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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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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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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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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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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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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
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Trump: No Americans harmed in attack by Iran, which 'appears to be standing down'
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President Donald Trump said no American troops were injured or killed in an attack Tuesday night by Iran, which launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases ho...
By Richard Fontaine
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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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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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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’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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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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The two words that could tip the debate on Iran -- and help decide the next election
The fierce political debate over President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian military leader ultimately may turn on just two words. Republicans ch...
By Richard Fontaine
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Technology & National Security
White House Favors a Light Touch in Regulating AIThe White House has issued principles for regulating the use of artificial intelligence that call for as little government interference as possible and offer only broad guidan...
By Martijn Rasser
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Iran just fired missiles at US military targets. What does this mean?
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The Trump administration’s reticence might be the most hopeful sign that the US-Iran conflict that has escalated dramatically since the strike on Soleimani could cool back dow...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Additional Iran-Related Sanctions by U.S. May Have Little Impact, Sanctions Experts Say
Sanctions observers expect the U.S. to impose more sanctions on Iranian officials or companies that trade with Iran as tensions escalate between Tehran and Washington followin...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg & Peter Harrell
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Iran-US conflict may stretch definitions of ‘war’
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Refined Kitten – also known as APT33, Elfin, and Magnallium – is a shadowy hacker group that cybersecurity firms believe works in the interests of Iran. When tensions between ...
By Elisa Catalano Ewers
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U.S. May Release More Guidance Alongside Sanctions Following Court Ruling, Experts Say
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A recent ruling by a U.S. federal judge in a closely watched lawsuit could spur more clarity from the U.S. Treasury Department as it rolls out sanctions, experts say. The Dec...
By Peter Harrell
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Europe Tries to Balance Iran and the U.S. After Strike
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Escalating steps by Tehran and Washington are raising the pressure on European leaders to pick sides in a conflict they have been seeking to defuse for months. On Sunday, Ira...
By Rachel Rizzo
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Conflict With Iran Threatens Fight Against ISIS
For the militants of the Islamic State, the American drone strike that killed the Iranian commander Qassim Suleimani was a two-for-one victory. First, the killing of General ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
