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Maintaining the U.S. CT Mission in Southern Syria
Despite the end of CIA support to the rebels, Washington can still counter the Islamic State by coordinating more deeply with Israel and Jordan, and by managing other regional actors.
Aug 28, 2017
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  • Evan Barrett
Articles & Testimony
Free Trade Zone in the Context of Growing Russia-Egypt Ties
The agriculture and military sectors of both countries stand to benefit from an agreement, even if the zone will not be an overall economic success.
Aug 25, 2017
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  • Anna Borshchevskaya
Video
Brief Analysis
New Thinking About Israeli National Security in a Changing Regional Environment
Watch a wide-ranging address by the former deputy chief of the Israel Defense Forces' general staff as he explores the new and more complex security challenges facing Israel.
Aug 23, 2017
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  • Yair Golan
◆ Zeev Schiff Memorial Lectures
Brief Analysis
Washington's Unfocused Decision on Aid to Egypt
The recent announcement will undermine President Trump's credibility with Cairo, which now has reason to question whether his vocal support for Sisi carries any weight.
Aug 23, 2017
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  • Eric Trager
Articles & Testimony
Is War in Gaza Unavoidable?
A deal brokered by exiled Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan may have fended off a war this summer, but it raises the likelihood of conflict in the future.
Aug 22, 2017
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  • Ghaith al-Omari
  • Grant Rumley
Brief Analysis
The al-Abbas Combat Division Model:
Reducing Iranian Influence in Iraq's Security Forces
One large faction of Shia volunteers demonstrates how the PMUs can function under Iraqi -- not Iranian -- control, offering a model that coalition forces should support.
Aug 22, 2017
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  • Michael Knights
  • Hamdi Malik
Brief Analysis
On Libya Policy, Trump Defers to Europe
Rather than leaving the job to Europe, Washington can articulate a clear Libya policy at the September UN General Assembly meeting, thereby making a political deal more likely to achieve and enforce.
Aug 21, 2017
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  • Ben Fishman
Brief Analysis
Murmurs of a Second Cultural Revolution
Gathering IRGC frustrations over liberal domestic trends could eventually prompt dramatic intervention, with troubling regional consequences for the United States and its allies.
Aug 21, 2017
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Maps & Graphics
Brief Analysis
The Race for Deir al-Zour Province
The SDF and U.S.-supported Arab fighters likely lack the might and unity to overcome Assad-regime advances and other obstacles.
Aug 17, 2017
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  • Fabrice Balanche
Articles & Testimony
Predicting the Shape of Iraq's Next Sunni Insurgencies
Analysts tracking the insurgent landscape in Iraq can draw many lessons from 2010-14, the period during which the Islamic State recovered its potency.
Aug 16, 2017
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
Rouhani's Road Already Taken
The second-term Iranian president has failed to deliver on campaign promises, and the Supreme Leader is fortifying his hardline backers.
Aug 16, 2017
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  • Mehdi Khalaji
Articles & Testimony
President Trump's Syria Conundrum
A vacuum in Raqqa following the defeat of the Islamic State will embolden Iran and lay the grounds for future jihadists.
Aug 14, 2017
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  • Dennis Ross
Brief Analysis
Iran's National Army Reorganizes
To meet emerging threats and ensure its continued relevance, the Iranian army is seeking to become a quick-reaction force, but institutional and budgetary constraints could still prevent dramatic change.
Aug 14, 2017
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Articles & Testimony
Focus on Clear Goals to Contain Iran in Iraq and Syria
The Powell Doctrine, a set of principles devised in the 1980s, can guide the United States in promoting regional stability and averting future disasters.
Aug 11, 2017
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  • James Jeffrey
Turkish president Erdogan - Source: Reuters
Turkey Has Lost Its Biggest Cheerleader: The U.S. Military
A discussion of Ankara's strained relationship with the European Union, its a la carte approach to NATO, and the weakening of formerly solid U.S.-Turkey military-to-military ties.
Aug 4, 2017
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  • Soner Cagaptay
Video
Brief Analysis
In the Warlords' Shadow
Embracing New Strategies to Fight the War on Terror
Watch an expert conversation about the fight against Taliban forces in Afghanistan and the lessons for battles against extremists elsewhere in the region.
Aug 4, 2017
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  • John Allen
  • Daniel Green
Articles & Testimony
Will Iran Retaliate Against U.S. Sanctions?
IRGC hardliners have pushed for an aggressive response to U.S. measures, but they will have to convince the Supreme Leader that escalation does not pose too great a risk.
Aug 3, 2017
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  • Omer Carmi
Brief Analysis
U.S. Security Assistance to Lebanon at Risk
Despite collusion between the LAF and Hezbollah, the United States may still have an interest in funding the Lebanese military.
Aug 3, 2017
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  • David Schenker
Articles & Testimony
The Institute of Peace Is Successful Against ISIS -- The U.S. Must Fund It
The cost-effective, nonpartisan institute can help promote broader reconciliation in Mosul and other areas now retaken from the jihadist group.
Aug 2, 2017
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  • James Jeffrey
NATO solderis with alliance and national flags
Articles & Testimony
NATO's Role in Fighting Post-Caliphate ISIS Looms Large
As the Islamic State devolves from governance to insurgency, NATO should stay close to its traditional role as a military alliance, not a counterterrorism agency.
Aug 2, 2017
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  • Matthew Levitt

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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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