Harnessing AI to Move from Threat to Threat Reduction

…to avoid similar analytic failures in the future—the project works to challenge assumptions, misperceptions, and groupthink with a view to encouraging alternative approaches to America’s foreign and national security policy…
House Subcommittee Hearing: “A Dangerous Strategy: Examining the Biden Administration’s Failures on Iran”

…time, Iran has stepped up its domestic repression in the wake of the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody a year ago, which sparked nationwide protests. And it has…
For Now, the US Holds Off on Attacking Iran

…Freedom movement of 2022-2023 — the government has grudgingly stopped trying in a systematic way to police how its women dress. The long hair and bared midriffs so often seen…
What Would Be Indicators of Regime Collapse in Iran?

…killed in an airstrike. In preparation for gaps at the top of security forces leadership functions, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi, who is also a member of the Supreme National Security…
CORVI: Assessing Priority Climate Risks in Dominica

…as Dominica’s diaspora by increasing their confidence that the funds are addressing the highest priority risks and that the funds will be used effectively. Appendices Appendix 1: Full List…
Iran’s Brain Drain Accelerates as Crackdown on Dissent Intensifies

…toward economic, social, cultural, and foreign policy breakdown. The unprecedented revolt that followed the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini in September 2022 and the government’s botched, violent response…
What Faezeh Hashemi’s Revolt Behind Bars Says About Iran’s Political Culture

…Policy. His work focuses on U.S.-Iran relations, U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and nuclear issues. His writings have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, and USA Today, among other…
Raisi and Biden at UNGA: Back to Square One with Iran

…In 2013, it was the setting for a major breakthrough between the U.S. and Iran. First, the foreign ministers of the P5+1 – the five permanent members of the U.N….