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Skirmishes Mar Fight Against IS in Northern Syria
Nearly one week after Islamic State fighters were driven from the strategic town of al-Bab, northern Syria is in military disarray with U.S.-supported factions fighting each o...
By Nicholas Heras
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Iraq Takes the Fight Against ISIS to Syria
Iraq’s air force on Friday carried out its first-ever strikes against Islamic State in neighboring Syria, the country’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said, marking a dramatic...
By Nicholas Heras
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Selling Trump a new Afghanistan commitment
The Trump administration is considering whether to plunge more resources and troops into the United States’ longest war — Afghanistan — as some of the president’s top generals...
By Christopher D. Kolenda
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Trump to greet Netanyahu by abandoning '2-state' doctrine
Benjamin Netanyahu has never had it so good in Washington. After eight years of visits to an Obama White House where he was seen as a political adversary and an obstacle to Mi...
By Michèle Flournoy
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U.S. official: Trump will not press ‘two-state’ peace track in first talks with Israel’s Netanyahu
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will formally inaugurate their partnership Wednesday in talks that could shape a new approach by Washington that ...
By Michèle Flournoy
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CNAS Press Note: What to Expect from the Trump-Netanyahu Summit
With President Trump set to meet Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program Director Ilan...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Is Trump rethinking approach with Israel?
In The News
President Trump appears to be changing his tone regarding Israel. His administration has questioned new settlements and may be reconsidering an earlier push to move the U.S. E...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Diplomats: Nikki Haley Greenlighted U.N.’s Hiring of Salam Fayyad Before She Blocked It
In the days leading up to Friday’s surprise decision by the Trump administration to block the appointment of former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad to a top U.N. job, ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Netanyahu may seek to reset U.S.-Israel relations in meeting with Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington on Tuesday hoping to find in President Trump a kindred spirit and compliant ally after eight years of personal ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Meets Netanyahu: Where It Can Go Right (and Wrong)
Benjamin Netanyahu is going to stride in through the White House front door. Donald Trump is not going to grimace while Netanyahu lectures.The talk in Washington this week, at...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How will Trump deal with Israel's legalization of settlements?
In The News
Ilan Goldenberg joins CBS News to discuss Prime Minster Netanyahu's upcoming visit to Washington, Israel's legalization of settlements, the nuclear agreement with Iran, and me...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump wants to push back against Iran, but Iran is now more powerful than ever
President Trump’s tough talk on Iran is winning him friends in the Arab world, but it also carries a significant risk of conflict with a U.S. rival that is now more powerful t...
By Nicholas Heras
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Tough Tasks Await Tillerson at State Department
WASHINGTON—Rex Tillerson is expected to take the helm of the State Department this week with the U.S. facing a host of national-security issues and questions about President D...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Gen. Joseph Votel on Defeating the #Virtual Caliphate
The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) Middle East Security Program today released a new report by United States Central Command Commander General Joseph L. Votel and a...
By General Joseph L. Votel, LTC Christina Bembenek, Charles Hans, Jeffery Mouton & Amanda Spencer
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Bibi’s Revenge at U.N. Risks Israel’s Bid for Security Council Seat
The U.N. Security Council vote condemning Israeli settlements last month struck a significant blow to the Jewish state’s international credibility. But the resolution also thr...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Shaky start for new cease-fire launched in Syria without the U.S.
A Russian-Turkish plan to end the war in Syria got off to a shaky start on Friday with the partial implementation of a new cease-fire agreement that excludes for now any invol...
By Nicholas Heras
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CNAS Press Note: Secretary Kerry’s Speech on the Two-State Solution
Press Note
As Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to give a major address on the two-state solution and the controversy over UNSCR 2334 continues, Center for a New American Security (...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push
The controversy over the U.S. decision to abstain rather than veto a UN Resolution supported by every other member of the Security Council diverts attention from the most impo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Obama has degraded ISIS. Can Trump finish the job?
The Obama administration is publicly handing Donald Trump a gift as he prepares to enter the White House: a degraded ISIS. The question is what the President-elect will do wit...
By Julianne Smith
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Trump can’t be pals with Putin and stand up to Iran
President-elect Donald Trump during the campaign was clear on at least two foreign policy issues: his opposition to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (a.k.a. the Iran dea...
By Ilan Goldenberg
