Nuclear Issues

The Iranian regime has survived sanctions and isolation in the past by finding workarounds and relying on the resilience of its people in adapting to economic hardship. This round of sanctions is unlikely to be any worse than what Iran has already endured.

Chuck Freilich provides an analysis of the consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action for Israel — and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future.

The world was in suspense a week ago wondering whether OPEC and non-OPEC producers would put more oil on tightening global markets. Turns out: Yes, they will. But, as the story does not end here, it is worth assessing where we are and how we got here. While the U.S. seems to have gotten what it wanted, it is not all good news.

Chuck Freilich writes: The Trump administration does not appear to have a coherent strategy towards Iran and is now focused on North Korea. What may be even more worrisome is that Israel, too, does not appear to have a coherent and practical strategy.

Payam Ghalehdar analyzes Donald Trump's policy towards Iran.

In the wake to the highly anticipated encounter between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the Center for International Security and Governance hosted a lecture and panel discussion with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook, Executive Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School, on June 14^th 2018. Dr. Enrico Fels, who was also scheduled to participate in the panel discussion, regrettably had to cancel his participation last minute due to personal reasons.

Chuck Freilich provides an analysis of the recent Kim-Trump summit in Singapore that includes implications for Israel.

On June 12, 2018, Professor of Practice Matthew Bunn presented "Managing the dangers of Iran's nuclear program" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Norway.

Andrew Taffer writes that negotiating the terms of an alliance with a common enemy is an effective way to undermine confidence among a state’s allies.

If you think like a realist, many confusing aspects of world politics become easier to understand, writes Stephen Walt.