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Podcast

Counterbalance | The Biden Administration’s Shadow Relationship with Iran (via Lebanon)

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Sep 19, 2023

Podcast

A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 18, 2023. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Climate Policy and World Order

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 18, 2023

Commentary

1 Min Read

An Iranian long-range Ghadr missile displaying "Down with Israel" in Hebrew is pictured at a defence exhibition in city of Isfahan, Iran, on February 8, 2023. (Morteza Salehi/Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Team Biden Just Made the Worst Deal Ever with Iran

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Sep 13, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Iran Continues to Be a Direct Threat to American Interests

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Sep 12, 2023

In the Media

The Israel Missile Defense Organization of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development and the US Missile Defense Agency completed a successful flight test campaign with the Arrow-3 Interceptor missile at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, on July 23, 2019. (Missile Defense Agency via DVIDS)

Commentary

Could Israel Become Europe’s New Arsenal of Democracy?

Kennedy Lee

Former Research Associate and Program Manager, Keystone Defense Initiative and Center on Europe and Eurasia

Kennedy Lee

Aug 25, 2023

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Getty Images)

Commentary

A Brief Return to Israel: Reflections and Reasons for Concern

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Aug 23, 2023

Commentary

5 Min Read

Gen. Joseph Votel (center), then commander of US Central Command, standing with senior US and Egyptian officers during a visit to Exercise Bright Star 2018 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, on September 9, 2018. (US Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)

Reports

Strength in Unity: A Sustainable US-Led Regional Security Construct in the Middle East

Robert Greenway

Former Adjunct Fellow

Robert Greenway

Aug 18, 2023

Reports

3 Min Read

Joe Biden delivers a statement upon arrival at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 13, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Biden Turn against Israel

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Elan S. Carr

Michael R. Pompeo & Elan S. Carr

Aug 16, 2023

Commentary

11 Min Read

(Screenshot via NewsNation)

In the Media

Two-Year Anniversary of Afghanistan Withdrawal

Adela Raz

Visiting Fellow

Adela Raz

Aug 15, 2023

In the Media

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Iran Is Feeling "Flush" Tonight over Deal with Biden

Michael R. Pompeo

Former Distinguished Fellow

Michael R. Pompeo

Aug 10, 2023

In the Media

Xi Jinping is welcomed by Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud at the Palace of Yamamah in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on December 8, 2022. (Royal Court of Saudi Arabia via Getty Images)

Podcast

China Utilizes Soft Power to Gain Influence in the Middle East

Ahmad Hashemi

Former Research Fellow

Ahmad Hashemi

Aug 7, 2023

Podcast

Members of Taliban security force stand guard along a blocked road after a suicide blast near Afghanistan's foreign ministry at the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on January 11, 2023. (Wakil Kohsar via Getty Images)

Commentary

The US Has No Afghan Policy … It Badly Needs One