Commentary and Analysis

"Iranians have protested several times against the Islamic Republic, and every time they have been silenced, every time they have been repressed, brutally."

What's the historical context for protests in Iran? Nonresident Senior Fellow Saeid Golkar explains on NBC News Now with Joshua Johnson.

As rumors spread, Saeid Golkar argues why it's unlikely that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, succeeds his father.

Chatham House’s Renad Mansour joins Deep Dish to discuss implications today’s perils have for Iraq and the Middle East.

"The Syrian war has failed to hold the US public's attention," Paul Poast writes. He explains why in World Politics Review.

Caroline de Gruyter, Gideon Rachman, and Prashant Rao join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Experts Laurel Miller and Andrew Watkins join Deep Dish to unpack Afghanistan’s economic collapse.

"Afghanistan was indeed a failure of US foreign policy," Paul Poast writes. "But it wasn't a failure of the Biden administration."

Steve Erlanger, Bobby Ghosh, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

As attention returns to Gaza, majorities view a breakthrough in negotiations as unlikely in the foreseeable future.