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After the Strikes: Is Iran on the Brink?

After the Strikes: Is Iran on the Brink?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – U.S. and Israeli forces intensified their unprecedented military campaign against Iran over the weekend, striking strategic [...] More

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JCPOA: If We Get to Agreement, what will it Mean?

After recent hurdles in the nearly year-long talks aimed at re-instituting the nuclear agreement with Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of [...] More

Winter is Coming: Global Energy Markets and the Impact on National Security

Winter is Coming: Global Energy Markets and the Impact on National Security

Colder weather is settling in around much of the globe and after a year and a half of managing a global pandemic, energy markets are more complicated [...] More

What Should the U.S. Expect from the 'New' Taliban Regime?

What Should the U.S. Expect from the 'New' Taliban Regime?

As the U.S. works toward getting more 11,000 Americans, diplomats and Afghan allies out of the country, what kind of Taliban should the U.S. expect [...] More

Expert Brief: Iran, the Middle East and Strategies around Oil

Expert Brief: Iran, the Middle East and Strategies around Oil

The Middle East has demanded Washington’s attention on an almost weekly basis since President Biden took office in January. Since then, the White [...] More

What Iran's Election Tells Us About Where It's Headed

What Iran's Election Tells Us About Where It's Headed

Hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday in a move that is expected to bolster the conservative legacy of the [...] More

US Approach toward Yemen Needs More Work

Mark D. Wallace is CEO of United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and the former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform. Cipher [...] More

How the Middle East Conflict Leads Back to US National Security

How the Middle East Conflict Leads Back to US National Security

In the Biden Administration’s highest-level face-to-face visit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to the Middle East to seize momentum [...] More

An Expert Brief on Economic Security, Investment and Jurisdictional Risk

An Expert Brief on Economic Security, Investment and Jurisdictional Risk

A rarely discussed but high impact trend that seems to have been amplified by the COVID-19 virus is affecting investment in countries that have [...] More

President Biden's Middle East: A Briefing with Norman Roule

President Biden's Middle East: A Briefing with Norman Roule

President Joe Biden’s administration is aiming its Middle East agenda on adhering to campaign promises, examining current policies and undoing some [...] More

A Path to Reset Iran Policy

Norman T. Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. He served as [...] More

Biden Holds the Cards on Iran, But Will He Play Them?

Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador who held senior positions including Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; [...] More

Iran: Assassination and Retaliation

Iran: Assassination and Retaliation

Just over a week ago, Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed by what Iranian authorities describe as a remote-controlled weapon [...] More