Regions
Choosing Orbits: China’s Space Diplomacy in the Middle East
China’s engagement with Africa, Asia, and the Middle East has drawn significant…
Iran’s Nuclear Tightrope: Between Power and Peril
The article discussed is “What Good Is a Nuclear Threshold Capability? Lessons…
What Good Is a Nuclear Threshold Capability? Lessons from Iran’s Nuclear Program and Recent Regional Conflict
The 2023–25 conflict in the Middle East was the first regional conflagration in which…
The Democratization of Violence in the Greater Middle East
Dr. Carter Malkasian joins us to explore how the "democratization of violence"—driven…
Wars of the Greater Middle East, 1945–92
This article examines the history of war and society during the Cold War in the Middle…
Bringing Politics Back In: The Neglected Explanation of the Oct. 7 Surprise Attack
Civil-military relations are a neglected dimension in the explanation of surprise. I…
Book Review Roundtable: Lost Opportunities for Peace in the Middle East
Debates in Washington over how to respond to wars involving Israel have a long history.…
Restrained Insurgents: Why Competition Between Armed Groups Doesn’t Always Produce Outbidding
Contemporary civil wars frequently involve numerous armed groups. How do armed groups…
The Origins of the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait Reconsidered
For over 30 years, policymakers and scholars have taken for granted that Saddam Hussein…