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U.S. Commitments in the Middle East
Advice to the Trump Administration
Jake Sullivan / Mary Beth Long / Derek Chollet / Dimitri Simes
The Middle East Policy Council's 87th Capitol Hill Conference has concluded. The full video and unedited transcript are available below. A policy brief derived from this event can be ... Continue ReadingFor the Press
POLICY BRIEF: Middle East Challenges Lie in Wait for the New Team
The Middle East Policy Council convened its 87th Capitol Hill Conference on Wednesday, January 11. “U.S. Commitments in the Middle East: Advice to the Trump Administration” offered viewpoints from veterans ...
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President Trump and Israel
President Obama generated excitement when he allowed his United Nations ambassador, Samantha Power, to abstain from a vote on United Nations Security Council 2334 resolution that condemned Israeli settlements and passed unanimously. It explicitly condemned all ...
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Rafsanjani’s Passing and the Future of Iran
The most common analysis in regional commentary on the death of Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, 82, a former ...
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The slow and painful liberation of Mosul continues to be received by regional media with a mixture of ...
Continue ReadingHope and Fears Greet 2017
Regional editorials and observers have been busy prognosticating about what we should expect in the new year. With a ...
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Who Rules the World?
Noam Chomsky is an encyclopedic scholar who tirelessly researches the political and economic facts of our world and then, just as tirelessly, lays them out for the educated public in books, articles and public talks. The volume under review is the latest, a collection ...
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Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining Its Expansion
Brynjar Lia | Winter 2016, Volume XXIII, Number 4
