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Elliott Abrams
Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies

Middle East and North Africa Democracy Human Rights

Does the US want to invade Venezuela or encourage the army to depose Maduro?

Offsite Via DW News December 3, 2025
Edward Alden
Senior Fellow

Trade Immigration Economics

The Future of Borders in a Dis-Integrating World | Edward Alden

Offsite Via Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative November 20, 2025
Eleanor Atkins
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow

China Defense and Security Security Alliances
@AyresAlyssa

Alyssa Ayres
Adjunct Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia

Asia India Emerging Markets
@AyresAlyssa

Renewed Tensions Between India and Pakistan

Event May 14, 2025 Asia Program
Jim Baker
Senior Fellow for Strategic Competition

Defense and Security Politics and Government Diplomacy and International Institutions
@hbarkey

Henri J. Barkey
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies

Middle East and North Africa Turkey Kurds
@hbarkey

Erdogan Considers the Kurdish Question: The PKK ceasefire and the Kurdish future in Turkey

Offsite Via The New Arab Voice August 9, 2025
Zeb B. Beasley II
Military Fellow, U.S. Marine Corps

Public Information Warfare Wars and Conflict Grand Strategy
John B. Bellinger III
Adjunct Senior Fellow for International and National Security Law

International Law Treaties and Agreements Sanctions

Assessing the Facts and Legal Questions About the U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats

Offsite Via FactCheck.org - A Project of The Annenberg Public Policy Center October 30, 2025
Richard K. Betts
Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies

Defense and Security Intelligence Military Operations

The Big Red Button

Podcast October 23, 2019
Stephen Biddle
Adjunct Senior Fellow for Defense Policy

Defense and Security Wars and Conflict Military Operations

The False Promise of Ukraine’s Deep Strikes Into Russia

Offsite Via Foreign Affairs August 28, 2024
Robert D. Blackwill
Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. Foreign Policy Europe and Eurasia Russia

No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign Policy

Council Special Report December 12, 2024 U.S. Foreign Policy Program
@TomBollyky

Thomas J. Bollyky
Bloomberg Chair in Global Health; Senior Fellow for International Economics, Law, and Development; and Director of the Global Health Program

Health Trade Development
@TomBollyky

The New America First Global Health Strategy Goes Back to the Future

Offsite Via The Lancet November 14, 2025