The Middle East needs U.S. foreign policy to address two key threats: a weakened but unpredictable Iran and the resurgence of Sunni extremism in Syria. As President Trump begins his second term, he ...

Amid historical changes in the balance of power in the Middle East, at least one thing remains constant: the strategic ...

Iran acquiring Russian Su-35 fighter jets would mark a major upgrade of its air force without changing the regional balance of power, analysts believe. A senior Iranian military official told state ...

The election of President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam is a political breakthrough in Lebanon and a harbinger ...

Its nuclear programme is a rare area where Iran might claim to retain the initiative. Late last year Iran was producing ...

Iran is willing to negotiate with President Trump regarding its nuclear program, but "lots of things should be done by the other side," said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.

NICOLE GRAJEWSKI is a Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and an Associate ...

The chances for durable peace may depend on Trump’s whims.

Competition between the world’s great powers has intensified considerably since Donald Trump's first term in office. How the ...

But they warn that, if that fails, Iran is on a collision course with the west. European powers that opposed Trump’s maximum ...

Trump’s strained relationship with prominent Iran hawks, such as Pompeo, ex-national security advisor John Bolton, and former ...