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UAE’s Global Energy Push Faces Economic Security Reality CheckThe global expansion of UAE state oil company Adnoc has faced a reality check in Australia and Europe, where its acquisition push is under scrutiny through the lens of economi...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
The Anti-U.S. Axis Isn’t Dead, Just RestingJune was a bad month for the theocrats in Tehran, what with all those Israeli and American bombs falling on them. It also seemed — at least superficially — to be a setback for...
By Richard Fontaine, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Nicholas Lokker
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Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
JUST IN: Growing Alignment Among Potential Foes Creating Challenges for U.S., Experts SayThe alignment between Russia, China, North Korea and Iran carries implications across the United States’s diplomatic and economic foreign policy, but the military threat is of...
By Richard Fontaine & Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
With Trump Pressure and a ‘New Lebanon,’ Can Hezbollah’s Shadow Economy Be Dismantled?Up until a few months ago, the drive from Beirut’s international airport through the Lebanese capital city’s southern suburbs used to feature a stream of pro-Iranian and Hezbo...
By Alex Zerden
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Why Trump Hasn't Turned on Syria's New Leader Amid Execution of U.S. Citizen
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President Donald Trump's endorsement of Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa is being tested amid sectarian violence that has led to the execution-style murder of at least...
By Adham Sahloul
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Trump and Netanyahu Meet Amid Gaza Cease-Fire Negotiations
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President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronted several high-stakes issues when they met for dinner on Monday night, including the long-term future of Gaza an...
By Rachel Brandenburg
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Defense / Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
How Trump’s Strike on Iran Might Affect China’s Calculus on TaiwanPresident Trump’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, after earlier denouncing U.S. embroilment in foreign wars, introduces another complication for China’s leaders ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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U.S., Iran Move Out of ‘Shadow War’ but Threat from Proxy Militias May Remain
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By Adham Sahloul
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
The Alluring Fantasy of a Quick Win in IranAfter the elation, the doubt. President Donald Trump said that “Operation Midnight Hammer”, had “totally obliterated” Iran’s uranium-enrichment facilities. But now an early in...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
U.S. Troops in Middle East Will Remain Dispersed and at Elevated Alert, Analysts SayU.S. troops in the Middle East are likely to stay in a dispersed and defensive position amid the fragile ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel, experts and former senior...
By Becca Wasser
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
China Not Likely to Use Navy to Secure Hormuz Strait, Analyst SaysChina is highly unlikely to use its navy to secure the vital Strait of Hormuz if Iran threatens to close it as Middle East tensions rise, a top US analyst told reporters Monda...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Wants Quick Win in Iran, but Goal Remains ElusiveBut with Trump musing about everything from "unconditional surrender" to regime change, it remains to be seen if the US intervention will remain limited -- or if Iran will let...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Iran Conflict Could Tilt Global Balance of PowerHow will the Iran conflict affect the global balance of power? Answering this question may seem a fool’s errand given how fast events are moving now that U.S. President Donald...
By Richard Fontaine
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Defense / Middle East Security
Decoy Flights and Seven B-2 Stealth Bombers – How U.S. Says It Hit Iran’s Nuclear SitesAn 18-hour flight each way, multiple mid-air refuelings, and a series of decoys - this is how the mission to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities played out, according to four-star ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Strikes on Iran Could Hit American Economy at a Fragile TimeThe U.S. attack on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend could ratchet up the pressure on an American economy that’s turned increasingly fragile as a weekslong global trade w...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
OpenAI Says It Will Build Massive Data Centers in the U.A.E.OpenAI unveiled plans on Thursday to build a massive computing complex in the United Arab Emirates, following a deal between the Trump administration and the Persian Gulf nati...
By Pablo Chavez
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
EU Lifts More Syria Sanctions, but Barriers to Energy, Business RemainUS President Donald Trump's announcement set the tone for global sanctions policy on Syria, but a "labyrinth" of restrictive economic measures including sanctions will take ti...
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump’s Big Syria Announcement Surprised His Own Sanctions OfficialsWhen US President Donald Trump announced in Saudi Arabia on May 13 that he would lift all sanctions on Syria, the decision – which will boost a country devastated by 13 years ...
By Edward Fishman
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump to Remove U.S. Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy ShiftPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, a major U.S. policy shift ahead of an exp...
By Alex Zerden
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Trump Faces $2 Trillion Hurdle to Win Money From Saudi PrinceUS President Donald Trump’s hopes of securing as much as $1 trillion in investment commitments from Saudi Arabia might clash with another costly ambition - transforming the ki...
By Rachel Ziemba
