Perry World House News and Analysis

In a new piece bringing together three PWH experts’ takes on the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. Click below to read insights from PWH Executive Director Marie Harf, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, and Penn Washington Director of Global Policy Programs Daniel Schneiderman.

“In this Memorandum, Iran got a number of new concessions from the United States, while Washington got none from Iran,” writes Harf.

In a new piece for Foreign Affairs, PWH Non-Resident Senior Advisor Hussein Banai argues that the cease-fire ending the war isn’t really an ending at all, but a return to the same uneasy deadlock that has defined U.S.-Iran relations for decades.

“Equilibrium with Iran is the best America can do,” writes Banai.

In a new piece for the South China Morning Post on Germany’s growing economic footprint in the Philippines, PWH Distinguished Visiting Fellow Julio Amador III breaks down how the deal to redevelop Clark’s old US air base fits into Manila’s broader strategy.

In the piece, Amador describes the Luzon Economic Corridor “the core, or backbone of the Philippines’ economic security initiative.”

This year, Perry World House convened scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to examine how the Indo-Pacific is responding to shifting U.S. foreign policy.

The report offers recommendations for how the U.S. can rebuild partnerships, strengthen its regional defense strategy, and safeguard technological and nuclear stability.