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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
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Phone: +1.202.509.8437
E-mail: ssimon@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
January 1, 2008
Article
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson write that "the history of the Vietnam War teaches that to preserve American strength and prestige, we must begin withdrawing from Iraq now."
See more in Vietnam, Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Foreign Policy History
May 20, 2007
Article
American Prospect
See more in United States, Saudi Arabia, Democracy Promotion
November/December 2006
Article
The National Interest
See more in Israel, Lebanon, Wars and Warfare
November 18, 2009
Audio
Listen to John B. Bellinger III, Steven Simon, and Lydia Khalil consider the ramifications of the Justice department's controversial decision to proscute suspected September 11th mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and his four alleged co-conspirators.
See more in International Crime, Terrorist Leaders, Terrorist Attacks, Terrorism and the Law
September 8, 2008
Audio
With violence down and U.S. troop deaths at their lowest point since the Iraq war began, military analysts are in near-agreement that Iraq is more secure today. But CFR's Stephen Biddle and Steven Simon disagree on how to ensure stability continues. They discuss their views during this inaugural Foreign Affairs Live debate.
See more in Iraq, National Security and Defense, Conflict Assessment
April 23, 2008
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the U.S. and European approaches to dealing with challenges in the broader Middle East.
This symposium was made possible by the generosity of the European Commission and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
See more in United States, Europe/Russia, Middle East
November 12, 2007
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the experience of Muslim communities in the United States, including the relative integration of immigrant Muslim populations in America as compared to those in Europe.
See more in United States, Religion
April 11, 2007
Audio
Listen to Ali Allawi, former minister of finance, defense, and trade of the Republic of Iraq, and Steven Simon, the Council's Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies, reflect on four years of war in Iraq and discuss strategies for the future.
See more in Iraq
March 13, 2007
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the recent Gallup poll on Muslim views, including views of the United States and the West.
See more in Religion, Media and Foreign Policy
March 7, 2007
Audio
Listen to Council Fellow Steven Simon and former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Walter B. Slocombe discuss the case for military disengagement in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, National Security and Defense
October 6, 2006
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the impact of the U.S. intervention in Iraq on the wider Middle East.
See more in United States, Iraq, Defense Strategy
September 8, 2006
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the terrorist threat in New York and the importance of preparing for small-scale attacks.
See more in United States, Homeland Security
March 1, 2006
Audio
Listen to three Council on Foreign Relations scholars discuss the situation in Iraq three years after the U.S.-led invasion on March 19, 2003.
See more in Iraq, Society and Culture
November 17, 2005
Audio
See more in Defense/Homeland Security, Terrorism
February 2007 (updated September 2007)
Council Special Report No. 23
Council Special Report
This Council Special Report concludes that only if the United States disengages militarily will it minimize the strategic costs of its failure in Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare
July/August 2009
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
Two new books offer insightful analyses of how to succeed in Afghanistan.
See more in Afghanistan, Wars and Warfare
May/June 2008
Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
The Bush administration's new strategy in Iraq has produced short-term gains at the expense of the long-term goal of a stable, unitary Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Nation Building
August 10, 2009
Interview
CFR's Steven Simon says President Obama has asserted a new counterterrorism approach that balances aggressiveness on some fronts with a milder set of interrogation and detention policies.
See more in Afghanistan, Counterterrorism
March 7, 2007
Interview
CFR's Steven Simon says the multinational conference on Iraq's security is overdue.
See more in Iran, Iraq, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Explore the international finance regime with a new interactive from CFR's program on International Institutions and Global Governance.
Identifying international threats and acting on them may be the most difficult job for U.S. policymakers. This report
provides an actionable road map for managing international threats before they erupt into crises and makes a strong case that preventive action is not a luxury but a necessity.
For more than a decade, the United States has mostly watched from the sidelines as Asian countries organize themselves into an alphabet soup of new multilateral groups. In this report, the authors review the relationship between pan-Asian and trans-Pacific institutions and suggest policy guidelines for a new U.S. approach to this new Asian landscape.
Complete list of Council Special Reports
Start-Up Nation addresses the trillion-dollar question: How is it that Israel—a country of 7.1 million, only sixty years old, surrounded by enemies— produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada, and the UK? With the insights of geopolitical experts and investors, the authors examine this nation’s adversity-driven culture to answer this question and offer prescriptions for a global economy on the rebound.
In Forces of Fortune, Vali Nasr presents a paradigm-changing revelation that will transform the understanding of the Muslim world at large. He reveals that there is a vital but unseen rising force in the Islamic world—a new business-minded middle class—that is building a vibrant new Muslim world economy and that holds the key to winning the cold war against Iran and extremists.
In Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know, Julia E. Sweig presents a remarkably accessible portrait of Cuba's unique place on the world stage over the past fifty years, including its internal politics, its often fraught relationship with the United States, and its shifting relationship with the global community.
Complete list of CFR Books
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