Although President-elect Joe Biden has yet to chart an explicit policy program or legislative agenda, as the saying goes in Washington, “personnel is policy.” Biden’s early cabinet picks signal a…

After Iran's top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated last Friday, many are wondering if Iran would retaliate, considering other attacks and security incidents that targeted Iran…

THE PLOT Amir Saadouni, and his wife, Nasimeh Naami, of Iranian origin sat down with Assadollah Assadi, who handed them a small package. In this package, an artisanal bomb was stacked in a…

Drone warfare is one of the most important international security developments of the twenty-first century.The United Stateshas conducted thousands of drone strikes, ranging from attacks on nonstate…

The world is not getting safer, forthe United Statesor forU.S.interests. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2017 National Defense Strategy described an international environment of increased…

On US President-elect Joe Biden’s lenghthy to do list is a pledge to rejoin the 2015 Iran nuclear deal - the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), - one of the signature, if hotly debated,…

Donald Trumpdidn’t win, and neither did Trumpism. For the world beyondthe United States, these facts are of fundamental importance. Whatever happens in the coming weeks and months, most American…

The votes are in. After a fiercely contested election,Joe Bidenwill be the next president ofthe United States. Because of their distaste for the current president, the president-elect’sinner…

US President Donald Trump will cut his country's military presence in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Pentagon announced this week.Acting defence secretary Christopher Miller said the number of US soldiers…

“We cannot feed our livestock at all,” a member of the farmer’s union in Iran told Majalla. Videos circulating on social media show Iranian farmers taking their dairy cows to the slaughterhouse one…