public election

December 18, 2024 | Bradley Bowman, Max Lesser

American Confidence in Elections

Prohibiting Foreign Interference

December 18, 2024 | Max Lesser, Mason Krusch, Ari Ben Am

America Resilient in the Face of Aggressive Foreign Malign Influence Targeting the 2024 U.S. Elections

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

February 27, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10

August 17, 2023 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Will Abbas be the final Palestinian president?

Hussein Al Sheikh may be the PA’s number two now, but it’s far from certain he can withstand the inevitable challenges that will confront his succession.

June 23, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

How Erdoğan Is Fomenting an Anti-Western Mindset in Turkey

The president is trying to alter societal values and norms from the bottom up.

March 1, 2023 | Sinan Ciddi |

Turkey After Erdogan

February 15, 2023 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Arsenal

Assessing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

October 28, 2022 | Annie Fixler |

The Dangers of Iran’s Cyber Ambitions

July 23, 2021 | Annie Fixler, Divjot Bawa

Iran’s Social Engineering Capabilities Mature

Facebook last week dismantled a long-running Iranian cyber operation that collected sensitive information on U.S. military personnel and employees of American defense and aerospace companies. Unlike a previous...

January 14, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, John Hardie

Russia

January 14, 2021 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

China

January 14, 2021 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Andrea Stricker

Arms Control and Nonproliferation

May 6, 2020 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Below the Belt and Road

Corruption and Illicit Dealings in China’s Global Infrastructure

October 12, 2016 | Grant Rumley |

Palestine’s Democratic Deficit

Co-written by Mor Yahalom. Last Tuesday, the Palestinian Authority postponed&nb...

June 3, 2016 | |

Supreme Leader’s Confidant Is Re-elected Parliament Speaker

Iran’s parliament re-elected Ali Larijani as parliamentary speaker on Tuesday. Larijani,...

April 27, 2016 | Tony Badran |

Why Bashar al-Assad, the ‘Teflon Don’ of the Middle East, Can’t Be Touched

John Gotti may have once held the title, but the late Gambino crime family boss had nothing on the “Teflon Don” of the Middle East, Bashar Assad. Had Gotti li...

July 30, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir, Merve Tahiroglu

Turkish Grey Wolves Target ‘Chinese’

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit Wednesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing came at an awkward time. So far this month, Turkish ultranation...

September 30, 2013 | |

Iran, the U.N.’s New Authority On Nuclear Disarmament

With Iran pushing toward nuclear breakout ability at home, while peddling what some have dubbed “charm” abroad, there were plenty of odd moments as Iran’s President Hassan Rouha...

June 13, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Iran’s Meaningless Presidential Elections

The Islamic Republic of Iran is holding its eleventh presidential election on Friday. It’s all very exciting — just as it was in 1979 when, right after the Iranian Revolution that bro...