Five CFR experts highlight trends worth tracking in the year ahead.

Qassem Suleimani and Tehran have won the battle for Baghdad. U.S. policymakers should understand that—and leave.

Over the past decade, illiberal populist leaders from across the political spectrum have won elections and taken power in many of the world’s biggest democracies, from the United States to India, the…

Iran poses an acute threat to oil infrastructure across the Middle East, potentially allowing it to extort concessions from world powers.