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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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Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin, Liel Leibovitz, and Lee Smith on the impact of the June 1967 War in Israel and its importance today to the Middle East
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Michael Doran, Lee Smith, Mohammed Alyahya, and Ali Shihabi discuss Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the new direction of the Trump administration.
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Michael Doran, Walter Russell Mead, Ray Takeyh, and Lee Smith on Eisenhower's experience and the Trump administration's options in the Middle East
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Eric Brown, Sarah Feuer, Lee Smith, and Samuel Tadros discuss the prospects for lasting democracy and persistence of extremist sects in North Africa.
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Hudson Institute hosts a panel on the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia with Ali Alfoneh, Michael Doran, Phillip Smyth, and Lee Smith
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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, Benjamin Haddad, Simond de Galbert, Laure Mandeville, & Christopher Caldwell discuss the Paris attacks and the ongoing crisis in Syria.
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Lee Smith, Michael Doran, Tony Badran, & Hannah Thoburn discuss Putin's power play in Syria and the balance of international power in the Middle East.
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David Albright, Omri Ceren, Michael Doran, and Lee Smith discuss separate arrangements between Iran and IAEA, the JCPOA, and nuclear nonproliferation.
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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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Amb. James Jeffrey, Tolga Tanis, Gonul Tol, Eric Brown and Lee Smith discuss the Turkish election results and the Kurds' growing political power.
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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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The assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri a decade ago not only cut down one of the region’s moderate Muslim leaders but also
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Shmuel Bar, Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin, and Lee Smith explore U.S. policy in the Middle East with respect to future regional strategy.
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Lee Smith lead a panel discussion with David Albright, Michael Doran, Hillel Fradkin and Ray Takeyh on the impact of a nuclear deal with Iran.
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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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August 26th Hudson panel discussion of the present state of Jordan, its future, and its role in American Middle East policy.
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On August 14, Hudson Institute hosted a panel on whether al Qaeda or Iran constitutes the major strategic threat to US interests in the Middle East
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A Hudson Institute panel discussion on the "Joint Plan of Action" nuclear agreement with Iran, and the future of American Middle East security policy.
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With Mubarak's reign in Egypt all but over, policy makers in the U.S. and around the globe are seeking to understand why Egypt's government proved so
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