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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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Arab League Head Meets Blinken as Syria Issue Looms Large
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Arona Baigal, a Middle East security researcher at the Centre for a New American Strategy, said she was paying close attention to how Washington tackles the Syria issue. “I'd ...
By Arona Baigal
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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
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ISIS Fighters and Families Under Guard in Syria Pose ‘Problem from Hell’ for US Forces
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Meanwhile, about 10,000 ISIS fighters are being guarded by U.S. partner forces that need training for corrections work and are said to be suffering from low morale.Without U.S...
By Jonathan Lord
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What the Iraq War Powers Repeal Means for US Forces in the Middle East
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“The 2002 AUMF is a vestigial authority dating back to the congressional decision to authorise Operation Iraqi Freedom,” Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middl...
By Jonathan Lord
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Top US General Advocates Targeting Iran’s IRGC Quds Force after Syria Drone Attack
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The top commander of US forces in the Middle East, US Army Gen. Michael “Erik” Kurilla, told House lawmakers earlier this month that Iran and its proxies in the region were un...
By Jonathan Lord
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Disarming the Bomb: Distilling the Drivers and Disincentives for Iran's Nuclear Program
Press Release
Washington, March 29, 2023—Today, the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) released a new report, "Disarming the Bomb: Distilling the Drivers and Disincentives for Iran's...
By Jonathan Lord, Arona Baigal, Hunter Streling & LCDR Stewart Latwin
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White House Gets Brief Reprieve After Israel Delays Judicial Reforms
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“There was violence in the last few years that was steadily increasing, but this government has absolutely taken steps to further inflame tensions, when it could have been wor...
By Jonathan Lord
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Iraq 20 years after the invasion: How Life is Better and Worse
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Twenty years later, however, the results are decidedly mixed, say Iraqi experts, with gains coming at a huge expense. Estimates of war-related deaths vary but the Iraqi Body C...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Iraq War Went from US Invasion to Ongoing Invitation for Iran, Analysts Say
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Mistakes and policy flip-flopping by the U.S. over the past 20 years have led many Iraqi leaders to decide that turning to their meddling neighbor is a more reliable option, s...
By Jonathan Lord
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Top US Diplomat: We Encouraged Gulf Allies to Talk with Iran
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Former Defense Department official Jonathan Lord agreed that much of the legwork for the Saudi Iran restoration of diplomatic ties had been started before China got involved. ...
By Jonathan Lord
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20 Years After US Invasion, Iraq Far From 'Liberal Democracy'
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"Building democracy takes time and building a democracy doesn't create a utopia overnight," said Hamzeh Haddad, a visiting fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations....
By Hamzeh Hadad
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China Brokers Iran-Saudi Arabia Detente, Raising Eyebrows in Washington
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“Riyadh is attempting to buy down the risk of Iran,” said Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. U.S. officials remain uncertain whether the...
By Jonathan Lord
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Russia Has Been Sending Some US-provided Weapons Captured in Ukraine to Iran, Sources SayA key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. The Iranians also intercepted...
By Jonathan Lord
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Iraq’s Crackdown on Booze, Social Media Posts Raises Alarm
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Hamzeh Hadad, an adjunct fellow at the Center for a New American Security, a Washington-based think tank, said the measures could be part of an attempt to distract from Iraq’s...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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US Sidelined as China Brokers Saudi-Iran Diplomatic Breakthrough
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Jonathan Lord, Director of the Middle East Security programme at Washington's Centre for a New American Security think tank, argued that Riyadh is taking a “balanced, two-pron...
By Jonathan Lord
