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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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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
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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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
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 / Technology & National Security
Saudi Arabia Wants to Build Its Post-Oil Future with Massive AI Data Centers — Trump and U.S. Tech Have Big Incentives to ObligePresident Donald Trump hit the sands of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, kicking off a Gulf tour at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum—joined by tech CEOs including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang...
By Janet Egan
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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
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Middle East Security / Energy, Economics & Security / Technology & National Security
AI, Energy and Data Centres: How the UAE Has Approached Trump’s Second TermSince US President Donald Trump returned to office this year, his administration has announced a series of partnerships and investments involving the UAE – and more could come...
By Rachel Ziemba
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CNAS Middle East Program Director Jonathan Lord to Join Office of Senator Angela Alsobrooks as National Security Advisor
Washington, April 17, 2025 — The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) announces that Jonathan Lord, senior fellow and director of the Middle East Security Program, will j...
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Transatlantic Security / Middle East Security
China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the WestChina and Russia joined Iran on Friday in urging an end to Western sanctions after President Trump called this week for nuclear talks with Tehran, with both countries denounci...
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor
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Security Experts Concerned with Reports of Russia’s Interest in Mediating U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks
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Days after President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office, the Trump administration took another s...
By Jonathan Lord
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Middle East Experts Weigh In: Normalization and Regional Stability
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On Feb. 25, the Israel Policy Forum (IPF) hosted a panel at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C., where three Middle East policy experts provided Israeli, Palestinian,...
By Rachel Brandenburg
