Council on Foreign Relations

China and Russia Encourage Iran to Go Nuclear

An aloof U.S. leaves a regional vacuum that the Islamic Republic is exploiting brilliantly.

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

Smears and Myths—The October Surprise Revisited

The New York Times revives the claim that Reagan won in 1980 by conspiring to prolong the Iran hostage crisis.

How Iran’s Regime Is Threatened by Its Clerics

A new wrinkle in the Islamic Republic’s continuing political crisis

Who Is Poisoning Iranian Schoolgirls?

The attacks, which have sickened thousands, are the latest evidence that the regime is losing its grip.

Turkey After Erdogan

Iranian Nationalists Reject the Regime

It‘s no longer true that a Western military strike would lend the theocracy stronger domestic support.

Iran’s Protesters Want Regime Change

America Should Lend Them a Hand

The Iranian theocracy’s downfall is a goal worth working toward

Fate is sometimes kind to America. Such merciful intervention happened last summer when Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, rejected the Biden administration’s effort to revive former President Barack...

Why Iran’s Protests Could Topple the Regime

The country has a rich history of political dissent that has brought it to the edge of revolution.

Now Is Not the Time to Negotiate with Putin

Pushing for negotiations could undermine the morale of the Ukrainians fighting in the field.

Iran’s Hard-Liners Are Starting to Crack

Even regime stalwarts are criticizing Khamenei, which hasn’t happened during previous revolts.

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

The Evolution of Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

Biden’s Chance to Restore American Dignity in Iran

If the hijab falls, so does the theocracy, and aligning the U.S. behind the rebels gives them a chance.

Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran

The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.

Letter on Russia’s illegal seizure and mistreatment of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant

The Time Is Now to Reform the UN Human Rights Apparatus

US must arm Ukraine now, before it’s too late

Excerpt Nearly 20 of our fellow experts and national security professionals — whose digital signatures appear at the end of this op-ed — agree: The war in Ukraine has reached a decisive moment and that...