Iran

Moscow seeks to combine pragmatism with maximum leverage, at least until Iran achieves a détente with the West.

The future of America’s standing as a great power depends on the choices it makes in dealing with Iran.

The West should build goodwill and reduce mistrust, before imposing the demands of the Additional Protocol.

Gender discrimination is still an issue, especially in high office, but progress is being made.

The Center for Strategic Research will be instrumental in helping Hassan Rouhani confront Iran’s many challenges.

From Ghana to Egypt to the Horn, the departing president has leveraged economic and diplomatic ties to expand Iran’s reach in Africa.

Iranians deliver a clear victory to the moderate candidate. Will change ensue?

While Saeed Jalili appears the early frontrunner, the early chaos of Iran’s presidential elections underscores the unpredictability of the race.

Amid the proliferation of red lines, the important ones are at risk of being opaque or even unintelligible in Tehran.

“We are approaching a point where…the international community will no longer have any realistic option to veto an Iranian decision to build nuclear weapons.”

Tokyo-based Tom Kuczyński explores Iran’s rich history of Islam, Zoroastrianism and its diverse architecture of mosques, courtyards and mausoleums.

Obama’s reelection and signs of Iranian willingness to end the nuclear standoff might offer some hope towards a compromise.