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Turkey unveils safe zone rebuilding project amid criticism
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As Ankara presses Washington to establish a safe zone in northeastern Syria by the end of September, the Turkish presidency unveiled on Friday the details of a safe zone rebui...
By Nicholas Heras
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / National Security Human Capital Program / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
CNAS Responds: Trump Addresses China, Iran, Climate Change in UNGA SpeechAt the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) this morning, President Trump addressed world leaders on his vision of the United States' role on the global stage. Covering a range of fla...
By Daniel Kliman, Susanna V. Blume, Kristine Lee, Sam Dorshimer & Emma Moore
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
US to send troops and air and missile defense to Saudi Arabia as Trump announces new Iran sanctions after oil attackThe US announced Friday it would send additional troops along with enhanced air and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in response to the att...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Syrian protestors demanding withdrawal of Iran-backed militias wounded by regime forces
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Syrian government forces wounded multiple protesters outside the northeastern city of Deir al-Zor when they stormed a security checkpoint on Friday afternoon, demanding the wi...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Taps Hostage Negotiator O'Brien for National Security Adviser
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday on Twitter that Robert C. O’Brien will be the successor to John Bolton as national security adviser. Trump wrote, "I am please...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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A coalition of the few: U.S. and Saudi Arabia stand alone against Iran
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The United States and Saudi Arabia lack virtually any allies as they consider how to respond to this weekend's attacks on Saudi oil refineries, raising doubts about whether th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Syrian gov. threatens US-backed SDF, calls them 'terrorists’
The Syrian Foreign Ministry on Sunday described the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) as “separatist terrorist” forces and asserted Damascus is determined “to reclaim every inch ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Netanyahu makes last-minute push at eleventh hour of election race
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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at a tight race to win the relection of the general poll which will be held on 17 September, relying as usual on electoral pledge...
By Nicholas Heras
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Middle East analyst Ilan Goldenberg offers opinions on Israel
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Ilan Goldenberg is hoping to bring back insight about Israel’s recent military success countering Iran, to delve into the Palestinian conflict and to get a pulse of the nation...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Defense / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Bolton departure removes foreign policy irritant for Trump, strengthens PompeoThe abrupt firing or resignation on Tuesday (Sept 10) - depending on who you believe - of the United States' famously mustachioed and notoriously hawkish National Security Adv...
By Carrie Cordero & Neil Bhatiya
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Defense / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump suggests he might soften Iran sanctions, day after firing hard-liner BoltonPresident Trump opened the door on Wednesday to lifting some sanctions on Iran in an effort to set up a meeting with that country’s leaders, a softening of his “maximum pressu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
John Bolton wore out his welcome at Trump’s White HouseJohn Bolton was seen as an odd choice when Donald Trump chose the foreign policy hawk to succeed HR McMaster as the White House national security adviser in March 2018.Aside f...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Will Bolton’s Ouster Lead to Changes In Trump Foreign Policy?This afternoon President Donald Trump announced the dismissal of his third national security advisor, former ambassador John Bolton. “I informed John Bolton that his services...
By Nicholas Heras
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Press Note
Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
CNAS Responds: John Bolton Departs as National Security AdvisorCNAS experts examine the impact of Bolton's departure on key foreign policy issues and U.S. national security at large....
By Carrie Cordero, Loren DeJonge Schulman, Neil Bhatiya & Kristine Lee
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Crude moves lower as Bolton firing opens slim possibility of sanctions reliefCrude futures settled lower Tuesday after US President Donald Trump said he fired National Security Advisor John Bolton, opening the possibility that sanctions on Iran might b...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Defense / Middle East Security / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
‘Severe Instability:’ Trump Boots Bolton, Third National Security AdvisorPresident Donald Trump today fired John Bolton, the fire-eating National Security Advisor who pressed for conflict with Iran and many other places. The next advisor, who Trump...
By Carrie Cordero
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Pentagon says it’s ‘on time’ with Syria safe zone despite questions
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The Pentagon insisted it was ahead of schedule in establishing a so-called "safe zone" Monday after conducting its first joint patrol in Syria’s northeast over the weekend, al...
By Nicholas Heras
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Russia and Iran tussle for Syria’s war spoils
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Alongside Iran’s and Russia’s campaigns to restore Syrian President Bashar Assad’s monopoly on power has run a parallel campaign carving up much of the country’s resources in ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
New U.S. Sanctions on Iran Set Back French Mediation EffortsThe Trump administration cast new doubt Wednesday on efforts by France to ease tensions between the U.S. and Iran as Washington sanctioned what it called an Iranian “oil-for-t...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran
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In July of 2017, the White House was at a crossroads on the question of Iran. President Trump had made a campaign pledge to leave the “terrible” nuclear deal that President Ba...
By Ilan Goldenberg
