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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Ex-Nato Commander Breedlove: Iran Crisis Exposes a West ‘More Divided than Its Adversaries'For retired four-star General Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), the missing consultations are part of the problem. In an interview with R...
By Philip Breedlove
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UAE Exit from OPEC Signals Closer Alignment with U.S. Interests, Experts Say
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“The exit was a surprise in timing (at least to me), but in some ways has been brewing for some time,” wrote Rachel Ziemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New Ameri...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iraqi President Nominates Ali Al Zaidi as PM-Designate
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Political analyst Hamzeh Hadad said it appeared that Zaidi "has the tools" as a banker and TV channel owner "to help him sway people and politicians"....
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Cyber, Nuclear, Invasion? What Is Trump Threatening in Iran
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"The U.S. has employed a significant number of its most advanced capabilities in the war -- air assets, cruise missiles, advanced stealth bombers, one-way attack drones," said...
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Indo-Pacific Security / Middle East Security
Trump Finds His Offramp with Iran. But the Causes of War Remain Unresolved.“Iran remains in the control of the Strait, which was not the case before the war,” said Richard Fontaine, the chief executive of the Center for a New American Security, a Was...
By Richard Fontaine
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
The U.S. Is Waging AI-Assisted War on Iran. Here’s How"For somebody who spent years talking about how we're moving too slow, I'm now concerned about how fast we're moving," said Jack Shanahan, a retired lieutenant general and adu...
By Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan
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Defense / Middle East Security
Trump Has Options to Invade Iran—All of Them Would Cost Dearly"The big limitation that I see, really, to any of this is the fact that Iran's geography is not favorable to invasion, and it's been a fact of Iran's internal defense for mill...
By Carlton Haelig
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USS Gerald Ford Back at Crete Naval Base: AFP
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"Taking the Ford off the board for any significant length of time means less US support to war efforts," said Daniel Schneiderman, director of global policy programs at Penn W...
By Daniel Schneiderman
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Whose War Is It? Trump Eyes Iran Talks as Israel Hints at Long CampaignAnother deadline day, another ultimatum, another surprise turn from the US president. The same Donald Trump who may or may not send ground troops to try to secure the Strait o...
By Jim Townsend
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Middle East Security / Technology & National Security
Iran War Complicates U.S. Push to Export AI to Persian Gulf“I would expect the investment there to ramp down slightly, but it does sound like the UAE and Saudi Arabia are still very keen on building out these AI data centers,” said Ja...
By Janet Egan
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Lifts Sanctions on Some Iranian Oil as Energy Prices SoarZiemba, adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, said she did not think the U.S would want money from oil sales to go to Iran's government - but it cou...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Iraq Was Enjoying Newfound Peace and Prosperity. Then Came the Iran War.
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“The way in which the U.S. and Israel killed the supreme leader of Iran in its opening salvo, the symbolism of him being an ayatollah, a religious leader, had an impact” on th...
By Hamzeh Hadad
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
U.S. Encourages Flow of Iranian Oil While It Battles Iran“Iran will likely profit from these sales, thereby providing more money to fund its regime, the war and its proxies,” said Alex Zerden, [adjunct senior fellow at the Center fo...
By Alex Zerden
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Defense / Middle East Security
The Iran War Could Sap American Military Power for YearsThe current pace of operations is likely to produce occasional “carrier gaps”—when America cannot deploy a carrier in some parts of the world—for two or three years, says Stac...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Qatar Says Iran Attack Caused Significant Damage at Ras Laffan Gas FacilityRachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new gl...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Deployment of Marines to Middle East Raises Specter of Ground Troops in Iran"That leaves a ground combat and amphibious capability gap in the region," Carlton Haelig, an expert in military operations and fellow at the Center for New American Security,...
By Carlton Haelig
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
Australian Involvement in Protecting Strait of Hormuz Would Provide Confidence to Other NationsJim Townsend, a former U-S Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence and adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, who spent more than two decades working o...
By Jim Townsend
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran War Exposes Fragilities in Global Critical Minerals Supply Chain“For Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the question is, how much will investing in critical minerals and the capacity to process investment … be affected by the war, and what other pr...
By Rachel Ziemba
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Defense / Middle East Security
Military Briefing: How Mines Could Tighten Iran’s Gulf Chokehold“There is a huge asymmetry between mine laying and mine clearing, because one is much easier than the other,” said Tom Shugart, a former submarine commander at the Center for ...
By Tom Shugart
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security
Iran Oil Hub Strike Raises Fears of Further Supply Upheaval“It’s Trump trying to escalate in order to de-escalate,” said Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. “The biggest risk to oil markets, and t...
By Rachel Ziemba
