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Commentary
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Sharper: The Future of U.S. Sanctions PolicySanctions are increasingly common in U.S. foreign policy and economic statecraft. But they are not a cure-all....
By Kaleigh Thomas, Cole Stevens & Chris Estep
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Europe Can Preserve the Iran Nuclear Deal Until November
Commentary
Over the course of the Trump administration, Europe and Iran have managed to avert the collapse of the nuclear deal....
By Ellie Geranmayeh & Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
Sharper: Global Coronavirus ResponseAnalysis from CNAS experts on the most critical challenges in U.S. foreign policy....
By Chris Estep & Cole Stevens
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Commentary
Defense / Middle East Security
Demilitarizing U.S. Policy in the Middle EastThe next NDS must detail a new approach to the Middle East....
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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Commentary
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
How Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Gambit Could Imperil the Strait of HormuzA series of mysterious and seemingly random explosions continue to erupt across various parts of Iran this month, hitting sensitive military sites, as well as populated reside...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai
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Recognizing the state of Palestine is the only appropriate response to Israeli annexation
Commentary
The Israeli government may begin taking steps toward unilaterally annexing portions of the West Bank soon. This move would present a grave threat to any possibility of a futur...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
The U.S. greenlighting annexation is a greenlight for China’s abusesAcross the sea from America, a leader who has been in power for more than a decade is laying the groundwork for a land grab. His military was always capable of imposing its wi...
By Coby Goldberg
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How Iran Became the New Battle Line Between Conservatives and Twitter
Commentary
In the latest salvo in the conservative war against Twitter, Senator Ted Cruz is calling for a criminal investigation into the social media platform for violating U....
By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Goitein
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Podcast
Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
The Trump Administration’s Latest Moves to Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Agreement with Peter Harrell and Richard NephewOn May 27, the Trump administration announced that it was withdrawing sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to work with Iran on sensitive...
By Peter Harrell
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How the US can learn from Israel to counter Iran
Commentary
During the COVID-19 crisis, one would have thought the United States and Iran would find ways to reduce tensions. Instead the Trump administration refuses to relax sanctions i...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
9/11 swallowed U.S. foreign policy. Don’t let the coronavirus do the same thing.For two decades, American foreign policy has been shaped by the 9/11 attacks. The catastrophic wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, our failure to see the full threat posed by Russia...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Big Ideas for NATO’s New Mission in Iraq
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for America’s allies to “get more involved in the Middle East,” NATO defense ministers last month agreed to “enhance” the Atlanti...
By David H. Petraeus & Vance Serchuk
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
The American Public Wants a Sustainable Middle East PolicyAfter the U.S. strike on Qasem Soleimani, Americans feared the United States was on the brink of war with Iran. “World War III draft” memes circulated around the internet, and...
By Kaleigh Thomas & Emma Moore
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Commentary
Defense / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump AdmitsOver 100 American soldiers have been treated for traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s missile strike on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. The strike came in retaliation f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
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Podcast
National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security
Grappling With the Costs of CombatKayla Williams joins Ilan Goldenberg to discuss her time serving as an Arabic linguist in the U.S. Army and the human costs of armed conflict....
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kayla M. Williams
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Politics of the US-Mideast Peace Plan
Podcast
Ilan Goldenberg, Director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and Ellen Laipson, Professor and Director of the Center for Security Po...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Podcast
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Working Advance for the U.S. State DepartmentWhen American diplomats travel abroad and meet with foreign leaders, who works behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly? What negotiations go into preparing for...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Price B. Floyd
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We Know Peace Plans—This Isn’t One of Them
Commentary
As two former members of the U.S. negotiating team on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we are deeply skeptical about the peace plan that U.S. President Donald Trump reportedl...
By Hady Amr & Ilan Goldenberg
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Podcast
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Stories from the Backchannel: Season Two TrailerNow more than ever, Americans are interested in the people working behind the scenes on consequential national security decisions. In Season Two of Stories from the Backchanne...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Richard Fontaine, Susanna V. Blume, Kayla M. Williams, Price B. Floyd, Kurt Campbell & Kara Frederick
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Commentary
Defense / Middle East Security
Sending Troops Back to the Middle East Won’t Stop IranThe Trump administration’s decision to kill Qassam Soleimani is the latest in an escalatory “maximum pressure” Iran strategy that is shifting American foreign policy attention...
By Chris Dougherty & Kaleigh Thomas
