The war in Iran is likely to wind down soon – at least in its current phase – making this a moment to step back from battlefield minutiae and assess the emerging balance of power in the Middle East. How the Iranian regime will evolve remains uncertain, but the country as a whole is poised […]

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Kamran BokhariKamran Bokhari, PhD, is a regular contributor to and former senior analyst (2015-2018) with Geopolitical Futures. Dr. Bokhari is now the Senior Director, Eurasian Security & Prosperity Portfolio at the New Lines Institute for Strategy & Policy in Washington, DC. Dr. Bokhari is also a national security and foreign policy specialist at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute. He has served as the Coordinator for Central Asia Studies at the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) at @Kamran Bokhari