Iraqi Parliamentary Elections: A Decisive Vote for the Country’s Political Future By the Editorial Staff On November 11, 2025, Iraqis voted to renew the 329 seats in the House of Representatives. Despite…
By Franck Radjai Since the 2003 US invasion and the fall of Saddam Hussein, Iraq has become a testing ground for the proliferation of Shiite militias. Born in the security vacuum left…
By Jean-François Legaret – Nader Nouri For over a decade, Yemen has been the scene of a complex conflict, a tangle of internal divisions, regional rivalries, and global geostrategic stakes. While the…
Professor Hossein Saiedian, The University of KansasProfessor Kazem Kazerounian, The University of Connecticut Abstract. This article examines the use of political polling in authoritarian regimes, focusing on Iran and the recent surveys of…
By Ella Kelian As the world’s attention turns once again to Iran, a major shift appears to be looming in the Middle East region. Militarily weakened, diplomatically isolated, and challenged from within,…
The following analysis, published by the Free Iran Scholars Network (FSIN), a think tank of Iranian academics, examines the potential for change in Iran from the opposition. Written by Dr. Ramesh Sepehrrad…
By the Editorial Staff Struan Stevenson, President of the Committee in Search of Justice (ISJ), was the guest of the FEMO in Paris on Tuesday, November 25, to meet with French parliamentarians…
By the Editorial Staff During a meeting held at the Luxembourg Palace on November 25, former Member of the European Parliament and Middle East expert Struan Stevenson met with senators to discuss…
Khalil Khani * Part One: Drought in Iran Imagine standing beside a massive dam—not watching leisure boats gliding across the water, but instead seeing motorcyclists riding over its dry, cracked bed. This…
By Sara Nouri* The weakening of Hezbollah, and by extension of the network of proxies of the Iranian regime in the Middle East, fuels the most optimistic analyses about a possible imminent…
