Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was one of the most influential and popular figures in theIslamic Republicand a particular nemesis ofthe United States…

For the majority of his 20-year career at the top of Iran’s Quds force,Qassem Soleimanimethodically operated in the shadows to build Iran’s vast network of proxies, militias and allies across the…

Iran’s missile retaliation on the U.S. military presence in Iraq seems set to bring this round of escalation between Washington and Tehran to a close. The nearly weeklong crisis that began with…

Donald Trump’s hasty decision to assassinate Qassem Soleimani last week has opened up a can of worms in the region. While the administration has been tirelessly attempting to weaken the Iranian…

Last August, while preparing for the G-7 summit in Biarritz, French PresidentEmmanuel Macronopened the doors of his summer residence at Fort Brégançon to Russian PresidentVladimir Putin. Armed with a…

ISISis down but not out. InMarch 2019,U.S.-backed Kurdish and Arab forces captured the group’s last territorial stronghold in theMiddle East, the town of Baghuz in easternSyria. Seven months later,…

A crisis in Iraq has reached the gates of the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and presented a critical test of the administration’s resolve in confronting Iranian-orchestrated provocations. With Washington…

On January 2, Turkey’s parliament approved by a large majority a controversial bill that allows troops to be deployed to Libya in support of the Tripoli-based government in the country’s worsening…

It was only yesterday when the Arab states were mired in the prospects of a possible conflict with Turkey, as the motion to send troops to Libya was passed in the National Assembly in Ankara. But one…

How Dictatorships Work.Barbara Geddes,Joseph Wright,Erica Frantz.Cambridge University Press, 2018. 270pp. The world is in an illiberal phase. In recent years, dictators have strengthened their…