Analysis

  • CSIS publishes daily, independent, bipartisan analysis — search our analysis below.
  • CSIS produces transcripts of selected events and multimedia.
  • For more of our interactive analysis and micro-websites, see Web Projects or visit CSIS’s iDeas Lab.
  • Sign up for updates and to subscribe.
  • Read CSIS’s reprint permissions.
Report
The Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, and Military Legitimacy
October 4, 2017 | Aram Nerguizian

On July 20, 2017, the Lebanese Shi’a militant group Hezbollah confirmed that it had put in motion a plan to dislodge Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) militants from Lebanon.

Report
The Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah and the Race to Defeat ISIS
July 31, 2017 | Aram Nerguizian

On July 20, 2017, the Lebanese Shi’a militant group Hezbollah confirmed that it had put in motion a plan to dislodge Jabhat al-Nusra (JAN) militants from Lebanon.

Report
The Case For and Against a "Realist" Strategy in Syria
January 24, 2017 | Anthony H. Cordesman, Aram Nerguizian

The Trump Administration has inherited Syria as a land of lost options, and as a country where U.S. policy is broadly seen as a failure and a sign of growing American weakness in the Middle East.

Report
The Struggle for the Levant: Geopolitical Battles and the Quest for Stability
September 18, 2014 | Aram Nerguizian

The United States and its allies compete with Iran in a steadily more unsettled and uncertain Levant.

Report
Lebanon at the Crossroad: Assessing the Impact of the Lebanon-Syria Insecurity Nexus
February 26, 2014 | Aram Nerguizian

Lebanon has been a chronic US foreign policy challenge in the Levant since the Eisenhower Administration.

Commentary
Syrian Chemical Weapons Disposal: Between Distrust and Playing Chicken
September 11, 2013 | Aram Nerguizian
On September 9th 2013, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proposed that Syria’s alleged chemical weapons (CW) stockpile be put under international control. The Russian proposal is intended to avert a U.S.-led military strike on Syria in the...

Commentary
Assessing the Consequences of Hezbollah’s Necessary War of Choice in Syria
June 17, 2013 | Aram Nerguizian

While supportive of popular protesters and regime change in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia, at no point has the Shi’a militant group Hezbollah signaled any intention of scaling back its support for the regime of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad. To...


Commentary
The Difficult Path to Mitigating Risk in Syria
May 9, 2013 | Aram Nerguizian

More than two years of fighting have seen the Ba’ath regime of President Bashar al-Assad and its opponents metastasize politically and evolve militarily in ways that all but ensure a protracted and bloody stalemate in Syria. Regional and international actors’ ...


Report
U.S.-Iranian Competition in the Levant: Parts I & II
January 10, 2013 | Aram Nerguizian The US and Iran are competing in a steadily more unsettled and uncertain Levant.

Commentary
Bracing for an Uncertain Future in Syria
June 20, 2012 | Aram Nerguizian

As former UN secretary general Kofi Annan’s peace plan struggles to make headway, there are few good options to deal with what are likely to be years of unrest and socioeconomic and political instability. The Annan plan called for a Syrian-led political process...


Commentary
Taking a Step Forward on Syria
March 29, 2012 | Aram Nerguizian

Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan’s peace plan for Syria could be a step in the right direction. The plan calls for a Syrian-led political process under UN supervision to bring about a cessation of armed violence across the country. It also calls for dialogue...


Report
U.S. And Iranian Strategic Competition: The Proxy Cold War in the Levant, Egypt and Jordan
March 12, 2012 | Aram Nerguizian

US competition with Iran has become the equivalent of a game of three-dimensional chess, but a game where each side can modify at least some of the rules with each move.

Current search

Search Analysis

By Type

By Publication Type

By Date

By Topic

By Region

By Program

By Web Project

By Author

By Tag