A Revolution and A War: How Iran Transformed Today’s Middle East

June 7, 2022 / Essays

How the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the eight-year Iran–Iraq War greatly and irreversibly influenced the geopolitics and regional dynamics of the Middle East

Afghanistan and the New Taliban

January 17, 2022 / Global Forum

What happens if the United States and other Western powers make a fresh beginning with the Taliban?

The Iran Nuclear Deal: A Springboard for a New Middle East Security Architecture

February 25, 2021 / Tahrir Forum

The Iran nuclear deal could be the first building block in a new Middle East security architecture.

Will the U.S. Evolve its Foreign Policy from Past Mistakes?

Fall 2020 / Q & A

Former U.S. Ambassador and American University in Cairo President Francis Ricciardone evaluates how the United States has dealt with global crises in the 21st century.

Reluctant Power Europe

Summer 2020 / Essays

Will Europe’s approach of principled pragmatism toward the Mediterranean succeed in creating stability where previous approaches have failed?

Mobilizing Against Trump’s “Vision”

March 2, 2020 / Q & A

Former Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Alkidwa explains the ways Palestinians are contesting the Trump plan for peace and how the Trump deal caters only to extremists on the Israeli and American right