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1. Russia’s Yes Vote on Syria Aid Will Come With a Price

2. Iran’s New Budget Perpetuates Economic Challenges

3. Family Rule in Iraq and the Challenge to State and Democracy

4. An Heir and a Spare? How Yemen’s “Southern Hezbollah” Could Change Iran’s Deterrent Calculus

5. The Palestinian Authority Thirty Years After Oslo

6. A "System of Systems" Approach to Countering Drones: Examining Recent Operations from the Middle East to Ukraine

7. The Next Generation of Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Technical Advances, Strategic Objectives, and Potential Western Responses

8. How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is Reshaping the Global Arms Market: Implications for the Middle East and Beyond

9. The Regent of Allah: Ali Khamenei's Political Evolution in Iran

10. Cash Cabal: How Hezbollah Profits from Lebanon's Financial Crisis

11. Arming the Revolution: Trends in Iranian Defense Spending, 2013–23

12. Is Iran Looking to Inspire Shia Homegrown Violent Extremist Attacks?

13. Saudi Normalization with Israel, Domestic 'Transformation,' and U.S. Policy

14. Turkey's Pivotal 2023 Elections: Issues, Potential Outcomes, and What Comes After

15. Turkish Backlash: How Street Interviews Spread Anti–Syrian Refugee Sentiment

16. Disaster Dynamics: Assessing Middle East Responses to the Turkey-Syria Earthquake and Other Destructive Events

17. Iran’s Nuclear Endgame Warrants a Change in U.S. Strategy

18. Striking Back: Iran and the Rise of Asymmetric Drone Warfare in the Middle East

19. Turkey’s Growing Ukrainian and Russian Communities

20. Rhetoric Meets Reality in Jawlani’s Push for Self-Sufficiency

21. Biden Sees Oil as Key to His Visit, but Does Riyadh Agree?

22. Arab Syrian IDPs of Tal Rifaat also Want to Go Home

23. Iraq’s Constitutional Moment?

24. How Iran’s Protests Differ from Past Movements

25. Scoring Iraq’s New Government: Metrics for Preserving U.S. Interests

26. Snapback Sanctions on Iran: More Bark Than Bite?

27. Changing Population Patterns Will Reshape the Middle East

28. A Stabilizing Factor: Oman’s Quiet Influence amid Mounting Uncertainty in the Gulf

29. Sustained Counterterrorism Efforts Remain Key to Preventing Attacks in Jordan

30. In the Service of Ideology: Iran's Religious and Socioeconomic Activities in Syria

31. Defining a Realistic Policy Toward Erdogan's Turkey: Advice for the Biden Administration

32. Syria at the Center of Power Competition and Counterterrorism

33. The 2021 Iranian Presidential Election A Preliminary Assessment

34. Asset Test 2021: How the U.S. Can Keep Benefiting from Its Alliance with Israel

35. The Coming Iran Nuclear Talks: Openings and Obstacles

36. Turkish-Egyptian Relations after Erdoğan’s Sacrifice of the Muslim Brotherhood

37. NATO in Iraq: Not a Surge

38. Kidnapping and Extortion in Regime-Controlled Syria

39. Investing in Jordan Through Support for Social Enterprises

40. After Sparking the Arab Spring, Is Tunisia Still a Success Story?

41. Collective Memory of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution: Surveying Egyptians a Decade After

42. Turkey's Opposition vs. the AKP: Measuring Messaging

43. Promoting Women's Economic Activity in Jordan

44. Protests and Regime Suppression in Post-Revolutionary Iran

45. Prospects for Syrian Kurdish Unity: Assessing Local and Regional Dynamics

46. A Paris Reset on Hezbollah? Implications for French Interests and Regional Security

47. A New West in the Middle East: Toward a Humbler, More Effective Model of Transatlantic Cooperation

48. The IRGC Lifts Off: Implications of Iran's Satellite Launch

49. Taking Back the Neighborhood: The IRGC Provincial Guard's Mission to Re-Islamize Iran

50. Wrestling with Annexation: The Elusive Search for a Policy Rationale

51. A Nation Divided: Palestinian Views on War and Peace with Israel

52. Green Without Borders: The Operational Benefits of Hezbollah's Environmental NGO

53. Palestinian Politics After Abbas Sudden Succession Essay Series

54. Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf

55. Honored, Not Contained: The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces

56. The Outlook for Turkish Democracy: 2023 and Beyond

57. A Short-Term Diplomatic Agenda for the Syrian Puzzle

58. Varied Reactions in Syria to Biden Victory

59. The Rise of Kata’ib Hezbollah’s Hegemonic ‘Resistance’

60. Hezbollah Has Created Parallel Financial and Welfare Systems to Manage the Current Crisis

61. In Search of a Semi-Autonomous Region in Northeastern Syria

62. Israel and the UAE on Iran: Shared Foe, Different Perspectives

63. Washington’s Stance on Syria and Iraq and The Widening Rift with Kurds in Iran

64. The Beirut Disaster: Implications for Lebanon and U.S. Policy

65. Navigating a Growing Chinese Influence in Iraqi Kurdistan

66. Iran-South Korea Humanitarian Trade Requires U.S. Assurances

67. Arab Media Reactions to U.S. Protests: How Regional Considerations Shape Media Coverage

68. The Future of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces

69. With COVID-19, Iran’s Dependence on China Grows

70. As Israel’s Kingmaker Gets Off the Fence, Gantz Gets a Boost

71. Ceasefire or Escalation in Libya?

72. Challenges Await Oman’s New Sultan as Mourning Period Ends

73. Continuity vs. Overreach in the Trump Peace Plan (Part 1): Borders and Jerusalem

74. Continuity vs. Overreach in the Trump Peace Plan (Part 2): Security, Refugees, and Narratives

75. Centering Iraq Policy on Human Rights and Fair Elections Michael Knights

76. Europe Is Creating an Opportunity for Iran Talks, and Washington Should Take It

77. Idlib and Its Environs: Narrowing Prospects for a Rebel Holdout

78. Iranian Succession and the Impact of Soleimani’s Death

79. Making the Most of the Berlin Conference on Libya

80. Eight Reasons Why the United States and Iraq Still Need Each Other

81. How Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia’s Message Framing Primed Its Members to Become Recruits for the Islamic State

82. Iran’s Supreme Leader Responds to the Soleimani Assassination

83. Hezbollah Has a New Strategy to Survive Lebanon’s Financial Crisis

84. Establishing a Response Ratio for Iranian and Proxy Attacks

85. New Khamenei Speech Underlines the Importance of Popular Support for the Regime

86. The Coronavirus in Iran (Part 2): Regime Culpability and Resiliency

87. The White House Peace Plan Meeting: U.S. Goals, Israeli Repercussions

88. The Coronavirus in Iran (Part 1): Clerical Factors

89. Syria’s Economic Crisis Sparks Rare Protests in Regime Territory

90. Who Is Esmail Qaani, the New Chief Commander of Iran’s Qods Force?

91. Reading Trump in Tehran

92. Russia’s Growing Interests in Libya

93. U.S. Do’s and Don’ts in Iraq

94. Tunisia Turns a Corner Against the Jihadist Movement

95. Implications of the Saudi Corruption Arrests

96. The Forgotten Peace at Twenty-Five: How to Protect and Strengthen Israel-Jordan Ties

97. Signposts for an Islamic State Comeback in Iraq

98. Understanding the Saudi Aramco IPO

99. The Islamic State in Syria After the U.S. Withdrawal

100. What Is Iran Up To in Deir al-Zour?