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Former Jerusalem mayor lobbies against US opening consulate to Palestinians
An Israeli politician and former mayor of Jerusalem is urging the Biden administration to abandon its plans to reopen the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for the Palestinians, cal...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran plans to keep video footage of nuclear sites from UN watchdog until a deal with US is reached
Iran plans to prevent inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog reviewing video footage of some nuclear sites until there is an agreement to salvage the Iran nuclear deal, a sen...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Rachel Brandenburg Joins CNAS as Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Middle East Security Program
Washington, June 30, 2021—The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce that Rachel Brandenburg, Associate Vice President at The Cohen Group (TCG), has ...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Blinken, Lapid meet in Rome amid reset US-Israel relations
Hush-hush diplomacy. In-person visits. And a very public no-surprises agreement on Iran.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met in R...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Iran has a new president. He could end up being much more than that.
He’s a hardliner and staunch critic of the West, but he’s not expected to fundamentally change Iran’s policy toward the US. He’s loyal to the supreme leader, but he may soon r...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden names his picks for ambassador to Mexico and Israel.
President Biden on Tuesday announced his long-awaited first slate of ambassadors, including his nominees for key posts in Mexico and Israel, as he made his first trip abroad s...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After High-Wire Act, Biden Faces Tough New Middle East Tests
As a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas came together late Thursday afternoon, White House officials who helped to mediate the agreement were divided over a crucial next step...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden is said to have taken a firmer line in his call with Netanyahu
President Biden on Monday delivered a firmer message in private to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel than he has done in public, warning that he could put off growin...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden Is Boxed In on Israel-Gaza, Able Only to Urge a Cease-Fire
After days of declining to call for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, President Joe Biden reversed course. Whether it makes a difference on th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden wants ‘calm’ in the Mideast. So much for peace.
The Biden administration would like Israelis and Palestinians to “calm” down. Ideally, a “sustainable calm” that comes because the two sides “deescalate tensions” and bring a ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Violence Shakes Trump’s Boast of ‘New Middle East’
It was, President Donald J. Trump proclaimed in September, “the dawn of a new Middle East.” Speaking at the White House, Mr. Trump was announcing new diplomatic accords betwee...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Gaza doom loop
Dozens have already died in the fighting between Israel and Hamas, and more will perish if the fighting continues to escalate. But there is little chance that the root cause o...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Amid warnings of a 'full scale war,' Biden administration dispatches envoy to Middle East
The Biden administration dispatched a top State Department diplomat to the Middle East "immediately" to try to de-escalate the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas, Secret...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Biden struggles to respond to Israeli-Palestinian violence after Trump refused to criticize Israel
After four years of President Trump’s refusal to condemn or even mildly critique any Israeli act, the Biden administration faces soaring Israeli-Palestinian violence equipped ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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What the Latest Fighting Between Israelis and Palestinians Means for Biden
To understand what the latest fighting means for Washington, Foreign Policy spoke to Ilan Goldenberg, who served as a senior State Department official in the Obama administrat...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Licensed to Kill: How Russia Uses Israeli Drones to Bomb Civilians in SyriaWhen Israeli-licensed military drones first took off from Syrian air force bases to stalk opponents of Bashar Assad’s regime, shortly after Russia’s 2015 intervention, they we...
By Samuel Bendett
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A bombshell recording in Iran threatens to complicate nuclear negotiations in Vienna
The bombshell leak of an audio recording with Iran's foreign minister has exposed bitter internal divisions in Iran, threatening to complicate delicate negotiations between Te...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security / Technology & National Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: Assessing the Biden Administration's First 100 DaysPresident Biden will mark his first 100 days in office with a joint session address to Congress this evening. In the press note below, CNAS experts offer insights and reflecti...
By Richard Fontaine, Katherine L. Kuzminski, Ilan Goldenberg, Lisa Curtis, Martijn Rasser, Jacob Stokes, Ainikki Riikonen, Megan Lamberth, Nathalie Grogan & Jim Townsend
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Biden’s relationship with Israel shaping up to be less cozy than his predecessors’
The current Iran nuclear talks mark a defining moment for President Biden and the new, less-cozy relationship that is shaping up between Biden and Israel, its longtime leader ...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
With clock ticking before exit deadline, U.S. appears poised to postpone troop withdrawal from AfghanistanThe United States appears poised to extend its troop presence in Afghanistan beyond a May 1 deadline agreed to last year with the Taliban, as it races to secure an interim pea...
By Lisa Curtis