Middle East

A new Brookings Institution paper, “Preventing a Nuclear-Armed Iran,” has rightly attracted considerable attention. The author, Robert Einhorn, has a distinguished record and was Special ……Read More

Iran and Russia have made progress towards an oil-for-goods deal sources said would be worth up to $20 billion, which would enable Tehran to boost vital energy exports ……Read More

The State Department said Wednesday that it has notified Iran that it would have “serious concerns” about the choice of Hamid Aboutalebi to be Iran’s ……Read More

Israel and the United States have reached a closer understanding on the Iranian issue: the two nations agree about the potential threat to the region ……Read More

As hardline critics wage a bitter conflict with the Rouhani administration over its stated desire to open up cultural space inside Iran, the Government is ……Read More

The Syrian civil war has been a major headache for President Obama. Critics at home and abroad, like Saudi Arabia, where the president was on ……Read More