The Obama administration and its European allies are confronted by multiple crises in an increasingly turbulent and violent Middle East —…
This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale…
What seems lost in the furious, partisan debate about the Iran nuclear deal is just how long it took the United States to actually get back…
Despite substantial interest in the potential for mobile money to positively impact the lives of the poor, little empirical evidence exists…
Iran now has the knowledge and expertise needed to build a nuclear weapon, writes Nicholas Burns.
It may be the biggest foreign policy bet…
Now that President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry have reached an interim nuclear agreement with Iran, they need to pivot quickly…
This week, Congress took up the president’s request to use military force against the Islamic State. The president’s draft would authorize…
Tarek Masoud argues that democracy in the Middle East is in decline, and prospects for its arrival look dim.
Several years after the Arab Spring began, democracy remains elusive in the Middle East. The Arab Spring that resides in the popular…
In many countries, polling day ends with disputes about ballot-box fraud, corruption, and flawed registers. Which claims are legitimate?…