Iran

Order from Chaos

The Iranian hostage crisis and its effect on American politics

Elaine Kamarck

Monday, November 4, 2019

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Order from Chaos

With Lebanon making fragile progress, now is the wrong time to pull US assistance

Jeffrey Feltman

Friday, November 1, 2019

A convoy of U.S. vehicles is seen after withdrawing from northern Syria, in Erbil, Iraq October 21, 2019. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1AB61E8440

Order from Chaos

In 6 charts, see what Americans really think about US policy toward Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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Middle East & North Africa

Beyond great forces: How individuals still shape history

Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M Pollack

Foreign Affairs November/December 2019

Reports

Iraq

Pitfalls of the paramilitary paradigm: The Iraqi state, geopolitics, and Al-Hashd al-Shaabi

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 2019

Iran

Swamped in a triple crisis

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Monday, June 3, 2019

Iran

Constraining Iran’s missile capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Vann H. Van Diepen

March 2019

Iran

Constraining Iran’s future nuclear capabilities

Robert Einhorn and Richard Nephew

March 2019

The Titan Missile, shown from above during a tour of the 103-foot Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) site which was decommissioned in 1982, at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Arizona, U.S., February 2, 2019. REUTERS/Nicole Neri - RC1218FFA6D0

Arms Control

Managing risk: Nuclear weapons in the new geopolitics

Madelyn R. Creedon, Robert Einhorn, Kate Hewitt, Bonnie Jenkins, Bruce Jones, Suzanne Maloney, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Jung H. Pak, Frank A. Rose, and Strobe Talbott

February 2019

Blog Posts

Saudi Energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman attends a news conference in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Waleed Ali - RC1496A3D9B0

Order from Chaos

Saudi leaders thought the kingdom was safe — they were wrong

Bruce Riedel

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Smoke is seen following a fire at Aramco facility in the eastern city of Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer - RC18BDE58360

Order from Chaos

Around the halls: Brookings experts react to the attack on Saudi oil facilities

Samantha Gross, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, and Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

U.S. Marines observe an Iranian fast attack craft from USS John P. Murtha during a Strait of Hormuz transit, Arabian Sea off Oman, in this picture released on July 18, 2019. Donald Holbert/U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS- THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1FF5621490

Order from Chaos

Germany should pull together a European naval mission in the Gulf

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

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Events

2019

Oct

Past Event

Pushing the limits: U.S.-Iranian brinkmanship in the Gulf

6:00 PM - 7:30 AM EDT

The impact of militias on governance and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Constraining Iran’s nuclear and missile capabilities

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Related Books

Brookings FOCUS Book

By Steven Pifer and Michael E. O’Hanlon

2012

Becoming Enemies: U.S.-Iran Relations and the Iran-Iraq War, 1979–1988

By Bruce Riedel

2012

Deferring Democracy

By Catharin E. Dalpino

2011

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Shibley Telhami

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Multimedia

The fast combat support ship USNS Arctic pulls alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln to conduct a replenishment-at-sea in the Mediterranean Sea.

Iran

Is the US on a collision course with Iran?

Suzanne Maloney

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

White House National Security Adviser John Bolton and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Global Trade

What role do sanctions play in US foreign policy?

David Dollar and Elizabeth Rosenberg

Monday, May 13, 2019

FILE PHOTO OF FEBRUARY 1979 - Supporters of the leader and founder of the Islamic revolution Ayatollah Khomeini hold his picture in Tehran during the country's revolution in February 1979. Iraninans celebrate the 20th anniverssary of the Revolution this week.DS/WS - RP1DRIHULAAA

Podcast Episode

Iran’s 1979 revolution and its legacies today

Daniel L. Byman, Jeffrey Feltman, Elaine Kamarck, Suzanne Maloney, Bruce Riedel, and Fred Dews

Friday, January 25, 2019

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