Heba El Koudsy is an Egyptian-American journalist who has served as Washington bureau chief for Asharq Al-Awsat since 2017, and previously worked for several Egyptian and Gulf publications in Egypt, ...

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 ...

The statements made by President Trump and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announcing this weekend’s operations—codenamed “Epic Fury” by the United States and “Roaring Lion” by Israel—reflect close ...

Neomi Neumann is an adjunct fellow at The Washington Institute, where she was a visiting fellow from 2023-2025, focusing on Palestinian affairs. Brief Analysis In addition to weakening the Palestinian ...

Rather than choose between a narrow nuclear deal and open-ended war, the United States should conduct limited military strikes against Iran’s missile program and security services and double down on a ...

Since the June war, Tehran has hastily doubled down on Russian and Chinese partnerships to weather sanctions and deter future attacks, but Moscow and Beijing are hesitant to invest deeply in ...

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 ...

Although some Christians have been targeted post-Assad, these incidents are hardly an attempted "genocide," but rather part of the broader internal security challenge affecting all communities in ...

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 ...

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. Pursuing even incremental steps ...

In late September, China hosted the fifth China–Arab states BeiDou Cooperation Forum. Launched in 2017 with scientists from the Arab League and the China National Space Administration, the forum is ...

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 ...