Nicholas Rasmussen served as NCTC Director from 2014 to 2017, as a senior member of the National Security Council staff under Presidents Bush and Obama, and as counterterrorism coordinator for the ...

Michael Jacobson is the Mark and Wayne Levy Senior Fellow in The Washington Institute's Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Prior to rejoining the Institute, Mr.

Top commanders have purportedly raised a slew of concerns with the Supreme Leader, from funding shortfalls to corruption among regime elites. As described in Part 1 and Part 2 of this PolicyWatch, a ...

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 ...

Crispin Smith is a Washington DC-based national security attorney and leads an initiative designed to impose non-kinetic costs against human rights abusers and great power competitors. He is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Senior Fellow and director of the Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at The Washington Institute. Articles & Testimony Why do Iranian officials ...

Mohamed Maher is an Egyptian journalist and researcher based in the United States, and a former participant in IVLP's exchange program sponsored by the State Department. Despite economic losses, Egypt ...

Since the death of Qasem Soleimani last year, the leadership of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force has changed substantially, with Esmail Qaani taking the top post and, more recently, ...

Hanin Ghaddar is the Friedmann Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute's Rubin Family Arab Politics Program, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant. Brief Analysis To contain ...

Farzin Nadimi, a Senior Fellow with The Washington Institute, is a Washington-based analyst specializing in the security and defense affairs of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. Brief Analysis The ...