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US and EU head for showdown over shutting Iran off from finance
In The News
The US and EU are heading for a showdown over how to handle one of the linchpins of the global financial system following Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose sanctions on Ira...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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French oil giant Total seeks Iran sanctions waiver from Trump for $2 billion project
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The French oil giant Total threatened Wednesday to pull out of a $2 billion natural gas project in Iran if President Trump does not give it a waiver from sanctions he reimpose...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Long odds for peace as Trump roils Mideast with embassy move
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President Donald Trump’s prospects for brokering the Mideast peace “deal of the century” plunged ever deeper Monday as the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem opened amid bloodshed in G...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s approach is hurting the U.S., foreign policy experts say
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President Donald Trump and his administration’s lack of a consistent and coherent foreign policy is confusing U.S. allies and ceding ground to countries that do not share Amer...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Europe is threatening to fight Trump on Iran sanctions
When the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, it notified the world that companies doing business with Iran have between three and six months t...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Israel-Iran flare-up raises spectre of major confrontation
Deadly strikes by Israel against alleged Iranian sites in Syria have raised fears of a dramatic escalation in regional conflict, but the situation remains shrouded by conflict...
By Nicholas Heras
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The Stars of North Korea Talks Revolve Around Moon
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Now that there is a time and a place set for the summit meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, some question whether Kim would have e...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Trump dabbles in made-for-TV diplomacy
After disappointing European allies by pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal and amid the rising drumbeat of scandal surrounding his longtime personal attorney, President Donal...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Kushner shares Jerusalem embassy spotlight
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Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Jared Kushner has served as the administration’s point person in the Middle East, eclipsing even the secretary of state in some me...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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CNAS and Brookings Announce Formation of Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Gaza
Press Release
Washington, May 10 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) and the Brookings Institution’s Center for Middle East Policy today announced the creation of their Future o...
By Madeline Christian
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Crude prices rise despite Saudi pledge to ‘mitigate’ effect of U.S. sanctions on Iranian exports
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President Trump’s decision to scrap the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions has sent global buyers of Iranian oil scrambling to line up other sources of supply. Saudi Ara...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Iran deal: Trump breaks with European allies over 'horrible, one-sided' nuclear agreement
Donald Trump has announced he will impose “the highest level of economic sanctions” on Iran, violating an international nuclear agreement and a UN resolution, breaking decisiv...
By Peter Harrell
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Rosneft Takes Irish Detour Around Sanctions With Moscow Bank
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A Russian oil company effectively barred from international capital markets by western sanctions has found an ingenious workaround. It involves a Moscow bank taking a detour t...
By Peter Harrell
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China’s Getting Pushy. America Should Push Back: Ratner
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US intelligence said Thursday there’s a high probability China deployed anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles to three artificial islands during recent military drills in the c...
By Ely Ratner
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U.S. Allies Push for Trump to Stay in Iran Nuclear Deal
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Washington’s European allies were bracing for the U.S. to withdraw from the Iran nuclear accord, after President Donald Trump said he would announce on Tuesday his decision on...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Israel fears ‘explosion of violence’ as US prepares to open embassy in Jerusalem
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Police in Israel have started patrols and security sweeps of a southern Jerusalem neighbourhood, anxiously preparing for a US embassy inauguration that Israelis and Palestinia...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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New Study Says Shoulder-Fired Weapons Are Hazardous for the Brain
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Service members risk brain damage when operating shoulder-fired heavy weapons like the AT4, LAW, and Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, according to a new report by the Center for ...
By Paul Scharre & Lauren Fish
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Pompeo faces a hiring obstacle course
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Having secured his own job as secretary of state, Mike Pompeo faces a tough new question: Who can he get to work for him? Pompeo has inherited an unusual number of vacancies a...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump's Afghanistan strategy stymied by vetting of local troops
The plan to turn around the war in Afghanistan may already be running into quicksand. An extensive effort aimed at weeding out Taliban sympathizers and terrorist infiltrators ...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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American and Iranian hard-liners await the end of the nuclear deal
We are entering the final stretch ahead of President Trump's likely decision to pull out of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers. His administration has to decide by...
By Ilan Goldenberg
