Iran

Order from Chaos

Why Iranians are revolting again

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Order from Chaos

Iranian protesters strike at the heart of the regime’s revolutionary legitimacy

Suzanne Maloney

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

A woman walks in front of new murals of the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran November 2, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1267CD4B60

Future Development

To talk or not to talk to Trump: A question that divides Iran

Djavad Salehi-Isfahani

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Iran

Watch: Iran nuclear agreement continues to collapse and Iran’s declining soft power due to Iraq and Lebanon protests

Ali Fathollah-Nejad

Tuesday, November 12, 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

Police stand guard at a demonstration during the Iran hostage crisis, in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 9, 1979. Library of Congress/Marion S. Trikosko/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1573866350

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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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

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Up Front

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

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

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

ShibleyTelhami

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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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