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As Iraq's political crisis deepens, US influence dwindles
In The News
Iraq has hosted just two senior US government visits in the months since the country's October election. Meanwhile, the sprawling US embassy has been operating with a skeleton...
By Jonathan Lord
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Exclusive: Austin approves downgrade of 5 general officer jobs at embassies
In The News
“Secretary Austin May believe he has elegantly split the baby, but what he’s done is undermine the department’s ability to engage in effective defense diplomacy with five key ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
CNAS Responds: Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strikeCenter for a New American Security experts offer insight into the ramifications of the CIA-led killing of al Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri and the lasting legacy of the global war ...
By Richard Fontaine, Paul Scharre, Lisa Curtis, Carrie Cordero, Christopher D. Kolenda & Dr. Jason Dempsey
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Following Biden’s MidEast visit, Pentagon aims to do more with less“If the US is going to to be the lynchpin, it would put a further demand on some of the air and missile defense forces,” said Becca Wasser, a fellow at the Center for New Amer...
By Becca Wasser
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A signal of 'impunity'? Biden's trip to Middle East pits human rights against geopolitical reality
In The News
During a private conversation at the opulent horse ranch of Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah in 2009, the monarch told President Barack Obama he had his back. Abdullah assured the...
By Richard Fontaine
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Sound Familiar? Trump, Biden and the World Stage
In The News
In his first foreign policy speech as president, Joe Biden couldn’t have been clearer: “America is back,” he assured the world, and he vowed to “course-correct our foreign pol...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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CNAS's Ilan Goldenberg Named Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
Washington, December 14, 2021—The Center for a New American Security congratulates Ilan Goldenberg, Senior Fellow and Director of its Middle East Security program, on his appo...
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US, Iran Return to Nuclear Talks After Five-Month Delay
The U.S. and Iran on Monday held their seventh round of indirect talks as part of efforts to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. The talks came more than five months after the co...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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CNAS Responds: Will the Iran Deal Be Revived in Vienna?
The U.S., UK, France, Germany, Russia, and China—along with the European Union High Representative—meet with Iranian representatives today in Vienna for the seventh round of t...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Biden hosts Israel’s new prime minister, with Iran at the top of the agenda
In The News
For the first time in more than a decade, an Israeli prime minister not named Netanyahu is arriving in Washington to visit the president of the United States at the White Hous...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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In The News
Defense / Middle East Security
Why Joe Biden is ending America’s combat mission in IraqWhen the first American bombs began falling on Iraq on March 19th 2003, President George W. Bush predicted a hard slog. “A campaign on the harsh terrain of a nation as large a...
By Becca Wasser
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Biden, pulling combat forces from Iraq, seeks to end the post-9/11 era
In The News
President Biden has announced the full withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He has started transferring prisoners from Guantánamo Bay in hopes of eventually shutting do...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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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
In The News
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.
In The News
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
In The News
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
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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
