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In Israel Conflict, US Military Warns Others to Stay Out, But No ‘Boots on the Ground’ for Now
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"The U.S. military role is primarily to stabilize the region and deter additional actors from opportunistically choosing to join in the fight against Israel," Jonathan Lord, a...
By Jonathan Lord
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What Will Russia Do With Gaza Chaos?
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Hundreds of thousands of Russian citizens reside in Israel, and around 1.5 million Israelis speak Russian. Israel has backed Ukraine diplomatically but has not provided weapon...
By Jonathan Lord
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‘Menu of options’: What the Ford carrier strike group brings to Israel’s defense
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The phrase “show of force” is often used to describe positioning ships, warplanes and other assets nearby potential conflict zones to demonstrate the US is ready to act milita...
By Jonathan Lord
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How Israel’s Hamas Terror-Sparked War Could Leave Indelible Mark on Entire Middle East
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Iranian officials have denied involvement in the attack but also praised it as an act of “anti-Zionist resistance” and President Ebrahim Raisi has spoken with the leaders of t...
By Jonathan Lord
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Could chaos in Congress slow US response in Israel-Gaza war?
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Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middle East security programme at the Centre for a New American Security, said the House was going through “unprecedented time...
By Jonathan Lord
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Misinformation about Israel and Hamas is spreading on social media
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The group instead has turned primarily to the messaging platform Telegram to distribute its content and saw colossal follower growth on Saturday. In the channel, Hamas posted...
By Jonathan Lord
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U.S. will transfer weapons seized from Iran to Ukraine
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“At the end of the day, Ukraine needs various supplies for the war effort, and while this isn’t a solution to all of Ukraine’s military needs, it will provide critical support...
By Jonathan Lord
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'Just a blip?': Questions swirl over Egypt's role in Menendez case as US ties jolted
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If military aid comes out of this unscathed, Cairo might even be able to take solace in the fact that their defence ties endured the Menendez indictment and a reported counter...
By Jonathan Lord
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How is Tuberville’s military promotion blockade impacting the Middle East?
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Jonathan Lord, the director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security and a former staff member for the House Armed Services Committee, add...
By Jonathan Lord
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Any Saudi-Israeli normalization requires clearing major security, defense roadblocks: Experts
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“I think it’s important to acknowledge that there doesn’t appear to be much ‘on the way’ other than an agreement to pursue an agreement,” Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle...
By Jonathan Lord
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Top US General’s Trip to Israel Caps Off Years of Improved Defense Cooperation — But Security Concerns Loom
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Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, told The Algemeiner that this shift was probably the most significant development in US-Israel milita...
By Jonathan Lord
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US-Iran Prisoner Deal a Rare Breakthrough – Can It Lead to Others?
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“It may be safer to view this as a one-off,” Jonathan Lord, a former Pentagon and Congressional staffer now at the Center for a New American Security, told The Messenger, refe...
By Jonathan Lord
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Will Saudi Arabia Normalize Relations With Israel?
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Jonathan Lord, the director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, said one should not assume Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (M...
By Jonathan Lord
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Joe Biden makes his big Middle East push: a Saudi Arabia-Israel pact
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“You could build all sorts of provisions into legislation that would provide for advanced security assistance, providing modalities by which the US, Saudi and Israel could com...
By Jonathan Lord
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The U.S. military is still confronting Russian pilots over Syria
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However, it’s also possible that the Russians are trying to keep tensions with the U.S. forces in Syria simmering below the level of a full conflict, said Jonathan Lord, direc...
By Jonathan Lord
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US: Congress wants to give air defence systems to Kurdish fighters in Iraq
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The Kurdish Peshmerga already receive about $20m a month in the form of stipends from the US Department of Defence, Jonathan Lord, head of the Middle East security programme a...
By Jonathan Lord
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Russian planes flying over US bases in Syria may be sharing intel, top general says
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U.S. and NATO officials have said technology seized on the battlefields of Ukraine is being sent to Iran and reversed-engineered for use in the Middle East, CNN reported in Ma...
By Jonathan Lord
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Meet Gen. Charles Brown: US Air Force chief tapped to be Pentagon's top general
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Brown is unlikely to face the heated internal debates over deployments to the Middle East that his predecessors faced during the Trump administration, experts said. “For the ...
By Jonathan Lord
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Pentagon Official Outlines ‘Paradigm Shift’ in US Defense Approach to Middle East
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Jonathan Lord, director of the Middle East Security program at the Center for a New American Security, lauded the vision for the Defense Department’s presence in the Middle Ea...
By Jonathan Lord
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CENTCOM says US troops weren’t injured during drone attack in Iraq, reversing earlier statement
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The contradictions between U.S. support for both Turkey and the SDF will need to be resolved through diplomatic negotiation before matters escalate out of control, said Jonath...
By Jonathan Lord
