Commentaries

After the Iranian Uprising

 Alex Vatanka

Given the last two weeks of violent regime crackdown on popular protesters in Iran and subsequent international reprimand, the immediate prospect for the resumption of nuclear negotiations between Tehran and the West looks bleak.

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  Encounters

Beneath the Surface in Matmata

Elizabeth Perego

When you are standing in a ten-foot-deep hole in a mountainside, you would not expect to be served a cup of tea rivaling any from a fancy coffee shop. Nor would you imagine finding yourself face to face with a television broadcasting hundreds of channels in every major world language.

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  Policy Briefs

The Consolidation of Gulf-Asia Relations: Washington Tuned In or Out of Touch?

Dr. John Calabrese

To many American policymakers and opinion leaders, the term “Gulf-Asia Relations” is merely an abstraction. To some, it is synonymous with China’s rising oil import dependence on the Gulf.

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  Viewpoints

Discerning Yemen's Political Future

This project was originally imagined as a multi-authored consideration of Yemen’s April 2009 parliamentary process — its lead-up, outcomes, and likely consequences. Following the postponement of these elections, the authors have instead sought to examine not only the stated and implicit reasons for the delay, but also Yemen’s increasing political unrest.

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