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Members of 5th Special Forces Group conducting 50. caliber weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at Al Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 25, 2017. (DVIDS)

Members of Fifth Special Forces Group conducting .50 caliber weapons training during counter-ISIS operations at al-Tanf Garrison in southern Syria on November 25, 2017. (DVIDS)

Reports

Escape from the Syrian Labyrinth: A Road Map

Michael Doran

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Ömer Özkizilcik

Foreign Policy Analyst

Michael Doran & Ömer Özkizilcik

Jan 13, 2023

Reports

Long Read

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Podcast

Horns of a Dilemma: The Arc of a Covenant

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 13, 2023

Podcast

(Flickr)

Commentary

China in the Middle East | January 13, 2023

A Ukrainian soldier watches a self-propelled 220 mm multiple rocket launcher firing toward Russian positions on the front line in eastern Ukraine on November 29, 2022. (Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Let Ukraine Defeat the Russia-Iranian War Machine

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Richard Goldberg

Senior Advisor, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs & Richard Goldberg

Jan 12, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna meets with United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar during a trilateral ministerial meeting in New York, New York, on September 19, 2022. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Minilateral Era

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Narayanappa Janardhan

 Senior Research Fellow, Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy.

Husain Haqqani & Narayanappa Janardhan

Jan 10, 2023

Commentary

6 Min Read

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 17: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on August 17, 2021 in Washington, DC. Sullivan attended the briefing with White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki and provided an update on the U.S. operations in Afghanistan following the Taliban taking control of the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan listens to a question during a press conference in the White House on August 17, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Peril of Ignoring the Middle East

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 9, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

ZHUHAI, CHINA - NOVEMBER 10: Russian Sukhoi SU-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, November 10, 2014. Airshow China is the only international aerospace trade show in China that is endorsed by the Chinese central g

A Sukhoi Su-35 performs at the Airshow China 2014 in Zhuhai, China, on November 10, 2014. (Aleksandar Plavevski/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran’s Su-35 Aircraft Procurement Is More Dangerous than You Think

Can Kasapoğlu

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Can Kasapoğlu

Jan 6, 2023

Commentary

8 Min Read

(Screenshot via Reagan Foundation/YouTube)

Podcast

Israel and the US: Parallel Nations

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 2, 2023

Podcast

(Screenshot via CBS News/YouTube)

In the Media

The Foreign Policy Outlook for 2023

H.R. McMaster

Chair of the Advisory Board, Japan Chair

H.R. McMaster

Jan 1, 2023

In the Media

Officials gathered on December 15 to celebrate the first anniversary of the Haifa Bayport’s inauguration and the thirtieth year of Israel-China diplomatic ties with an illumination ceremony. During his opening remarks, Consul General of Israel in Shanghai Edward Shapira complimented the port—developed and operated by the Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG)—as it positions Israeli ports “on the top advanced rank in the Eastern Mediterranean basin.”

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China in the Middle East | December 21, 2022

An Iranian man holding his smartphone looks on while standing under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran Grand Bazaar (Market), December 3, 2022. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Reports

Targeting Financial Entities outside Iran to Counter Tehran’s Economic Strategy