We should educate people about their rights, teach consistently about the creation of political parties, work to free political prisoners and build the foundations of freedom.

A new report by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) argues that one of the greatest mistakes the United States can make is to imagine that Iranian activities in a given arena--the nuclear program, for example--are isolated from Iranian undertakings in another. The report examines those other areas

On the first anniversary of the pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Middle East scholar Michael Rubin warns that Bahrain could be headed for a bloodbath with dangerous repercussions for the United States.

When it comes to the biggest issue of the day--the revolt of Middle East publics against their leaders--China has nothing to say.

The existence of Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula makes the recent instability in that country unique in the broader wave of unrest in the Middle East.

Despite the strong rhetoric, Iranian leaders are worried about the outcome of the wave of protests, because Arabs are protesting for democracy, and not against the West.

The value of the Egyptian alliance is less than meets the eye.

The waves of change are indeed sweeping across the shores of the Middle East and North Africa. However, the Islamist regime in Iran is better geared to suppressing internal dissent than other regional autocracies and, therefore, has better prospects of surviving the crisis--for now at least.