Diplomacy & International Relations

Trump desperate for progress in his sound and fury foreign policy (Brian Katulis – Middle East Institute)

The most striking thing about Donald Trump’s foreign policy at the seven-month mark of his second administration is how it has failed to improve...

Lebanon’s Moment of Truth (David Schenker – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

The government’s unprecedented decision to disarm Hezbollah is brave, but as U.S. officials have repeatedly discovered, continual pressure will be needed to ensure that...

Spy Versus Spy: Iran’s Playbook for Espionage in Israel (Sarah Boches, Matthew Levitt – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

Tehran’s recruitment of Israelis for military surveillance, sabotage, assassination plots, and other operations is on the rise, showing how the shadow war between the...

Syrian Citizenship for Foreign Fighters? U.S. Red Lines and Nuances (Devorah Margolin – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

A recent petition submitted to Syria’s interim government is seeking citizenship for foreign fighters who traveled there to take part in the civil war....

Will Renewed UN Sanctions Bring Iran Back to the Table? (Patrick Clawson – The Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

In high-level talks in Geneva on August 26, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom repeated the warning they sent to Iran on August 8:...

Egypt passes its fourth IMF review (Mirette F. Mabrouk – Middle East Institute)

At some point, most people will likely have seen or received a school report that reads something along these lines: “Commendable progress but has...

UNIFIL should reset or go home (Fadi Nicholas Nassar, Saleh El Machnouk – Middle East Institute)

At the end of August, the future of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), established nearly 50 years ago, goes on trial...

The United States Needs Both Public and Private R&D Funding (Chris Borges – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

Public and private research and development (R&D) funding play complementary roles in the U.S. innovation ecosystem, and both are vital to sustaining long-term technological...

The AUKUS Inflection: Seizing the Opportunity to Deliver Deterrence (Abraham M. Denmark and Charles Edel – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In an era defined by accelerating great power competition, AUKUS—the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—stands as perhaps...
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