The downfall of the Assad regime has profound implications for the Middle East, particularly for Russia and Iran, whose regional influence has taken a severe blow. Israel, however, views this as a ...

At first sight, therefore, 2024 has amplified a growing sense that the multilateral order which emerged from the second world ...

Such attempts would not be impossible as Iran has small submarines and speed boats along with sailors willing to carry out suicidal missions to deliver the mines. Even that may not be sufficient, as ...

The country may have exited the Axis of Resistance, but this does not mean that it has automatically crossed to the opposing ...

President Biden pulled punches when enforcing oil sanctions against Iran. Forsaking the leverage inherited from President Trump’s “maximum pressure,” Biden opted for “maximum deference” from the ...

The Syrian regime’s collapse came more quickly than the rebels had dreamed — the circumstances were both serendipitous and part of a larger global realignment.

Who’d have thunk it? The Assad regime collapses in Syria after 54 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hold on power seems undermined by imperial overstretch, and the mullahs of Iran have been ...

Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was.

United States President-elect Donald Trump is staying true to his self-given moniker of “tariff man.” This time, he’s taking ...

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee U.S. intelligence, toured Capitol Hill this week looking to reassure some Republican senators who have withheld their support so far ...

Syrian dictator Bashar Assad fell amid complex geopolitical shifts, not because America and her allies are imperialists ...

To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.