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Preventing the Next Middle East Disaster
At play for Washington in the Middle East is the opportunity to keep Russia out of the Eastern Mediterranean, Iran’s proxy network at bay, and scale back China's ambitions in ...
By Adham Sahloul
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Episode 6: Autonomy Now! Ukraine, Iran, China, and the “Drone” RevolutionIn this episode with Stacie Pettyjohn, program director and senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, they discuss Ukraine, China, and Houthi rebels and talk to...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
How to Kick-start Syria’s ReconstructionGiven that there are so many stakeholders interested in Syria’s future, it’s unlikely that all countries will agree on the best way to support its transition, but they don’t n...
By Delaney Soliday & Kate Johnston
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Arab League Summit in Iraq Falls Short
There are many who have argued about the insignificance of the Arab League altogether, but from an Iraqi perspective, taking on the responsibility to host it also involves tak...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Ziemba: U.S. Has To Be Ready To Accept Mideast InvestmentsUS President Donald Trump has secured $200 billion in deals during a visit to the United Arab Emirates, according to the White House, as he wraps up his visit to the Middle Ea...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Inks $600 Bn Deal In Saudi Arabia | Musk, Blackrock CEO Flank Trump In Gulf VisitIn today's episode of India Global, U.S. President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States. NDTV's Gaurie Dw...
By Daniel Silverberg
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Iraq and Türkiye Ink Defence Deals As They Vow To Pressure Israel on Gaza
From humanitarian co-operation in Gaza to stabilising northern Syria and managing shared water resources, both nations are expanding their regional footprint. Then there's the...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today
Over the last decade, economic statecraft has evolved to become an oft used but ill-defined catchall for the levers of economic and financial policy that advance American nati...
By Eitan Danon
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U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis
But any resolution to the Houthis, as tangled as they are in wider regional and global problems, needs a local solution....
By Eitan Danon
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Don’t Trust Russia to Mediate the Iran Nuclear DealPreventing an Iranian nuclear weapon is of critical importance to U.S. security and the security of Israel and partners throughout the Middle East....
By Jonathan Lord
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Iraq’s Population Grows to 46 Million People Following Nationwide Census
Iraq’s population now stands at 46 million people following a nationwide census that was held in November of 2024. The census, the first in 40 years, has been billed as a succ...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Gaza After Hamas
To permanently remove Hamas from power, the United States must work alongside its Arab and Israeli partners to support the PA’s return to Gaza....
By Delaney Soliday
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Sharper: Iran and the Axis of Upheaval
Despite suffering geopolitical setbacks since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel, a potentially nuclear Iran continues to pose a significant threat to U.S. and allied interes...
By Delaney Soliday & Charles Horn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Ziemba: Trump, Gaza Plan Unlikely to Come to FruitionRachel Ziemba, an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), discusses Donald Trump's proposal that the US should take control of the devastated G...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Sharper: Trump's First 100 DaysDonald Trump takes office in a complex and volatile global environment. Rising tensions with China, the continued war in Ukraine, and instability in the Middle East all pose s...
By Charles Horn
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Convene the E3 to Address the Iranian Nuclear Threat
In its first 100 days, the Trump administration should convene the United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany—the E3—to coordinate a strategy for dealing with Iran’s nuclear pro...
By Jonathan Lord
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Tehran’s Proxies Are on the Back Foot. An Iran-Russia Defense Pact Could Revive Them.A renewed defense treaty between these two powers will render Iran’s web of proxies all the more dangerous by arming already destabilizing agents with more advanced weapons te...
By Delaney Soliday & Shivane Anand
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Our Man in Damascus? Sanctions and Governance in Post-Assad SyriaThe complexity of the legal and policy issues presented by the sanctions thicket surrounding Syria—and the disparate authorities responsible for various parts of it—will requi...
By Alex Zerden
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Cryptocurrency in the War Zone: A Closer Look at Recent Events in Syria
Syria’s political fate remains in flux, both internally and in terms of its relations with key regional powers....
By Eitan Danon
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Syria: What Happened and What Comes NextAfter more than a decade of civil war involving major interventions from foreign powers, over the past week a rebel alliance incredibly rapidly gained control of city after ci...
By Richard Fontaine