Analysis & Opinion

  • Opinion
    Sep 5, 2018
    Salah Tabbara

    Lebanon’s wind power story

    Sep 5, 2018
    Salah Tabbara
    Wind power development is one solution that, if expedited, can help to achieve Lebanon’s target under the Paris agreement and help Lebanon play its role in the global fight against climate change.
  • Analysis
    Sep 4, 2018
    Ross Harrison

    Shifts in the Middle East Balance of Power

    Sep 4, 2018
    Ross Harrison
    While the Cold War ended almost three-decades ago, this event spawned a shift in the balance of power that the Middle East has yet to recover from. Harrison lays out how this has produced the current regional structure that is the source of most of the problems the region contends with today.
  • Aug 31, 2018
    Mona Alami

    Is Iran replicating Lebanon model in southern Syria?

    Aug 31, 2018
    Mona Alami
  • Analysis
    Aug 30, 2018
    Robert Mogielnicki

    The new economics of Qatar-Turkey relations

    Aug 30, 2018
    Robert Mogielnicki
    <p>Qatar has found in Turkey a reliable trade and investment partner to help mitigate the most painful elements of the economic blockade. Qatari capital can help reinforce the loyalty of an influential regional ally today, but Doha must exercise caution in its longer-term management of relations with Washington and Ankara.</p>
  • Analysis
    Aug 29, 2018

    Rouhani’s path to becoming Supreme Leader

    Aug 29, 2018
    At the heart of Rouhani’s political message in 2013 and 2017 was the promise of fundamental political and economic reform, including negotiations with foreign adversaries such as the United States. If he cannot pull it off because Khamenei won’t allow it, then Rouhani should put his case to the people.
  • Analysis
    Aug 27, 2018
    Vinay Kaura

    US-Taliban talks a momentous shift in strategy

    Aug 27, 2018
    Vinay Kaura
    In the renewed diplomatic push for a negotiated end to the conflict, if the U.S. shows some flexibility on a power-sharing formula, the Taliban may also offer a pragmatic concession—acquiescence to the continued presence of some U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
  • Analysis
    Aug 22, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab

    Relocating the Fifth Fleet?

    Aug 22, 2018
    Bilal Y. Saab
    It’s far from a no-brainer.
  • Analysis
    Aug 21, 2018
    Geoffrey Aronson

    The US needs to rethink its Syria strategy

    Aug 21, 2018
    Geoffrey Aronson
    The imminent defeat of ISIS in Syria raises a troubling question that the Trump administration has yet to answer—what next?
  • Analysis
    Aug 17, 2018
    Rauf Mammadov

    Western companies leave Iran as energy sanctions loom

    Aug 17, 2018
    Rauf Mammadov
    Amid a crumbling economy and social unrest, Tehran is finding it harder to keep companies in the country, while those who have stayed either lack the financial or technical capability to implement important projects like that of South Pars.
  • Analysis
    Aug 16, 2018
    Neil Hauer

    Is Russia drawing down in Syria?

    Aug 16, 2018
    Neil Hauer
    Since December 2017, at least three North Caucasian battalions in Syria have returned to their bases. While details are murky, recent developments and statements indicate that this could be the beginning of a partial Russian drawdown in Syria.

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