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An Iranian Nuclear Breakout Is Not Inevitable
Much of the rhetoric surrounding the Iranian nuclear impasse has been marked by Tehran's staunch refusal to budge and pessimism among Western analysts that increasingly strong diplomatic and economic measures will ever have their desired effect. Yet several avenues for progress have opened up amid an environment of incrementally effective
Dec 20, 2011
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  • Patrick Clawson
Brief Analysis
Intervention in Syria: Assessing the Options
Without external intercession, the violence in Syria is likely to escalate, with destabilizing consequences for its neighbors, particularly Lebanon and Iraq.
Dec 13, 2011
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
A Fresh Start to U.S.-Iraqi Relations
Washington and Baghdad should begin laying the groundwork for a real strategic relationship that assuages Maliki's insecurities while emphasizing U.S. red lines on Iran, human rights, and other issues.
Dec 10, 2011
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  • Michael Knights
Articles & Testimony
Strategic (Mis)communication on Iran
Privately discussing U.S. concerns about military action against Iran is both responsible and necessary. Musing upon them publicly, however, is a strategic error.
Dec 7, 2011
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  • Michael Singh
Articles & Testimony
Iran's Rattling Saber
If recent provocations are any indicator, Tehran might become so fearful of an overt war that it starts one itself.
Dec 1, 2011
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
Brief Analysis
Asad's Armed Opposition: The Free Syrian Army
The growing armed opposition movement against the Asad regime is becoming an increasingly important element in the Syrian equation.
Nov 30, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
Impact of Sanctioning Iran's Central Bank
The debate over whether to sanction the Central Bank of Iran must consider the effectiveness of such action and the consequences for the world economy.
Nov 29, 2011
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  • Patrick Clawson
  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Israel's Closing Window to Strike Iran
Although Israel is in favor of economic and diplomatic sanctions against Iran, its calculus is also based on how much time is left for military strikes to be effective.
Nov 22, 2011
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  • David Makovsky
Articles & Testimony
Only Threat of Military Action Will Stop Iran
For nuclear diplomacy to succeed, Tehran must believe that the United States will take military action against any effort to build a bomb.
Nov 22, 2011
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
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Brief Analysis
Sinai: The New Frontier of Conflict?
On November 16, 2011, Ehud Yaari and Normand St. Pierre addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Yaari is a Lafer international fellow with the Institute and a Middle East commentator for Israel's Channel Two television. Col. St. Pierre, a thirty-one-year veteran of the U.S. Army, retired recently
Nov 20, 2011
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  • Ehud Yaari
Brief Analysis
Building on the Opportunity of the IAEA Report on Iran
Despite technical setbacks and political indecision, the military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program apparently continue and will become even more challenging over time.
Nov 15, 2011
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  • Olli Heinonen
Brief Analysis
Iran's Nuclear Program: "Credible" Evidence of "Continuing" Work on a Bomb
The latest IAEA report should serve to shift the public debate from whether Iran is developing a nuclear weapon to how to stop it.
Nov 8, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Brief Analysis
Libya's Post-Qadhafi Challenges
Libya's challenges are immense, but Washington can take steps to facilitate the transition while ensuring that U.S. interests are not sidelined by other actors.
Nov 2, 2011
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  • Andrew Engel
Brief Analysis
A Syrian Centrifuge Plant? A New Proliferation Challenge
The discovery that Syria may have tried to build a centrifuge plant is reawakening concerns about the extent of the regime's nuclear ambitions and the proliferation of crucial technology by Pakistan.
Nov 1, 2011
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  • Simon Henderson
Articles & Testimony
Israel: A True Ally in the Middle East
Israel's substantial contributions to U.S. counterterrorism, intelligence, and technology are an underappreciated aspect of the close bilateral relationship.
Oct 31, 2011
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  • Robert D. Blackwill
  • Walter B. Slocombe
Articles & Testimony
Turkey and Israel Need "Earthquake Diplomacy"
Although Turkey and Israel are not yet ready to become friends, they do not need each other as enemies: talking to one another would serve them both well.
Oct 28, 2011
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  • Soner Cagaptay
  • Amos Yadlin
Brief Analysis
Implications of Military Intervention in Syria
Although military action in Syria would carry some risks, not intervening in the face of the regime's now fully revealed violent and repressive nature carries its own dangers.
Oct 28, 2011
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  • Jeffrey White
Brief Analysis
Leveraging the U.S. Presence in Iraq after 2011
Once the military withdrawal is complete, Washington will need to tread gently on Iraqi sensitivities, shrug off snubs, and broaden the range of international voices capable of positively influencing Baghdad.
Oct 25, 2011
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  • Michael Knights
Articles & Testimony
Welcome to the Shadow War
The pullout of U.S. forces in Iraq threatens to unleash a dangerous and deadly struggle with Iran and within the Iraqi army.
Oct 25, 2011
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  • Michael Knights
Articles & Testimony
Deter, Don't Dismiss, the Iranian Threat
Mustering an effective response to Iran's assassination plot is critical for U.S. national security as well as our already damaged credibility in the Middle East.
Oct 13, 2011
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  • Michael Singh

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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.
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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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