The Struggle for Syria
On May 14, President Donald Trump stood smiling with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman and Syria’s self-declared leader, Ahmed al-Shara’a, on the sidelines of the President’s visit...
Eni
Erdogan Gets His ‘Leader of the Muslim World’ Moment
Syria's change of leadership has given Turkey’s president the regional influence he has always wanted.
Op-eds
Post-Erdogan Turkey Is Finally Here
Last weekend’s elections offer a first glimpse of a political future beyond the reigning strongman.
Op-eds
Ruble Rumble
Offensive and Defensive Measures to Defeat Russia in the Economic Domain
Monographs
America’s Regional Integration Scheme Benefits Iran
The Obama-Biden doctrine means that our Mideast allies don’t have to like the Iran deal. They just have to pay for it.
Op-eds
Should Europeans invest in Iran? No! Even after 2025
After years of international isolation, economic instability, and sanctions, European companies may be tempted to resume business with Iran if Washington and Tehran revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Before...
Op-eds
The Abraham Accords
Will they transform the Middle East?
Op-eds
Foreign Investment in Iran
Multinational Firms’ Compliance with U.S. Sanctions
Memos
Major Global Companies are Leaving Iran to Avoid U.S. Sanctions: FDD Study
(Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2018) – Major international corporations are leaving Iran rather than face the risk of unilateral U.S. sanctions, despite the efforts of European governments to neutrali...
Press Releases
France vs Italy in Libya: The U.S. Should Not Choose Sides
After meeting with President Donald Trump on July 30, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte...
Policy Briefs
How Europe is Speed-Dating Iran
European companies were astonishingly quick to seek new business with Iran following the interim nuclear agreement the P5+1 states and Tehran reached in November 2013....
Op-eds
Germany, Inc. Heads to Tehran
As the world's most powerful countries loosen the sanctions regime on Iran, European companies are looking to turn a profit from the international détente. Information uncovered by&nb...
Op-eds
Is Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal Unraveling?
President Obama’s nuclear agreement to slow down Iran’s drive to become a nuclear-weapons power faces tough resistance from Senate Republicans and Democrats because of massive loophol...
Op-eds
Analysis: Has the Geneva Agreement Undercut Sanctions to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program?
The interim nuclear deal reached between the major powers and the Islamic Republic on November 24 opened the investment floodgates for Western companies seeking to capitalize on a new business en...
Op-eds
Il Bluff Iraniano Su Hormuz e i Veri Pericoli del Programma Nucleare
Nelle scorse settimane, l'Iran ha ripetutamente minacciato di chiudere lo Stretto di Hormuz, alimentando timori di una possibile recrudescenza di tensioni politiche e militari nel Golfo Pers...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with I...
Op-eds
How the Obama Administration Can Get Serious About Iran Sanctions
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with...
Op-eds
Italian Deputy Rebukes Fellow Deputies for Iran Meeting
BERLIN – Fiamma Nirenstein, Vice President of the Foreign Affairs Committee in Italy's Chamber of Deputies, sharply criticized last week her fellow legislators serving on the committee for meetin...
Op-eds
The Italo-German Double Game in Iran
In 2010, Germany and Italy put themselves further on the wrong side of history. Although both countries agreed last summer to support new European Union sanctions against Iran, the latest data sh...
Op-eds
Are EU Sanctions Influencing Iran’s Behavior?
Europe's submissive attitude toward Iran and its nuclear weapons program must change, political analyst Diana Gregor, a leading expert in Central European policies vis-a-vis Iran told Benjam...