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The fight for our democracy is not coming. It is here. When I say that we have months, not a year, to save democracy, I'm talking about this coordinated, relentless legal assault on political dissent. 1/ Let me explain a few elements of Trump's plan: nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/…

New report on Axis of Resistance begins corrective work of figuring out *how* diminished is Iran’s network and how, inevitably, it will adapt.

The Axis of Resistance has endured catastrophic defeats since Oct.7, but this should not obscure the capabilities it still retains. In the first part of a long appraisal, Thanassis Cambanis and I try to make sense of the new state of play for the AoR. tcf.org/content/report…

Persian Gulf countries can’t avoid dealing with the Trump administration, but American “gifts” could lock them into risky long-term arrangements—whether in finance, security, or politics. New commentary from Rohan Advani tcf.org/content/commen…

Really excited to take bold progressive stands with Julie Margetta Morgan, the new president here at The Century Foundation

What is the biggest threat to a democratic transition in Syria after Assad? A new Democracy in Exile Roundtable featuring Lina Sergie Attar Loubna Mrie Amr Al-Azm Mohamad Bazzi Thanassis Cambanis Frederic C. Hof Steven Heydemann Sam Heller | سام هيلر ammar azzouz 🥀 عمّار عزّوز and more: dawnmena.org/the-threats-to…

"There are a thousand ways Syria's transition could career off the rails, but only one that leads to a decent outcome: an embrace of universal rights." Thanassis Cambanis in Democracy in Exile's new Roundtable on Syria's post-Assad transition: dawnmena.org/the-threats-to…

How the Axis of Resistance is likely to regroup and concentrate on local power sources (and struggles) in response to the pressures against it. Second report from Veena Ali-Khan and me exploring the shifting fortunes of Iran's network after Oct. 7.

Report No. 2 from Thanassis Cambanis and me exploring how Iran and the Axis of R are likely to adapt and turn inward following recent blows. We look at strategic options that are left for Iran, the Houthis and Hezbollah as they navigate the shifting tides. tcf.org/content/report…

Big news from The Century Foundation: Angela Hanks is joining The Century Foundation as our Chief of Policy Programs. We are so lucky to have such a talented, savvy expert leading our policy teams! tcf.org/content/about-…

Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs mean that the 1990s dream of peace and democracy in the Middle East through economic liberalization is dead, writes Rohan Advani in a new commentary. (1/6)

In search of a Trump Doctrine: CI fellows analyze the president’s MENA trip & conclude that transactionalism is the only unifying credo—even when some outcomes are good. Read more from Rohan Advani Aron Lund @abujamajem @abujamajem Thanassis Cambanis Dahlia Scheindlin tcf.org/content/commen…

Israel and the US aren’t after regime change in Iran. Their goal is to break the Iranian state, writes CI fellow Veena Ali-Khan in a new commentary. That’s a huge problem—for the region, the Iranian people, US interests & even for Israel (1/3) tcf.org/content/commen…