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Brief Analysis
Snap Elections, Syria Incursions: Turkey's Challenges and Risks
A panel of experts and policymakers grapples with the weighty implications of Turkey's early elections at home and its military intervention in Syria's Afrin pocket.
Apr 30, 2018
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  • Gonul Tol
  • Aaron Stein
  • Rich Outzen
Articles & Testimony
Bracing for an Israel-Iran Confrontation in Syria
Despite the recent escalation, the United States has options for preventing, or at least limiting the scope of, a regional showdown in Syria.
Apr 30, 2018
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  • Ehud Yaari
Protesters hold Syrian and Hezbollah flags
Brief Analysis
Lebanese Hezbollah's Islamic Resistance in Syria
The groups known loosely as Syrian Hezbollah operate with little independence from their Lebanese parent, and U.S. sanctions policy should treat them accordingly.
Apr 26, 2018
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  • Phillip Smyth
Articles & Testimony
Israel’s 2007 Strike on Syrian Nuclear Reactor: Lessons Learned for Iran
Israel’s intelligence agencies deserve praise for their role in the operation, but they must also consider what their prior miscalculations mean for future counterproliferation efforts.
Apr 25, 2018
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  • Michael Herzog
Video
Brief Analysis
Beyond 'Mowing the Grass': U.S. and Israeli Strategy in the Middle East
Two former policymakers discuss whether the longtime allies can move beyond tactical responses to their strategic challenges in the region.
Apr 24, 2018
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  • Chuck Freilich
  • James Jeffrey
Articles & Testimony
Russia Risks a Wider Mideast War
The Trump administration may want out of Syria, but when the United States is on the sidelines, the danger of a regional war intensifies.
Apr 24, 2018
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  • Dennis Ross
An Egyptian guard inspects bomb damage near the Gaza border in Sinai
Brief Analysis
Israel's Sinai Dilemma
Helping Egypt defeat jihadists is crucial, but it should be seen as a step toward ensuring the broader national security concerns that led Israel to call for a Sinai buffer zone in the first place.
Apr 23, 2018
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  • Sami Turjeman
Multimedia
The Syria Disaster, Seven Years In
"Atlantic" editors Matt Thompson and Kathy Gilsinan ask Syria expert Andrew Tabler to explain how the conflict has worn on for years and what the path forward might be.
Apr 20, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Multimedia
What Comes Next in Syria?
With President Trump’s strikes on Assad’s regime, the Syrian civil war is at the forefront of the global political stage. But what happens when the strikes are over?
Apr 20, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Brief Analysis
Between Syria and Gaza: Urgent Challenges for Israel's Security
A Discussion with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman
In a rare public address in Washington, D.C., Israel's defense minister explained his government's strategy for dealing with challenges including the emergence of a direct Iranian front to the north and recurrent mass protests along the Gaza border to the south.
Apr 19, 2018
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  • Avigdor Liberman
Brief Analysis
Libya After Haftar
Given the potentially imminent demise of a key powerbroker, Washington will need to refocus on transition issues in Libya and help the UN implement its action plan.
Apr 18, 2018
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  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
How Iraqi Sovereignty Supports U.S. National Interests
By providing a clear and consistent roadmap for American interests in Iraq and future international support, Washington can help Baghdad steer the country in the right direction after next month's elections.
Apr 17, 2018
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  • James Jeffrey
  • Michael Knights
Articles & Testimony
Examining Iran's Global Terrorism Network
A former senior CENTCOM advisor offers a comprehensive breakdown of the specific forces and mechanisms Tehran uses to sponsor terrorism abroad and destabilize its neighbors.
Apr 17, 2018
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  • Nader Uskowi
Video
Brief Analysis
Confronting Iran and the Future of the JCPOA
President Trump still seems intent on withdrawing from the deal, but his calculus could change given the lack of diplomatic consensus in Europe and the chemical weapons showdown in Syria.
Apr 16, 2018
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  • Karen DeYoung
  • James Jeffrey
  • Jay Solomon
  • Dennis Ross
Articles & Testimony
How Syria Came to This
The Douma chemical attacks are only the latest chapter in a long story of ethnic and sectarian conflict, international connivance, and above all civilian suffering.
Apr 15, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Trump's Order to Strike Syria May End Future Chemical Weapons Attacks
Continuing to enforce the ban on such weapons via military action can give Washington some much needed leverage in the Geneva negotiations.
Apr 14, 2018
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
Articles & Testimony
Pull Troops Out of Syria? Trump Has a Point
By moving to an airpower-focused approach, Washington could avoid an unending stabilization mission, calm tensions with Turkey, and help allies with the bigger goal of countering Iran and Russia.
Apr 13, 2018
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  • James Jeffrey
Brief Analysis
Iran Is Outpacing Assad for Control of Syria's Shia Militias
Although Damascus has sought to maintain a grip over its network of brigades, Tehran is gaining ascendancy and could push more of them to attack U.S. forces or Israel.
Apr 12, 2018
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  • Phillip Smyth
Brief Analysis
Israel Once Again Strikes Iran's UAV Base in Syria
Tehran continues to maintain significant drone forces at a base in western Syria, giving them dangerously easy access to the Israeli border and raising the risk of escalation.
Apr 10, 2018
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Brief Analysis
Military Strikes on Syria: Critical Considerations
Military action should seek to restore deterrence by hitting not just chemical weapons-related targets, but also ground and air units that are key to the Assad regime's war effort.
Apr 10, 2018
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  • Michael Eisenstadt

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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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