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Hudson Institute will host a panel of experts to discuss how Iran is working to further destabilize Iraq and the development in U.S. foreign policy to
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Michael Pregent, Oubai Shahbandar, Richard Goldberg, Michaela Dodge, and Michael Ledeen discuss the future of the Iran Deal.
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Hillel Fradkin, Michael Pregent, Jennifer Cafarella, Nahro Zagros, and Dr. Ammar Kahf discuss the Post-ISIS middle east.
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Brian Katulis, Charles Lister, Omri Ceren, Michael Pregent, and Joyce Karam will discuss the Iran protests and U.S. foreign policy.
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Michael Pregent, Lee Smith, Omri Ceren, and Ambassador Alberto Fernandez discuss the JCPOA and the administration’s broader Middle East strategy.
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Ilan Berman, Michael Pregent, Hillel Fradkin, and Lee Smith discuss Iran's strategic posture in the Middle East and its land bridge from Syria to Iraq
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Lee Smith, Michael Pregent, Mohammed Khalid Alyahya, and Fatimah S. Baeshen on Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and tensions in the the Gulf Cooperation Council
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Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman, Michael Pregent, Eric Brown, Kenneth Pollack, and Ranj Alaaldin discuss Iraq, Kurdistan, and the new U.S. administration.
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Feisal Istrabadi, Nussaibah Younis, Michael Doran and Michael Pregent discuss U.S.-Iraq relations under the next president and the fight against ISIS.
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Dlawer Ala’Aldeen, Michael Pregent, Bilal Wahab, Dylan O’Driscoll, and Eric Brown discuss Kurdistan, Iraq, Mosul offensive against ISIS, and US policy
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Michael Pregent, Ambassador Feisal al-Istrabadi, Ret. Col. Richard Welch, and Dr. Denise Natali assess current U.S. policy toward ISIS in Iraq.
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Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Michael Pregent, and Lee Smith discuss how to confront the problems consuming the Middle East.
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Lee Smith, Derek Harvey, Jack Keane & Michael Pregent discuss the danger of sanctions relief for terrorists like Qassem Suleimani in the Iran Deal.
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The sectarian clash that erupted four years ago in Syria has metastasized into a conflict that has engulfed much of the Middle East and spread beyond
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To address Middle East strategy and diplomacy, Hudson Institute hosted Lee Smith, Andrew Tabler, Michael Pregent, and Hussain Abdul-Hussain.
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