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Commentary

Despite Significant Geostrategic Challenges, President Lee Can Make Progress on Korean Peninsula Security

South Korea’s newly-elected President Lee Jae-myung will face many geostrategic challenges, including North Korea.
June 10, 2025
Frank Aum
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Past Broken Promises Make No Uranium Enrichment a Deal Breaker for Iran

It is not necessary to have zero enrichment to have confidence that Iran is not diverting materials to build a bomb.
June 10, 2025
Barbara Slavin
Commentary

Three Big Questions for the 2025 NATO Summit

Anticipating how President Trump and his European counterparts will handle the upcoming NATO summit.
June 6, 2025
Emma Ashford
Commentary

Will A Nuclear Deal Affect Iran-Russia Civilian Nuclear Cooperation?

Russia fuels Bushehr, complicating Iran’s insistence on maintaining its own nuclear enrichment capacity.
June 5, 2025
Emil Avdaliani
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Trump’s Green Light: Can Tokyo Replicate Nippon Steel Deal?

Trump’s green light to Nippon Steel hints at new momentum for U.S.-Japan shipbuilding cooperation.
June 4, 2025
Yuki Tatsumi
Commentary

Eroding What’s Left of Congressional Arms Transfer Oversight

How President Trump’s decision to defy the norms of Congressional consultation undermines one of the last meaningful mechanisms of arms transfer oversight.
June 4, 2025
Elias Yousif
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US-Iran Nuclear Talks Echo Familiar Tunes

A U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may hinge on survival instincts and political vanity—echoing past patterns in new ways.
June 3, 2025
John Limbert
Commentary

A New Two Pillar Policy in the Persian Gulf?

Saudi leaders now consider Iran to be a counterbalance more than a threat.
May 30, 2025
Arash Reisinezhad
Commentary

Under Merz, More Continuity Than Change in German Policy Toward the Middle East

Germany is likely to be one of the European states blocking a suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement over the Gaza war.
May 28, 2025
Marc Martorell Junyent
Commentary

Azerbaijan’s Emerging Role in Post-Assad Syria

A greater Azerbaijani role in Syria could help Damascus navigate between Turkey, Israel, Iran, and Russia.
May 22, 2025
Fuad Shahbazov
Commentary

Girls Left Behind: How Legal Gaps and Social Norms Sustain Child Marriage 

Despite decades of advocacy and legal reform, the discussions at CSW69 underscored that child marriage continues to rob millions of girls each
May 21, 2025
Neermala Persaud
Commentary

Health and Science Diplomacy Could Pave the Way to New US-Iran Relations

Health diplomacy has a history of easing differences between historic rivals.
May 20, 2025
James Miller
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