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Trump Covid-19 diagnosis puts America's friends and foes on alert
Ripples of alarm, and some glee, coursed around the globe after President Donald Trump's Covid-19 diagnosis emerged, with U.S. allies and foes weighing whether the president's...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Exclusive: U.S. to slap sanctions on over two dozen targets tied to Iran arms
The United States on Monday will sanction more than two dozen people and entities involved in Iran’s nuclear, missile and conventional arms programs, a senior U.S. official sa...
By Peter Harrell
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U.S.-Iran relations at a crucial crossroad as nuclear deal hangs on election outcome
Voters in November’s presidential election will choose how the United States deals with Iran and its nuclear capabilities, according to multiple government officials and exper...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS-CSIS Report: Toward a More Proliferated World?
The United States and the international community have been relatively successful in preventing the spread of nuclear weapons. Disincentives and barriers to entry to the nucle...
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The UAE-Israel deal is Trump's first genuine foreign policy success, experts say
The groundbreaking agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has delivered a political lifeline to Israel's embattled prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and repres...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump, US face pivotal UN vote on Iran
The Trump administration’s Iran strategy will face a key test this week as the United States calls for a vote at the United Nations on its resolution to extend an arms embargo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Elections provide U.S. and Iran a brief window to lower tensions: think tank
The United States and Iran will have a brief window between their upcoming presidential elections in which to ease dangerous tensions, according to a new report from a Washing...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Kaleigh Thomas & Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Mysterious explosions keep happening in Iran. Israel is likely behind it.
For weeks, Iran has faced a deadly wave of explosions and fires at sensitive military and civilian sites, including one incident that caused immense damage to an important nuc...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Why Jewish Americans are shifting position on Israel"I've had people tell me, ‘Things have shifted more in the past two weeks than I’ve seen them shift in the past ten years,’” Emily Mayer said. Mayer is the co-founder and poli...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Suspicions Mount Of Foreign Hand In Fire At Sensitive Iranian Nuclear Site
There is growing support among outside security experts for the notion that an "incident" at Iran's main nuclear-enrichment facility last week was an act of sabotage in a shad...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS Announces Task Force on a New U.S. Agenda Toward the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) is pleased to announce its task force on developing a new U.S. agenda toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The task force, wh...
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Trump’s foreign friends race to lock in gainsIsrael might start annexing territory claimed by the Palestinians. Taiwan is pushing for a historic free trade agreement. North Korea is desperate for sanctions relief. And Po...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Breaking China: A rupture looms between Israel and the United StatesIsrael’s announcement last week that an Israeli consortium would build Sorek 2, the world’s largest desalination plant, surprised many who had been watching the deal: The cont...
By Vance Serchuk
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
China emerges as potential strain on US-Israel relationshipIncreasingly close ties between China and Israel risk straining the special relationship Israel has with the U.S., especially as Washington ramps up its feud with Beijing over...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How the Bottom Fell Out of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance
In late November 1973, just six weeks after Saudi Arabia and OPEC launched a devastating oil embargo on Europe and the United States, U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kiss...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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U.S. Could Do More to Deter Iran Gray Zone Strategy, Experts Say
When American administrations develop a deterrence strategy for Iran in the Middle East, a model to follow could be how Israel runs a covert military campaign against Iran in ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Peace Storm: Turkey tries to turn the tables in LibyaAs conflict flares up once again in Libya, Turkey is again trying to shape the outcome through its military intervention. However, it is unclear whether either side in the Lib...
By Samuel Bendett
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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
CNAS Launches New Initiative: America and the Post-Pandemic WorldThe Center for a New American Security (CNAS) today announced the launch of a major initiative on America and the Post-Pandemic World. Leveraging CNAS’ unique multidisciplinar...
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Israel’s shadow campaign offers lessons for U.S. in standoff with Iran, report says
Israel’s unacknowledged military campaign against Iranian targets in Syria could provide a model for the United States as it struggles to contain Tehran’s network of armed pro...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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With Iran tensions high, a US military command pushes a dubious carrier strategy
Amid heightened tension with Iran, the U.S. Navy is operating two carriers in the Middle East, and all signs point to increasing pressure from U.S. Central Command to maintain...
By Kaleigh Thomas