That nearly indiscriminate Iranian strategy has, however, had the even greater short-term advantage of disrupting the global oil and financial markets, thereby creating mounting domestic, regional, ...

Reports suggest there are disagreements among IRGC operatives working with the Houthis inside Yemen over how to respond.

After months of trying to head off a US-Israeli war with Iran, Turkey now finds itself caught in the middle of it — and ...

With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to maximize the ...

The United States and Israel both hope for the grand prize: the emergence of a new regime in Iran to replace the Islamic ...

Leadership decapitation has long appealed to outside powers as a shortcut to regime collapse. Remove the figure at the top, ...

The Middle East Institute (MEI) invites you to join an online discussion examining the rapidly escalating war involving Iran.

The Middle East Institute (MEI) hosted a webinar on March 18, from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM, discussing Gulf perspectives on the ...

To many observers, these conditions seemed to point to one conclusion: that a prolonged war could bring the system down. But ...

Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment as Iran’s new Supreme Leader marks the most consequential political transition in the Islamic ...

In his first public statements since assuming the role of Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed vengeance for US-Israeli attacks and to keep the Strait of Hormuz clo ...

Dr. Pollack began his career as a Persian Gulf military analyst at the CIA and served twice on the National Security Council, first as Director for Near East and South Asian affairs and then as ...