While cost imposition works by making the other side pay for its policies, it ultimately targets the domestic economy and the popular support of the opposing regime.
detailsThe United States and China disagree on ownership of the South China Sea region
detailsA regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.
detailsAmericas Arab allies have always wanted to buy direct access to U.S. foreign policy, and they finally found a seller.
detailsPessimism afflicts those who have lost out economically
detailsEveryone is waiting for Europe to make its move even as European companies in Iran are beginning to prepare their exit from the country
detailsIt is a truism that Iraqis disappointed in their results often imagine cheating rather than acknowledge their own failures to appeal to a broader electorate
detailsThe US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal poses questions about the role of the Iran-backed Shiite armed factions in bringing the US-Iranian confrontation into Iraq.
detailsFault lines in the Middle East have hardened because of Israel, Saudi and United Arab Emirates assertiveness, emboldened by both a US administration that is more partisan in its Middle East policy
detailsWill it be the Harvard- and MIT-educated mandarin, the coveralls-wearing man of the people — or someone else the world has never heard of?
detailsThe hardliners on the nuclear deal with Iran are leaving the U.S. president with one option, namely war.
detailsSometimes the real promise of the system is simply the power to remove leaders.
detailsMoqtada al-Sadr, who once led part of the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq, may pick the next prime minister.
detailsEven before US President Donald Trump began threatening to re-impose sanctions on Iran, foreign investors looking to do business there were wary. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani failed to get his pro-market agenda off the ground
detailsEndless elections, unqualified leaders, uninformed voters, and short-term thinking are impeding economic growth.
detailsTrump decision to revisit the deal and to pressure the allies to help fix it
detailsThe two nations have been locked in a crisis since the imposition of a Saudi led diplomatic blockade on Qatar
detailsHaving won the war, will the United States end up yet again squandering the peace?
detailsHow much harder would Brexit have been had the United Kingdom adopted the euro back in 2000?
detailsThe missile attack was timed to coincide with the third anniversary of the war and the visit of Saudi Crown Prince Salman to Washington
detailsUnder President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has turn toward terrorism is well established
detailsThe former president reticence in the Trump era is only hurting his party
detailsThe Obama administration set out to create a future free of genocide. Does that future still have a chance?
detailsThe process for getting a US government clearance was so difficult that there have been reports that people who would normally not be eligible for a TS clearance have been cleared
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