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The Trump administration leaves a legacy of confusion over cybersecurity issues with few positives.
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Nonstate Warfare
Stephen Biddle explains how nonstate military strategies overturn traditional perspectives on warfare. -
Diplomatic Dithering Over Western Sahara Bodes Ill for Other African DisputesFrancesca Eremeeva is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Middle East Program. Nolan Quinn is a research associate for the Council on Foreign Relations’ Africa Program. O…
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China Convenes Annual People’s Congress, Pope Francis Travels to Iraq, and MoreChina’s national legislature and its top political advisory body meet in tandem, Pope Francis travels to Iraq as the country deals with COVID-19 and security concerns, and International Women’s Day is celebrated around the globe.
Experts in this Region
Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies and Director of the International Affairs Fellowship for Tenured International Relations Scholars
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Iran’s Regional Armed NetworkIran’s web of armed partners such as Hezbollah serves to strengthen its influence in the Middle East and could pose a significant threat to the United States and its allies in the region.
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Biden Fires a Warning Shot at IranPresident Biden, after little more than a month in power, has used military force for the first time--against Iran. In my previous post here, "Biden and Iran: Two Questions," I asked what the preside…
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A Realist Reset for US-Saudi RelationsU.S. interests argue for maintaining ties to Saudi Arabia despite clear evidence that the Crown Prince approved the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
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U.S. Assumes UNSC Presidency, Intelligence Report Investigates Khashoggi Killing, and MoreThe United States assumes the presidency of the UN Security Council, with Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield newly confirmed as the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations; the U.S. intelligence community releases a report on the Jamal Khashoggi killing; and a political crisis deepens in the country of Georgia.
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What Is the Iran Nuclear Deal?The fate of the arms control agreement is in serious doubt following the United States’ withdrawal and Iran’s noncompliance, but some see an opening for renewed diplomacy in 2021.
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Biden and Iran: Two QuestionsAs the Biden administration enters its second month in power, two very large questions about its Iran policy remain unanswered. The first relates to nuclear negotiations. At the State Department p…
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Academic Webinar: Should We Stay or Should We Go? America's Role in the Middle EastF. Gregory Gause III, department head and professor of international affairs and John H. Lindsey ’44 Chair at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service, leads a conversation…
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A Conversation With Senator Chris MurphySenator Chris Murphy discusses the future of U.S. foreign policy in the Persian Gulf, the status of American support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and the foreign policy priorities for the 117th Congress.
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The Kurds’ Quest for IndependenceThe Kurds are one of the world’s largest peoples without a state, making up sizable minorities in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. Their century-old quest for independence is marked by marginalization and persecution.
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Kurdish Women and the Fight Against ISIS, With Gayle Tzemach LemmonGayle Tzemach Lemmon, adjunct senior fellow in CFR’s Women and Foreign Policy program, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the Kurdish women fighting ISIS and her experience on the ground in northeast Syria. Lemmon’s most recent book on women in Syria, The Daughters of Kobani: A Story of Rebellion, Courage, and Justice, hits bookstore shelves today.
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The Daughters of Kobani
Senior Fellow Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells the extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won. -
NATO Defense Ministers Convene, UN Security Council Talks Yemen, and MoreDefense ministers of NATO countries meet virtually to discuss withdrawing from Afghanistan; the UN Security Council debates the war in Yemen following the Biden administration’s policy shift; and spacecraft from China, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States enters Mars’s orbit.
