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April 19, 2016

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Biden’s Untimely Assault on Israel

Yesterday, Israel was assaulted twice: once by terrorists, and once by the Vice President of the United States. The physical attack was in Jerusalem, where a bomb injured 21 people in a bus, sever…

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

January 6, 2012

Turkey
Turkey: Bringing the Officers to Heel

  Is it hackneyed yet for Middle East analysts to declare that “I thought I had seen everything, but now I have really seen everything”?  If not, then the sight of former Turkish Chief of Staff, Gen…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

October 31, 2011

China
The BRIC Twist Didn’t Work

On September 21st the Fed announced that it would be selling $400 billion in short-term Treasurys and buying $400 billion in longer-term Treasurys to replace them – a maneuver titled “Operation Twi…

China, Russia, and Brazil Bond Buying, 2009-11
Blog Post by Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies Geo-Graphics

November 12, 2019

Election 2020
The President's Inbox: Should the United States Maintain Maximum Pressure on Iran?

Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with two experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are p…

A line of Iranian flags wave in a square in Tehran.
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

March 7, 2011

Fossil Fuels
Does OPEC Still Matter?

Bob McNally, one of the smartest obsevers of the nexus of energy and politics around, published a provocative note last Thursday on the recent evolution of OPEC and what it means for global oil marke…

Blog Post by Michael Levi Energy, Security, and Climate