Now that President Joe Biden has completed his trip to the Middle East, his administration will likely make one last bid to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, …
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
The Biden Administration Is Struggling to Develop a Middle East Strategy
Despite the declining capacity of the United States to shape the Middle East’s strategic architecture, it is unlikely that effective regional solutions to secu…
Policy Analysis
IranMedia and Technology
Information Controls in Iranian Cyberspace: A Soft War Strategy
May 23, 2022Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
While the Islamic Republic of Iran undoubtedly uses cyberspace for censorship and surveillance of its citizens, including cyber warfare to damage information s…
Policy Analysis
LebanonIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
Hezbollah Mirrors a Weak State and a Turbulent Region
Apr 13, 2022Nabeel Khoury
In the eyes of an observant analyst, “While it is customary to characterize Hezbollah as a ‘state within a state,’ it is more accurate now to define it as a ‘s…
Will the Qatar Talks Produce a Nuclear Deal with Iran?
Jun 28, 2022
Barbara Slavin and Imad K. Harb discuss the upcoming talks on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal which are set to resume this week in Doha. Slavin is the dire…
Expert Interview
IranUS Foreign Policy
The Prospects of the Nuclear Deal with Iran
May 16, 2022
Mehran Kamrava and Khalil E. Jahshan discuss the Vienna nuclear talks and the prospects for a return to the JCPOA. Kamrava is Professor of Government at George…
Podcast
IranUS Foreign Policy
Can the Vienna Talks Bring Back the Iran Deal?
Dec 29, 2021
Laura Rozen and Yousef Munayyer discuss the Vienna nuclear talks, how close the parties are to a deal, and what needs to happen to reach one. Rozen is a vetera…
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Webinar
IranUS Foreign Policy
Prospects for US-Iran Relations under Raisi
Sep 2, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET
The Iranian Studies Unit of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies and Arab Center Washington DC co-hosted a lecture by Dr. Vali Nasr on the prospects…
Webinar
BahrainIdentity Politics and Sectarianization
From Neighbors to Foreigners: Iranians in Bahrain in the Early 20th Century
Jul 15, 2021
On 15 July 2021, the Iranian Studies Unit (ISU) of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, in partnership with the Arab Center Washington DC (ACW), ho…