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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
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Israeli Strikes Target Iranian Oil Bound for Syria
Israel has targeted at least a dozen vessels bound for Syria and mostly carrying Iranian oil out of concern that petroleum profits are funding extremism in the Middle East, U....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Saudi Arabia’s ‘Programme HQ’: Can Riyadh rival Dubai as a business hub?
In the pre-pandemic days of globalisation, countries competing in emerging markets were often engaged in a "race to the bottom" to attract multinational companies, which typic...
By Rachel Ziemba
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How Biden’s best-laid plans for Iran and Saudi Arabia failed in his first month
President Joe Biden’s first month handling Iran and Saudi Arabia shows the new administration has succumbed to a classic problem: Initial plans and promises made during a camp...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Team Biden About to Start Its First Talks With the Taliban
President Biden’s Afghanistan negotiator has begun a diplomatic trip that will include the first meeting of the new administration with the Taliban, sources familiar confirmed...
By Lisa Curtis & Christopher D. Kolenda
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Biden ordered airstrike after determining Iran supported rocket attacks
President Joe Biden’s decision to order a U.S. airstrike on a border crossing used by Iran-backed militia groups in eastern Syria on Thursday came after U.S. officials determi...
By Becca Wasser
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U.S. report on Jamal Khashoggi killing likely to worsen relations with Saudis
The Biden administration is expected to soon release an unclassified intelligence report establishing that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, directed the killi...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Middle East Security
Biden looks to recalibrate relationship with Saudi Arabia and Crown Prince Mohammed bin SalmanAs a candidate, Joe Biden branded Saudi Arabia a “pariah” state which must be punished for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the killing of civilians in airstrikes ...
By Becca Wasser
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Saudi Arabia eyes Dubai's crown with HQ ultimatumSaudi Arabia has raised the stakes in a competition with freewheeling Dubai for foreign talent and cash. From 2024, the Saudi government will stop giving state contracts to co...
By Rachel Ziemba
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What will a new US policy on Yemen mean for Saudi relations?
America’s recent freeze on the sale of approved munitions to Saudi Arabia, along with a new policy curtailing U.S. involvement in the conflict in Yemen, is setting up an early...
By Becca Wasser
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Five things to know about Biden's Yemen move
President Biden's announcement this week that he is ending U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen’s civil war was his first major foreign policy move in office. Couple...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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CNAS Responds: U.S. Ends Support to Saudi War in Yemen
President Biden has announced the end of U.S. support to Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen....
By Richard Fontaine, Ilan Goldenberg, Elisa Catalano Ewers, Becca Wasser & Kaleigh Thomas
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For Biden, Tough Talk on Saudi Arabia Meets Reality
Even as the Biden administration has sought to talk tough on Saudi Arabia over its human rights abuses, it has quietly continued the workaday relations needed to preserve the ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Defense / Middle East Security
US exploring new bases in Saudi Arabia amid Iran tensionsThe U.S. military is exploring the possibility of using a Red Sea port in Saudi Arabia and an additional two airfields in the kingdom amid heightened tensions with Iran, the m...
By Becca Wasser
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Defense / Middle East Security
Saudi Arabia and Gulf allies ‘to lift years-long blockade on Qatar, reopen border'Saudi Arabia and its regional allies will end a years-long crippling blockade of Qatar and re-open its borders in a breakthrough agreement, due to be signed on Tuesday.The dea...
By Becca Wasser