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Why There Is Still a Role for the P5+1 in the Iran Nuclear Talks

Iranian truculence likely ensures that the P5+1 -- not direct bilateral talks -- will remain the most meaningful forum for nuclear negotiations.

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Michael Singh

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Brief Analysis

Asset Test: New Strategic and Economic Dimensions of U.S.-Israeli Relations

Read a summary or watch video of a recent panel discussion featuring Institute scholars Michael Eisenstadt and David Pollock, along with Intel's Greg Slater and Dr. Steven Phillips of the NIH, on the wide-ranging ways the United States benefits from its alliance with Israel.

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Michael Eisenstadt
David Pollock
Greg Slater
Steve Phillips

Articles & Testimony

The Fatah-Hamas Reconciliation: Threatening Peace Prospects (Part 1)

On February 5, Matthew Levitt, director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute, testified before the House regarding the implications of the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation and its effects on the propects for Middle East peace. The following is an excerpt from his testimony.

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Matthew Levitt

Articles & Testimony

Should the U.S. and Its Allies Intervene Militarily in Syria?

Washington Institute fellow Andrew Tabler and Syria expert Brian Fishman discuss the need for direct action. Download a PDF of the full debate.

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Andrew J. Tabler

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Infographic: Asset Test

How the United States Benefits from Its Alliance with Israel

How Israel contributes to U.S. hard and soft security, from defense and intelligence to economic competitiveness and sustainability.

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Michael Eisenstadt
David Pollock

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Articles & Testimony

Managing State: Some Advice for John Kerry

Avoiding the next diplomatic crisis will require the new secretary of state to invest time and effort in the less-glamorous but essential task of effectively managing the department.

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Michael Singh

Articles & Testimony

How to Prevent the Next Benghazi

Five steps toward crafting an "expeditionary diplomacy" doctrine that secures both U.S. interests and the brave officials looking out for those interests.

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James Jeffrey

Articles & Testimony

The Message Hagel Carries on Iran

Let's stipulate that Chuck Hagel may make an exemplary defense secretary. That possibility doesn't alter the fact that his nomination by President Obama almost certainly raises doubts among allies and adversaries alike that Obama may not be nearly so committed to using all means necessary to prevent Iran from achieving

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Robert Satloff

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Brief Analysis

Public Diplomacy in a Changing Middle East

Watch Undersecretary of State Tara D. Sonenshine's Wednesday address to a Washington Institute Policy Forum on the challenges of projecting American interests and values to Middle Easterners at a time of tumultuous political change.

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Tara D. Sonenshine

Articles & Testimony

Obama and the Middle East: Act Two

In January, the Atlantic published a series of policy proposals for the Obama administration's second term by Washington Institute scholars. The full series is collected here.

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Andrew J. Tabler
Patrick Clawson
David Makovsky
David Pollock
Simon Henderson
Soner Cagaptay
David Schenker
Eric Trager

Articles & Testimony

Will 2013 Be an Unlucky Year for Israel?

The growing threat of Arab-Israeli war, the Iranian nuclear issue, and the potential for Palestinian political meltdown could make this year a precarious one for Israel.

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Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

Is a Nuclear Deal with Iran Possible? An Analytical Framework for the Negotiations

An in-depth look at how the United States can use pressure and inducements to convince Iran's leaders that negotiating a nuclear deal is their best option.

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Michael Singh

Brief Analysis

Announcing the 2012 Washington Institute Book Prize Winners

Steven A. Cook’s The Struggle for Egypt, a chronicle of modern Egypt that culminates in the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, has been awarded the gold medal in The Washington Institute’s 2012 Book Prize competition. Cook, the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on

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The Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations: Engagement without Illusions

On November 28, 2012, Vin Weber and Gregory B. Craig addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Weber is a former Republican congressman from Minnesota and former chairman of the National Endowment for Democracy. Mr. Craig served as White House counsel in the Obama administration and director of

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Vin Weber
Gregory Craig

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How to Save Arab-Israeli Peace

There's more to it than Stephen Walt would have you believe.

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Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

Legacies to Avoid in the Middle East

Congratulations on your election victory, Mr. President. Now you have four more years to achieve the lofty goals you have set for yourself. While these are principally domestic, you have also outlined a list of herculean objectives in foreign policy – from climate change to "global zero" to a "new

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Robert Satloff

A UNDOF soldier on guard duty next to a mural of a dove of peace - source: Reuters

Articles & Testimony

The End of the Forty-Year Peace Between Israel and Arab States

Despite recent strategic shifts in the region, there is much the United States can do to postpone the return of interstate Arab-Israeli conflict.

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Robert Satloff

Articles & Testimony

The Unfortunate Rise of Retrenchment Chic

Why President Obama's second-term national security team can't shy away from getting involved in the world's difficult conflicts.

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James Jeffrey

Articles & Testimony

The Gaza Conflict and the End of the Forty-Year Peace

On November 29, Washington Institute executive director Robert Satloff testified before the House regarding the implications of the latest Gaza crisis and, more important, the new regional context in which it transpired. Given the increasing range of Hamas weapons, the targeting of Israel across three of its borders, the rise

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Robert Satloff

In-Depth Reports

Engagement without Illusions

Building an Interest-Based Relationship with the New Egypt

Today's Egypt -- with its first-ever civilian president, Islamist leader Muhammad Morsi -- is a very different country from the one with which successive U.S. administrations built a strategic partnership for more than thirty years. The fundamental changes seen there since 2011 mandate an equally fundamental reassessment of the bilateral

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Vin Weber
Gregory Craig

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Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East

The Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East focuses on the region as a setting for heightened competition between the United States and other world powers, such as China and Russia.

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