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Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei speaks as part of the forty-fourth anniversary events of the Iranian Revolution in Tehran, Iran on February 8, 2023. (Iranian Leader Press Office/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Needy Lover

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Mar 7, 2023

Commentary

10 Min Read

The Grand Mosque of Tabriz in Iran's East-Azerbaijan province on April 24, 2018. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran's Weak Spot—Azerbaijanis—Serves Israel Well

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Feb 21, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Cooperation between Iran and Russia Strengthens

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Michael Doran

Feb 16, 2023

In the Media

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in the capital Tehran on March 9, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP) (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

An Iranian woman walks past a mural showing Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, on March 9, 2022. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Iran’s Uprising Is Doomed to Fail

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Jan 31, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

TOPSHOT - The Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system (L) intercepts rockets (R) fired by the Hamas movement towards southern Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 14, 2021. - Israel bombarded Gaza with artillery and air strikes on Friday, May 14, in response to a new barrage of rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave, but stopped short of a ground offensive in the conflict that has now claimed more than 100 Palestinian lives. As the viole

The Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system intercepts rockets fired by Hamas in the sky above the Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (Anas Baba/AFP via Getty Images)

Reports

Time to Recalibrate America’s Middle East Policy

Raphael BenLevi

Director, Churchill Program for Strategy, Statesmanship and National Security at the Argaman Institute of Tikvah Fund Israel

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Raphael BenLevi & Michael Doran

Jan 27, 2023

Reports

13 Min Read

Dr Jordan B Peterson and Walter Russell Mead cross continents in a broad discussion over world affairs. They go in-depth on the state of China’s totalitarian regime, Vladimir Putin's plans for the war with Ukraine, the growing unrest under Iran’s iron fist, the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine, and how a push for American optimism is necessary to best face these emboldened challengers on the world stage.

(Screenshot via Jordan B. Peterson/YouTube)

Podcast

Israel, Russia, China, Iran: The World in Conflict

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 26, 2023

Podcast

UNSPECIFIED, IRAN. - JANUARY 15: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY MANDATORY CREDIT - "SEPAHNEWS/ HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill with ballistic missiles and unmanned air vehicles at Great Salt Desert, in the middle of the Iranian Plateau, on January 15, 2021 in Iran. (Photo by Sepahnews/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a military drill with ballistic missiles and unmanned air vehicles at Great Salt Desert, in the middle of the Iranian Plateau, on January 15, 2021. (Sepahnews/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran’s Aerial Threat on the Rise as a Result of Russia’s Use of Its Suicide Drones in Ukraine War

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jan 21, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran, on January 19, 2023. (Iranian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

What Does China’s Iranian Consulate Mean for America?

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Jan 19, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

A Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Let Ukraine Defeat the Russia-Iranian War Machine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Richard Goldberg

Senior Advisor, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Richard Goldberg

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 10: Russian Sukhoi SU-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 10, 2014. Airshow China is the only international aerospace trade show in China that is endorsed by the Chinese central g

A Sukhoi Su-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China, on November 10, 2014. (Aleksandar Plavevski/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran’s Su-35 Aircraft Procurement Is More Dangerous than You Think

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Jan 6, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

(Screenshot via CBS News/YouTube)

In the Media

The Foreign Policy Outlook for 2023

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Jan 1, 2023

In the Media

An Iranian man holding his smartphone looks on while standing under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran Grand Bazaar (Market), December 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Reports

Targeting Financial Entities outside Iran to Counter Tehran’s Economic Strategy