Middle East & North Africa

The public’s calculus favors maintaining an unsatisfactory status quo over risking national collapse

President Trump’s social media threat about possible regime change in Iran added to the speculation that collapse of the Iranian government is also the U.S. goal

Now that U.S. forces have joined the fight, militia leaders face an excruciating choice: confront both Israel and the U.S. or stand down and risk losing Iranian public support

Iranians defend their sovereignty against Israeli attack but demand change and an end to the policies that put them in this predicament

Diplomacy is at threat and an already bloodied Middle East is on edge

So far, Chinese officials have not acknowledged the suffering of Syrian civilians at the hands of the Assad regime

It is not necessary to have zero enrichment to have confidence that Iran is not diverting materials to build a bomb

Russia fuels Bushehr, complicating Iran’s insistence on maintaining its own nuclear enrichment capacity