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Netanyahu Speech Reveals U.S., Israel Gaps on Iran and the Middle East
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s March 3 speech to a joint session of Congress revealed two significant gaps in the U.S. and Israeli approaches to the Middle East, according to Dr. Robert Satloff, the executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. First, Netanyahu would prioritize the fight against
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Robert Satloff
Articles & Testimony
Can Iraq's Army Dislodge the Islamic State?
The just-launched Tikrit operation raises question about the relative exclusion of coalition support, the prominence of Shiite militias, the degree of Iranian involvement, and the Iraqi army's readiness for a much more imposing campaign in Mosul.
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
The Syrian Regime on the Offensive Again
The regime's patient, attrition-based approach to ongoing operations near Damascus and Aleppo shows how it could still win the war even without spectacular battlefield victories.
Mar 4, 2015
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  • Jeffrey White
Articles & Testimony
Jihad on the Horizon: The ISIL Threat from an Israeli Perspective
A former chief of staff to Israel's defense minister offers an in-depth look at the state of the international campaign against ISIL and how it is affecting Israeli and regional interests.
Mar 3, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Brief Analysis
Iran's Provocative Naval Exercise: Motives and Implications
Blowing up a mock U.S. carrier was likely the Supreme Leader's way of prodding the depressed oil market and reaffirming his role as the true arbiter of Iran's nuclear future.
Mar 3, 2015
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  • Farzin Nadimi
Brief Analysis
Southern Syria: A New Front for Israel?
While strikes against ISIS are capturing the headlines, the United States and its international partners risk overlooking the potential strategic significance of developments in Syria's south.
Mar 2, 2015
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  • Michael Herzog
Articles & Testimony
How to Retake Mosul from the Islamic State
Does the Iraqi army have the right stuff to win the battle everyone knows is coming -- and handle the messy aftermath?
Feb 27, 2015
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  • Michael Knights
  • Michael Pregent
Articles & Testimony
Why Counterinsurgency Doesn't Work
When political leaders give the Pentagon broad goals of social transformation in the guise of "Phase IV stability operations," they undermine support for even legitimate, low-cost military missions such as an air campaign in Syria.

Feb 17, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey
Brief Analysis
'Defeat into Victory': Arab Lessons for the Iraqi Security Forces
To succeed against ISIS, the ISF should defeat the adversary's strategy, ensure that politics do not undermine the military effort, develop workarounds for persistent shortcomings, and patiently build on small victories.
Feb 17, 2015
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  • Michael Eisenstadt
Video
The Islamic State: A Video Introduction
How did the so-called Islamic State (IS) originate? What are its goals? What is the scale of its recruitment in Europe and elsewhere? As the United States leads a coalition to thwart military advances by IS – also known as ISIS, ISIL, and Daesh – Institute Richard Borow Fellow Aaron
Feb 16, 2015
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  • Aaron Y. Zelin
President Barack Obama speaks at the White House alongside Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry
Articles & Testimony
Obama Puts Down in Writing His Troubling Worldview
The latest NSS reiterates the president's longstanding aversion to military force, but his views are more problematic than ever in the wake of recent challenges to the global security order.
Feb 12, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey
Video
Brief Analysis
The Fight Against ISIS: Shiite Militias and the Coalition Effort
A longtime expert on military affairs, a researcher on Shiite militias, and a retired U.S. Army colonel discuss optimal partners for defeating ISIS and the heavy risks associated with allowing Iran-associated actors to expand their influence.
Feb 11, 2015
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  • Michael Knights
  • Phillip Smyth
  • P. J. Dermer
Articles & Testimony
Crime and Punishment in Jordan
For the time being, King Abdullah will extract revenge on ISIS in Syria and have a freer hand to crack down on ISIS supporters at home.
Feb 6, 2015
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  • David Schenker
Brief Analysis
Taking the Fight to ISIL:
Operationalizing CT Lines of Effort Against the Islamic State Group
Read statements from officials and experts who participated in a special conference on the multifaceted nonmilitary aspects of the anti-ISIL campaign.
Feb 2, 2015
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Articles & Testimony
3 Steps to Deter Further Russian Aggression in Europe
Advocates of increased pressure on Moscow received good news last week with the European Union decision to extend its sanctions by six months. There had been concerns that Greece’s new left-wing government would obstruct the renewal. Yet this bit of progress obscures deeper problems: Athens successfully lobbied to remove any
Feb 2, 2015
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  • Michael Singh
Maps & Graphics
5 Lines of Effort to Degrade and Defeat ISIS (Research Guide Infographic)
Feb 2, 2015
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  • Matthew Levitt
  • Scott Vickery
  • Michael Knights
  • Jeffrey White
  • Michael Eisenstadt
  • Andrew J. Tabler
  • Aaron Y. Zelin
  • Ehud Yaari
  • Lori Plotkin Boghardt
  • David Pollock
  • David Schenker
  • Hedieh Mirahmadi
  • Soner Cagaptay
Brief Analysis
A War Like No Other: Israel vs. Hezbollah in 2015
Current expectations that the two sides can manage escalation may not hold true, and a new war would be more intense and destructive than in 2006.
Jan 29, 2015
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  • Jeffrey White
Protesters hold Syrian and Hezbollah flags
Brief Analysis
'Uncoordinated Deconfliction' in Syria: A Recipe to Contain, Not Defeat, ISIS
If Washington continues to bomb ISIS while sidestepping the question of Assad's future, Syria may wind up partitioned between jihadist and Iranian-backed forces.
Jan 26, 2015
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  • Andrew J. Tabler
In-Depth Reports
The Long Haul:
Rebooting U.S. Security Cooperation in Iraq
The challenge posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has created some strange dynamics, among them the shared interest of the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran in "degrading and defeating" the Sunni jihadist group. But this shared interest should not be viewed as an
Jan 22, 2015
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  • Michael Knights
Brief Analysis
The ISIS Fight and the State of the Union Address
Four Washington Institute fellows discuss what the president's address shows about his priorities in the Middle East, analyzing what he did and did not say and comparing his latest remarks to his past speeches.
Jan 21, 2015
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  • James Jeffrey
  • David Pollock
  • Robert Satloff
  • Andrew J. Tabler

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