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October 8, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The Middle East Challenge, With Steven A. Cook and Amy Hawthorne (Election 2024, Episode 4)

Steven A. Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at CFR, and Amy Hawthorne, independent consultant on the Middle East, sit down with James M. Lindsay to discuss the …

Podcast Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Khiam, Lebanon, on October 4, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Steven A. Cook, and Amy Hawthorne The President’s Inbox

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

October 7, 2024

United States
World Economic Update

The World Economic Update highlights the quarter’s most important and emerging trends. Discussions cover changes in the global marketplace with special emphasis on current economic events and their i…

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Event by Karen Karniol-Tambour, Douglas Rediker, Ellen Zentner, and Sebastian Mallaby

July 10, 2024

United States
CFR Welcomes Steven Levitsky as a Senior Fellow for Democracy

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is pleased to welcome Steven Levitsky as a senior fellow for democracy. At CFR, Levitsky will write for the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Demo…

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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

April 2, 2024

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
The War in Gaza, 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 state of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, the prospects fo…

Podcast Palestinians inspect damage at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, on April 1, 2024, after Israeli troops withdrew.
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

April 16, 2024

Iran
Iran’s Attack on Israel, With Steven Cook and Ray Takeyh

Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at CFR, and Ray Takeyh, the Hasib J. Sabbagh senior fellow for Middle East studies at CFR, sit down with James M. L…

Podcast An Israeli missile defense system in Ashkelon, Israel, fires at incoming Iranian missiles and drones on April 14, 2024.
Podcast by James M. Lindsay, Steven A. Cook, and Ray Takeyh The President’s Inbox

October 2, 2024

Israel
One Year After the October 7 Attacks: The Impact on Four Fronts

The turbulent year since Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel draws to a close, marked by a sharp escalation in conflict between Israel and Iran and its proxies. Four CFR experts assess the changes since …

Article by Elliott Abrams, Linda Robinson, Ray Takeyh, and Steven A. Cook

June 3, 2024

U.S. Foreign Policy
It Is Time to Renew America’s Purpose in the Middle East, Writes Steven A. Cook in New Book

As the Israel-Hamas war continues and U.S. policymakers seek to contain the conflict and deter Iran, Steven A. Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) writes in a timely and important new book…

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