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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies
Contact Info:
Phone: +1.202.509.8437
E-mail: ssimon@cfr.org
Location:
Washington, DC
November 18, New York.
Transcript
Speakers discuss the decision by the Obama administration to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed-- the alleged mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks and self-confessed organizer behind numerous other terrorist plots--and his co-conspirators in federal court in New York City.
See more in United States, Defense/Homeland Security, Terrorism and the Law
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
November 17, 2009
Op-Ed
New York Times
Steve Simon writes in favor of trying Khalid Shaikh Mohammed--the self proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks--in a federal court in New York City and refutes the many criticisms of this option.
See more in Terrorist Leaders, Terrorism and the Law, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 3, 2009
Op-Ed
Financial Times
"General Stanley McChrystal's plan to pursue counterinsurgency in the countryside is a bridge too far," write Steve Simon and Charles Kupchan, arguing, instead, that Afghanistan policy should be focused on establishing control in strategic locations.
See more in Afghanistan, Wars and Warfare, Conflict Assessment, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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
July 13, 2009
Op-Ed
New York Times
Steven Simon discusses the investigation into twenty Americans who are believed to have joined a militant Islamist group in Somalia.
See more in Somalia, United States, Havens for Terrorism
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
February 2, 2009
Op-Ed
Washington Post
Steven Simon reviews Patrick Tyler's new book "A World of Trouble:The White House and the Middle East -- From the Cold War to the War on Terror" for the Washington Post.
See more in Middle East, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 8, 2008
Transcript
A discussion of how to proceed in Iraq, and what the following steps within that country should be.
See more in Iraq, Democracy and Human Rights, Economics, Society and Culture, U.S. Strategy and Politics
September 8, 2008
Video
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, Defense Strategy, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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
July 15, 2008
Op-Ed
International Herald Tribune
The events of the past eight years have brought the Middle East to a precipice, write Richard Clarke, Steve Simon, and Ray Takeyh. To deal with this situation, America will need a president of intellectual independence, strategic flexibility and considerable political imagination.
See more in Middle East, International Peace and Security
Updated: May 9, 2008
Online Debate
Two CFR experts on the war, Max Boot, senior fellow for national security studies, and Steven Simon, senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies, debate whether the surge has put Iraq on the path to success.
See more in Iraq, Defense/Homeland Security, Wars and Warfare
May/June 2008
Podcast
From the May/June 2008 issue of Foreign Affairs: Recent short-term gains in Iraq have come at the expense of the long-term goal of a stable, unitary Iraq.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy
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
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
November 28, 2007
News Briefing
CFR experts offer their analysis of the proceedings at the Mideast peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
See more in Israel, Palestinian Authority, Diplomacy
November 27, 2007
Op-Ed
Star-Tribune
Steve Andreasen and Steven Simon write that voters should consider which candidate will advocate the need for a deeper economic and political commitment to the region, in the Star-Tribune.
See more in Iraq, Wars and Warfare, Foreign Policy History
November 12, 2007
Transcript
Panel discussion of Muslim life in America with CFR Senior Fellow Steven Simon as Presider.
See more in United States, Ethnicity and National Identity, Religion
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
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.
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