Thinking about Pakistan as a South Asian power misses the fact that it has regional connections to the Middle East—and global power connections it can leverage.

President Trump called NYT’s David Sanger directly to talk about the Iran deal. He shares with us what he learned from those conversations and what he's watching next.

Robert Pape joins the 2026 cohort of Emerging Leaders to examine the tradeoffs inherent in deploying force and explore the limits of military power in shaping political outcomes.

March 3, 2026, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Dina Smeltz , Craig Kafura , and Lama El Baz, Mohsen Ganji / AP, Download Report (PDF), While few Americans want to see Iran develop a nuclear weapon, just half expressed support for US airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities—and most beli...

April 30, 2025, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Lama El Baz and Dina Smeltz, Vahid Salemi / AP, Download Report (PDF), Majorities of Democrats and Independents support a potential deal similar to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but only a minority of Republicans agree., For the fir...

Catherine Bertini and Michael Werz explain how the Iran war could ripple from energy markets into global food systems, driving prices higher and worsening global food security.

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As the United States and Iran work on a path back to the Iran nuclear deal, what do Americans and Iranians think about the agreement?