Has Iran's ideology actually hardened?

The change in tone and presentation of policy isn't a fundamental redirection, but rather the consolidation of a system under pressure

Alex Vatanka

Ebrahim Raisi and His Nuclear Project

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) criticized Iran for stonewalling an investigation into past activities and jeopardizing important monitoring work, possibly complicating efforts to…

Mahdi Akabaei

The Merkel Consensus Will Live On

The end of the Angela Merkel era is widely seen as a moment of change. Supporters of the outgoing German chancellor fear the end of the stability they believe she created and, perhaps, a reduction of…

Hans Kundnani

Namejs versus Zapad

Autumn is for military exercises. In September, two major exercises have occurred in relatively close geographic proximity, one in Latvia and the other in western Russia and Belarus. Latvia’s annual…

Lukas Milevski