also increasing pressure on the Iranian economy in order to ...

Given his strong ties to the IRGC, Khamenei’s son might pursue extreme strategic options. This week, the New York Times and other media reported that Iranian authorities are leaning toward naming ...

Elizabeth Dent is the Nathan and Esther K. Wagner Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where she focuses on U.S. foreign and defense policy toward the Gulf states, Iraq, and ...

Strong outside supervision over Lebanon’s implementation of the Hezbollah disarmament plan could help forestall looming Israeli military escalation and protect recent diplomatic milestones on the road ...

As the Trump administration considers delisting Syria, it must maximize the chances of success while preparing for the possibility of failure. Syria has been on the SST list since Congress created it ...

Mohammed Hussein is a Kurdistan-based researcher and economist and member of Iraqi Economists Network. His work focuses on Iraq’s energy sector and labor market, and his articles have appeared in ...

Sarah Boches is a research assistant at The Washington Institute. Tehran’s recruitment of Israelis for military surveillance, sabotage, assassination plots, and other operations is on the rise, ...

The director of the Institute’s Turkish Research Program testifies on why Ankara remains vitally important to U.S. policy in the Middle East and the great power arena despite its major domestic shifts ...

Erik Yavorsky is a development assistant with The Washington Institute, and previously held the position of research assistant within the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics at the institute ...

David Schenker is the Taube Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Linda and Tony Rubin Program on Arab Politics. He is the former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern ...

Wladimir van Wilgenburg is the coauthor of the recently published book The Kurds of Northern Syria: Governance, Diversity and Conflicts. He is a contributor to Fikra Forum. Brief Analysis Iranian ...