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The struggle to succeed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is growing intense. Its outcome will hav
ISIS has carried out more acts of violence in the Al Hawl displacement camp in the first quarter of
Civil war and an unrestrained al Qaeda are all but certain should the US withdraw its forces from Af
The results of the Iranian presidential election in June 2021 will determine whether Iran shifts tow
Vladimir Putin enjoyed a successful 2020 despite a slate of setbacks to his agenda. New constitution
Tensions between the United States and Iran are high as a transition in administrations has happened
A civil war between Ethiopia’s central government and one of its regional states threatens security
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the global order and reshaping the balance of power on the world s
The United States holds enormous power and responsibility in the world. With the US presidential tra
The recent local elections in Ukraine were an important political battleground in Putin’s contest to
Russian President Vladimir Putin has a longstanding objective to integrate Belarus into Russian-cont
The US is routinely confronted with crises that worsen and expand in scope over time. Modern technol
Mass anti-government protests erupted in Iraq in October 2019. The protests led to the resignation o
Russian President Vladimir Putin plays a weak hand well. His center of gravity is increasingly his a
The United States retains a small but highly effective force in Syria. This force has a clear missio
ISW Board Chairman General Jack Keane (US Army, Retired) is a foreign policy and national security e
The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the local US partner force in northeast Syria, is facing intense
Belarus has been in a state of civil unrest for several weeks. As popular protests came to pose a ge
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi was in Washington this week for high-level bilateral meeting
Claimed ISIS attacks in Turkish and opposition-controlled northwest Syria have spiked in the past tw
