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September 19, 2024

Iran
Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran’s Terror Campaign Threatens the U.S. and our Allies

 Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for your invitation to testify today on “Israel and the Middle East at a Crossroads: How Tehran’s Terror Campaign Threatens the U.S. an…

Elliott Abrams sits in a black suit and green tie while speaking into a microphone
Testimony by Elliott Abrams

September 3, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
A Wider Middle East War, With Steven Cook

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the potential for a wider war in the Middle East as Iran vows to…

Podcast Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system over northern Israel on August 23, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP/Getty Images
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

August 29, 2024

China Strategy Initiative
China in the Middle East: August 2024

August witnessed significant Chinese engagement in the Middle East. Relations with Israel soured as China condemned Israel’s war in Gaza and supported Iran. Meanwhile, ties with Riyadh blossomed with…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki attend a meeting with Jordanian, Egyptian, Indonesian and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) delegations.REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool
Article by Benjamin M. Holtzman China Strategy Initiative

September 24, 2024

United States
2024 Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics: Keynote With Janet Yellen

The first session of the Stephen C. Freidheim Symposium on Global Economics will feature remarks and a discussion with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. Secretary Yellen will discuss diffe…

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Virtual Event by Janet Yellen and Michael Froman

August 6, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Mapping the Growing U.S. Military Presence in the Middle East

The U.S. military has an extensive footprint in the Middle East, but it could surge forces in the region if a broader war erupts.

A photo of an aircraft at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
Article by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow

May 29, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
Oil and National Security: U.S.-Middle East Relations

Steven Cook discusses the modern history of U.S. involvement in the Middle East and how economic interests, including secure access to oil reserves, continue to influence U.S. priorities in the regio…

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Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and Helima Croft Middle East Program

July 9, 2024

U.S. Foreign Policy
U.S. Diplomacy in the Middle East: "Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?"

U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East seems unaware of how U.S. power should be deployed to decrease the chances of war and to support U.S. allies.

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

September 18, 2024

United States
The Millennium Challenge Corporation at 20: Progress and Prospects

Panelists reflect on the past, present, and future of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) having reached its twentieth anniversary of operation, as well as the future of economic diplomacy and…

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Event by Alice P. Albright, Gary R. Edson, Lynn Raymond Young, and Matthew P. Goodman

June 4, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
U.S. Policy in the Middle East, With Steven A. Cook

Steven A. Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the United States’ past, present, and future policy in the Mi…

Podcast Members of the U.S. military retire its ceremonial flags signifying the end of their presence in Iraq at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center on December 15, 2011.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay and Steven A. Cook The President’s Inbox

June 12, 2024

Middle East and North Africa
CFR Fellows’ Book Launch Series: The End of Ambition: America’s Past, Present, and Future in the Middle East by Steven Cook

In The End of Ambition, Steven A. Cook boldly claims that despite setbacks and moral costs, the United States has had a record of success in the Middle East. Yet, beginning in the 1990s, those achiev…

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Virtual Event by Steven A. Cook and James M. Lindsay John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture