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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Sanctions Relief Can Empower the Iranian PeopleIf the United States, other world powers and Iran sign a nuclear deal in the coming weeks, the United States should proceed strategically in its diplomatic opening with Iran t...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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Video: CNAS 2015 Annual Conference - A Better Strategy for Fighting ISIS
By Michèle Flournoy
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Video: CNAS 2015 Annual Conference - Iran: Deal or No Deal
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Lean Forward in Iraq
The announcement this month that 450 additional U.S. trainers and support troops will deploy to Iraq represents a modest step forward in the fight against the Islamic State. B...
By Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine
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Can Obama’s plan ‘defeat and destroy’ the Islamic State?
By Michèle Flournoy
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Still Winning in Iraq
Two months ago, my colleague and I published a Foreign Affairs piece warning about the political challenges that lay ahead in Iraq’s Sunni heartland, where the government and ...
By Dafna Rand
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Commander trained to fight terrorism joins ISIS
By Paul Scharre
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What's the key to defeating ISIS?
By Michèle Flournoy
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Can Obama Save the GCC Summit?
As President Barack Obama and the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) sit down at Camp David this week, the White House’s goal is clear: reassure America’s Middle Ea...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Nicholas Heras & Shawn Brimley
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National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
The Geopolitics of the Iran Nuclear DealAs the United States and Iran near an historic nuclear agreement there is an intense debate about whether a deal represents capitulation to Iranian interests in the Middle Eas...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Robert D. Kaplan
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In Search of a Syria Strategy
The rise of ISIS and the spread of the Syrian civil war to Iraq have led to renewed discussions of U.S. intervention. Middle East Security Research Associate Nicholas Heras de...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
China's Middle East TightropeTo understand China’s role in the Middle East, consider one recent event, and one recent non-event. In late March, Beijing made headlines by sending warships to rescue hundred...
By Ely Ratner & Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Is the Muslim Brotherhood the Key to Egypt's War on Terror?As Egypt seeks to reclaim its prominence in regional affairs, President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi must acknowledge the fact that his rule is not infallible. The Arab Spring showed t...
By Alexander Velez-Green
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REMAINING HURDLES TO A NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN
The announcement last week of an agreement between Iran and the P5+1 on the parameters that would form the basis of a final nuclear agreement was a historic breakthrough. If t...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Dr. Dafna Rand before Senate Committee on Armed Services on U.S. Middle East Policy
Deputy Director of Studies Dr. Dafna Rand testified before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on U.S. Middle East Policy....
By Dafna Rand
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Video: Dr. Dafna Rand discusses Syria
By Dafna Rand
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The Kobani Model: Strengthening Kurdish-Arab Relations in Syria
The Islamic State (IS) suffered a setbackat the northern Syrian-Turkish border city of Kobani. This much-heralded event was important for a reason that has potential future ra...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iran's Great Cultural Advantage
Throughout all the vicissitudes of dealing with Iran, an obvious fact has been insufficiently addressed: The external behavior of Iran's regime is simply more dynamic and more...
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Is the Iran Deal the New Obamacare?
Has the Iran deal become too big to fail? Last October, right-wing opponents of President Obama seized on comments by his advisor, Ben Rhodes, who suggested that the administr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Islamism in the IS age
The “IS-ification of Islamist politics,” in Khalil al-Anani’s felicitous phrase, has reshaped the ideological and strategic incentives for Islamist groups and their adversarie...
By Marc Lynch