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In-Depth Reports
In War's Wake:
The Struggle for Post-Qadhafi Libya
In this new study, Jason Pack and Barak Barfi explain why the United States must take a proactive stance in ensuring that Libyan authorities win the peace, not just the war.
Feb 24, 2012
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  • Jason Pack
  • Barak Barfi
Articles & Testimony
Friendship Under Fire
The Iranian nuclear threat will challenge Obama and Netanyahu's sometimes-rocky relationship like never before.
Feb 22, 2012
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  • David Makovsky
Brief Analysis
Indirect Intervention in Syria: Crafting an Effective Response to the Crisis
Indirect intervention in Syria is less sure to succeed than direct intervention, but it may be more doable, giving the people the time and help they need to liberate themselves.
Feb 21, 2012
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  • Jeffrey White
Articles & Testimony
A Violent New Year in Iraq
The U.S. troop withdrawal is a less significant driver of recent Iraqi violence than Washington's policy of giving Prime Minister Maliki a blank check in his campaign to consolidate power.
Feb 17, 2012
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Bashar al-Assad vs. the Syrian People
As the regime continues its latest offensive, the international community should exploit its military weaknesses through actions that help level the battlefield, alter the psychological environment, and increase pressure on Assad and his forces.
Feb 14, 2012
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  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
Nervous Bahrain Marks Anniversary of Shiite Protests
Washington must find a way to encourage more political reform in Bahrain, which hosts the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
Feb 13, 2012
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
The Case for Organizing a Military Force from Muslim Countries to Intervene in Syria
Washington needs to devise a well-planned, delicate intervention in Syria: one supported by Russia, executed by Turks and Arabs, and remotely backed by the United States and its European allies.
Feb 9, 2012
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Brief Analysis
Humanitarian Safe Havens: Bosnia's Lessons for Syria
Humanitarian safe havens can protect vulnerable civilians only if backed up with sufficient power.
Feb 7, 2012
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  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Should the U.S. Support the Free Syrian Army?
The international community's inability thus far to stop Assad, as well as its reticence to intervene on the ground, means that more and more Syrians are looking to the Free Syrian Army not as an alternative to the protest movement, but as a way to support the overall revolutionary effort.
Jan 31, 2012
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Brief Analysis
The Free Syrian Army Bleeds the Assad Regime
The growing Free Syrian Army, the armed wing of the popular rebellion, is playing an increasing role in determining the Assad regime's future.
Jan 27, 2012
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  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
Calculating Victory: How Iran Views Confronting the United States
If Washington does not demonstrate through both word and deed the risks that Tehran faces, overly optimistic Iranian hardliners may wrongly decide that the benefits of a confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz outweigh the costs.
Jan 18, 2012
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  • Patrick Clawson
Brief Analysis
Hizballah Poised to Strike in Southeast Asia
New discoveries regarding Hizballah bombmaking in Thailand are no surprise given the group's long history of terrorist operations in Southeast Asia.
Jan 18, 2012
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  • Matthew Levitt
In-Depth Reports
Sinai: A New Front
The peninsula has emerged as a hotspot in the complex Arab-Israeli conflict.
Jan 10, 2012
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  • Ehud Yaari
Michael Singh on C-SPAN
Appearing on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Institute managing director Michael Singh talked about Iran and the Strait of Hormuz. Topics included Tehran's warning to Washington that the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis should not return to the Persian Gulf, the strategic and economic importance of the Strait of Hormuz, and
Jan 8, 2012
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
The Pentagon's New Defense Strategic Guidance: Pivoting to Asia, But Still Stuck in the Middle East
Despite Washington's desire to focus on the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East regrettably holds much unfinished business for the United States and its military.
Jan 6, 2012
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
Articles & Testimony
The Real Iranian Threat in the Gulf
As Iran's posture in the Strait of Hormuz becomes increasingly bellicose, excessive risk aversion that results in a failure of deterrence and feeds the regime's sense of impunity may be just as risky as military action.
Jan 3, 2012
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  • Michael Singh
Brief Analysis
Iran's Strait of Hormuz: A Challenge to U.S. Policy
Threats by Tehran to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz may be bluster, but they also represent a bigger policy challenge to the United States.
Dec 29, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
On Iran, Pressure Works
Washington and its allies can still prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons through nonmilitary means.
Dec 24, 2011
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  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
Israel Is Wide Awake as Decision Time Approaches on Nuclear Iran
Far from sleepwalking into war with Iran, Israelis have their eyes wide open on the nuclear threat and expect others to do the same.
Dec 22, 2011
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  • Michael Herzog
Brief Analysis
Iraq's Political Crisis: Challenges for U.S. Policy
In responding to the political crisis in Iraq, Washington should encourage constitutional processes and respect for political and human rights rather than any particular outcome.
Dec 21, 2011
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  • Michael Knights

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Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt is the Kahn Senior Fellow and director of The Washington Institute's Military and Security Studies Program.
Michael Knights
Michael Knights
Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute and cofounder of the Militia Spotlight platform, which offers in-depth analysis of developments related to Iran-backed militias.
Grant Rumley
Grant Rumley
Grant Rumley is the Meisel-Goldberger Senior Fellow and Director of the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Program on Great Power Competition and the Middle East at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Elizabeth Dent - source: The Washington Institute
Elizabeth Dent
Elizabeth Dent is a Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where she focuses on U.S. foreign and defense policy toward the Gulf states, Iraq, and Syria.
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