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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

In Iraq on October 20, 2009. (Abdul Waqar via Flickr)

Podcast

What Washington Wasn't Saying about the Iraq Civil War

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 4, 2023

Podcast

An oil rig in the Iranian area of the Persian Gulf. (Stock Image)

In the Media

OPEC Senses American Weakness in the Biden Administration

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Apr 4, 2023

In the Media

Iranian and Russian navies attend a joint military exercise in the Arabian Sea on February 17, 2021. (Iranian Army/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Podcast

The Iran-China-Russia Alliance

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Mar 30, 2023

Podcast

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on February 14, 2023. (Yan Yan/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Dire Consequences of America’s Iran-Friendly Strategy

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Mar 30, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station on May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Bill Ingalls via DVIDS)

Commentary

An Arsenal of Democracies Can Best the China, Russia, Iran Axis

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Mar 29, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Putin arrives at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, on March 21, 2023. (Contributor via Getty Images)

Commentary

China Creates a New World Order as Biden Ignores the Threats

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Mar 26, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

An Iranian flag waves next to an Emad surface-to-surface missile in downtown Tehran on April 29, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)

Reports

The System Is Blinking Red over Iran

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Mar 23, 2023

Reports

5 Min Read

Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party, Saudi delegation, and Iranian delegation in Beijing, China, on March 10, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

China Brokers Diplomacy between Iran and Saudi Arabia: Implications for the US Role in the Middle East

(Screenshot via YouTube)

Podcast

How Intelligence Failures Helped Iran

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Mar 22, 2023

Podcast

View from Mount Carmel of Haifa shipping port and city in northern Israel on October 12, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Can Counter China in the Middle East with Abraham Accords Free Trade

Robert Greenway

Former Adjunct Fellow

Robert Greenway

Mar 20, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

This rally in Melbourne was part of a coordinated, global series of rallies held to stand in solidarity with the Iranian people in their fight for human rights, as well as to condemn the chemical attacks on children at the hands of the Iranian dictatorship, which have gone unpunished.

Women protest in solidarity with the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement in Melbourne, Australia, on March 11, 2023. (Matt Hrkac via Flickr)

Commentary

Gas Attacks Reveal a War on Iranian Women

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Mar 20, 2023

Commentary

7 Min Read

A man in Tehran holds a local newspaper reporting on the China-brokered deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia to restore ties signed in Beijing, on March 11, 2023. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

What Saudi Arabia’s Deal with Iran Means for Israel and America