Raisi’s death may accelerate one of two likely outcomes: Iran’s transition to more of a military dictatorship or the regime’s implosion.

Aaron David Miller as he sits down with two of Washington's finest analysts of Iran, Suzanne Maloney and Robin Wright.

What is the Biden administration’s approach to Iran? How will domestic politics and the upcoming U.S. presidential election shape it?

With the release of the incriminating U.S. intelligence report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, President Biden has clearly outlined his intention to recalibrate the U.S.-Saudi relationship to ensure it advances U.S. interests and values.

Foreign states have long meddled in Libya’s post-2011 conflicts, but this latest phase of the civil war has seen intensified military interventions by Russia, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates, all in violation of a UN arms embargo. Why have diplomatic efforts to end the proxy war failed?

Since 2001, jihadism has evolved and proliferated in ways both unanticipated and once considered unimaginable.

On June 12 Iranians will vote in the country’s tenth presidential election since 1979. Incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be challenged in his bid for re-election by three well-known Iranian political figures.

Contemporary discourse on democratic transformation in the Arab world often lacks a critical assessment of the kind of progress that is taking place on the ground. Marina Ottaway and Julia Choucair-Vizoso launched their new book Beyond the Façade: Political Reform in the Arab World, a critical assessment of political reform in the Arab world based on ten case studies.

On June 4, 2007, Amr Hamzawy and Marina Ottaway of the Carnegie Endowment presented their paper “Fighting on Two Fronts: Secular Parties in the Arab World.” Owen Kirby of the Middle East Partnership Initiative served as discussant and Robin Wright of the Washington Post moderated.