One may not like the law, like the Muslim Brotherhood, like Egypt, or like foreign aid, but the law is the law.

The 2010 discovery of what may potentially be 3,450 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 1.7 billion barrels of oil in the Eastern Mediterrranean's Levant Basin brings that region's security to the forefront. The United States would be wise to bolster its force posture in the region by establishing new cooperative security sites and by helping develop a regional defense partnership.

How have the Revolutionary Guards reacted to Hassan Rouhani's victory? AEI's Will Fulton provides clarity in a Q&A with the United States Institute of Peace.

This report examines the formal structures that comprise the IRGC's senior leadership and the informal influence networks that dominate it. The central focus is a faction within the IRGC referred to here as the "Command Network" (IRGC-CN), and its extended branches.

Decisive action by Egypt's military has brought down President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood government, but the Brotherhood is not going quietly.

Is it a coup? Should the US suspend aid to the country? What are the implications of events in Egypt for the broader Middle East? Does the composition of the interim government reveal anything about the direction of post-Morsi Egypt? Join AEI and the Brookings Institution for a lively Google Hangout discussion of these questions and more.

If trends of corruption and insubordination continue to accelerate in the Yemeni military, they could risk knocking out a vital pillar of U.S. counterterrorism strategy.

Just two-and-a-half years ago, advocates of “the Arab Spring” argued it would bring democracy to the Middle East and end terrorism’s attraction in the Muslim world.

Increasing inflation continues to take its toll on ordinary Iranians, making it increasingly difficult to put food on the table.