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Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Senior Fellow and Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution; Author, The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
Presider:	Suzanne Maloney, International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Director of the Council on Foreign Relations Sponsored Independent Task Force "Iran: Time for a New Approach"

Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, senior fellow and director of research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, the Brookings Institution; author, “The Persian Puzzle”
Presider:	Suzanne Maloney, international affairs fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; director of the Council on Foreign Relations independent task force on U.S. policy toward Iran

Authors:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy Joe Siegle

Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Brookings Institution

This insightful overview of the modern Arab approach to warfare provides a comprehensive understanding of the military capabilities and limitations of the Arab states, some of which are the United States’ most important allies, while others may likely be future adversaries.

October 1, 2002

The New Transatlantic Project

Authors:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy Ronald D. Asmus

Article

Policy Review

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September 2002

The Threatening Storm

Author:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Book

This highly influential book, written as the Bush administration turned its sights on Saddam Hussein’s regime, takes the reader back to the pre-war days of uncertainty about Saddam’s weapons and his ties to major terrorist organizations, outlining a powerful case for a U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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May 2, 2002

Inspections in Iraq

Speakers:	Charles Duelfer, visiting resident scholar, CSIS Khidir Hamza, president, New Coucil for Middle East Affairs Richard Spertzel, former U.S. Army Officer
Introductory Speaker:	Kenneth M. Pollack, director, National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Transcript

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March/April 2002

Next Stop Baghdad?

Author:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy

2001

September 25, 2001

Bin Laden's Group Will Survive Him

Authors:	Daniel Byman Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Op-Ed

Newsday

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September 20, 2001

Beef Up the Taliban's Enemy

Authors:	Gideon Rose, Managing Editor, Foreign Affairs Daniel Byman Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Op-Ed

Los Angeles Times

See more in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Wars and Warfare

September 19, 2001

Game Plan: How to Win a War Against Al Qaeda

Author:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Op-Ed

Asian Wall Street Journal

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No Date

March/April 2005

Taking on Tehran

Authors:	Kenneth M. Pollack, Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy Ray Takeyh

Foreign Affairs Article — Summary

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