Defense Strategy

Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at an exclusive interview with AFP in the capital Damascus on February 11, 2016. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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Russia's president Vladimir Putin during a meeting with his envoy to the Volga Federal District, Alexander Yevstifeyev (not in picture) in the Kremlin. (Mikhail Klimentyev\TASS via Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
6 Min Read
US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on Syria from the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
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michael_doran
michael_doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
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