Peter Wilson Under what circumstances might Riyadh conclude that the clandestine and rapid acquisition of a nuclear arsenal would help address the challenges the country faces? SINCE THE TRUMP Trump administration’s May 2017 decision to terminate the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, many have speculated …

Mathew Petti The United States has thrown open the door for Turkey to fight the Kurds, but the counter-Russia and counter-Iran mission continues. Congress and presidential candidates are debating over President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, allowing Turkey to battle the Syrian Kurds. …

Giancarlo Elia Valori Since the beginning of clashes in Syria, Turkey has aimed at  annexing the left bank of the Euphrates up to Mossul, a strip of land about 500 kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide – an area which is large enough to accommodate the 3.6 million …

Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar Yes, research provides insight into Iran’s foreign policy — and a possible way to stop the escalation between Iran and United States. U.S.-Iranian tensions have reached new heights since President Trump pulled the United States out of the Iranian nuclear agreement, the Joint Comprehensive Plan …

Dania Thafer Over the course of the Trump Presidency, there has been one crucial variable missing in its justification for escalation with Iran: a direct linkage of Iran to the security of the international community. Recently however, an attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia may have provided …

Following much speculation, former Vice President Joe Biden has impactfully jumped into the Presidential race. Unlike some of Joe Biden’s fellow candidates, the former Vice President brings with him a storied political career available for unpacking by political commentators, going back even before 1997 when then-Senator Biden became …

By Andy Tyborg The ground invasion was held up overnight but recommenced on Thursday morning. Can international pressure and the U.S. Congress prevent a massacre? What began with bluster at 10:37 Wednesday night following the Turkish defense ministry’s announcement of a ground incursion into Syria quickly failed to …

By Andy Blatchford Andrew Scheer began on Saturday to lay out what he would do in the first 100 days of a Conservative government — and he pledged to pin an early bull’s-eye on what he called “frivolous spending.” With a little over a week until election day, …

By Tonda MacCharles After a stinging 2011 defeat, the Liberal Party licked its wounds and began to cast about for a new leader. And Justin Trudeau decided to quit. Although he had just been re-elected, Trudeau told anyone who asked that he would not be in the running …