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What is SA-15, the air defense system that may have shot down a Ukrainian plane?
The mixed messaging began almost immediately after a Ukrainian passenger jet crashed near Tehran early Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. Iranian state media said th...
By Will Mackenzie
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U.S. Unsuccessfully Tried Killing a Second Iranian Military Official
The American military unsuccessfully tried to kill a senior Iranian military official in Yemen on the same day a drone strike killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most po...
By Peter Harrell
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The US killed Soleimani. What will Iran do next?
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In his speech declaring a kind of victory over Iran on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said “Iran appears to be standing down,” implying the threat America faces from the Is...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Administration Expands Iran Sanctions
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The Trump administration expanded its sanctions campaign against Iran on Friday, as Washington’s chief diplomat said the U.S. would have been negligent not to kill a top Irani...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Pompeo Imposes Sanctions on Iran, Sticking to Assertion That U.S. Faced Imminent Threat
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The Trump administration slapped another round of sanctions on Iran on Friday and, brushing aside demands from Democrats for evidence, elaborated on its assertions that the de...
By Peter Harrell
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New Sanctions Power Could Squeeze Remaining Iranian Trade Channels
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Fresh sanction powers authorized by President Trump against Iran could squeeze the remaining trade and finance channels keeping the Iranian economy on life support by threaten...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Its Missiles Did Little Damage, but Iran Has More Potent Weapons
American military and intelligence officials were stunned at the precision, scale and sheer boldness of what they later concluded was an Iranian attack. Four months ago, a sw...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Kushner’s Global Role Shrinks as He Tackles Another: The 2020 Election
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When senior administration officials gathered in the Situation Room on Tuesday for a meeting to discuss the repercussions of the killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Vice Pr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump seeks support in Iran crisis but Europe skeptical
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With tensions soaring after he ordered the killing of a top Iranian general, US President Donald Trump publicly urged all other powers to abandon a 2015 nuclear accord with Te...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Has Trump deterred Iran? Experts not so sure.
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US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday that the US strike that killed a top Iranian general had restored credibility to the US threat to Tehran to restrain itself mili...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Here’s what might happen if the U.S. were to suddenly quit Iraq
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Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi has asked U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to set up a mechanism for U.S. troops to withdraw from the country, according to an Iraqi s...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How U.S. Sanctions on Iran Could Hamper Boeing Plane Crash Investigation
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The investigation into this week's deadly plane crash in Iran could be hampered by U.S. sanctions on the country, which may restrict Boeing staff from traveling to the country...
By Peter Harrell
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Experts: US, Iran Unlikely to Escalate Tensions
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Following Iran's missile attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq Tuesday and President Donald Trump's speech Wednesday, experts say they believe the United States and Iran are unlikely...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Trump uses sanctions as a favorite form of retribution — against friend and foe alike
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President Trump has deployed them against foreign adversaries. He has used them with publicly traded companies. And he has even, briefly, slapped them on American allies. So ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Press Note
Defense / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: Tensions Rise Between the United States and IranThe first week of 2020 has seen a sharp escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, with the U.S. killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, Iranian missile strikes on U.S. military t...
By Richard Fontaine, Ilan Goldenberg, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Kayla M. Williams, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya & Kaleigh Thomas
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Trump’s Chance to Take the High Road With Iran
It could have been much worse. It’s a measure of this dangerous moment that many observers felt relief on Tuesday night after the Pentagon announced that there had been no Am...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Putin Moves to Heighten Russia’s Role After Suleimani Killing
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Since its pivotal intervention in the Syrian civil war in 2015, Russia has sought to position itself as a major player in the Middle East, establishing itself as a rare broker...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Trump wants NATO to be more involved in the Middle East. That may take some convincing.
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As the American-Iranian crisis shows signs of de-escalation, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to ask NATO allies to step up efforts in the Middle East — at a time t...
By Jim Townsend
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FactChecking Trump’s Iran Address
In an address to the nation a day after an Iranian attack on military bases housing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, President Donald Trump made some dubious, misleading and inaccurate ...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Flanked by Military Brass, Trump Backs Off War Footing
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed off threats of military retaliation after Iran launched more than a dozen missiles against American and coalition targets in Ir...
By Richard Fontaine
