by Diana Ohlbaum Buffeted by a double whammy of restructuring proposals—one from the White House recommending a transfer of the State Department’s Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau (PRM) to the Department of Homeland Security, another from development experts recommending a… Continue Reading
by Sanam Naraghi Anderlini and Sina Azodi In Washington, the policy of Iranian regime change that blossomed during the Bush years and withered under Obama has flowered again in the Trump administration. But those advocating regime change and those arguing… Continue Reading
by Eldar Mamedov There are few people in the universe of US foreign policy with the standing and prestige of Henry Kissinger. He is still actively giving his opinions and recommendations on critical diplomatic issues. All the more concerning, then,… Continue Reading
by Eli Clifton Last week’s promotion of ret. Gen. John Kelly to White House chief-of-staff appears to have empowered Trump’s national security adviser, Gen. H.R. McMaster, to purge the NSC’s ranks of anti-Muslim ideologues and Iran hawks. McMaster has fired… Continue Reading
by The Iran Project The international agreement with Iran continues to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. No American national security objective would be served by withdrawing from it as long as Iran is meeting the agreement’s requirements. To… Continue Reading