Conflict

Eight obstacles to Ukraine achieving peace with Russia

Mon, Sep 10, 2018

US policy in Syria: A seven-year reckoning

Seven years from the Syrian revolution, the conflict in Syria has altered the course of history for the generation coming of age in the region.

Issue Brief by Faysal Itani and Nate Rosenblatt

Conflict Syria

Wed, Apr 3, 2019

When javelins aren’t enough

Several US military experts were asked about the best way forward and were divided as to priorities: More military aid, more diplomacy, more sanctions, a clean-up of Ukrainian corruption, or all in varying degrees.

UkraineAlert by Diane Francis

Conflict European Union

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

Latest Libyan shock should come as no surprise

It is now time for the international community to realize that it is not enough to repeat blindly that in Libya there is no military solution

New Atlanticist by Karim Mezran

Arms Control Conflict

Experts

Mona Alami

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Arabic Conflict

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Nicholas Blanford

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Arabic Conflict

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Emily Burchfield

Assistant Director

Arabic Civil Society

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Eto Buziashvili

Research Assistant for the Caucasus, Digital Forensic Research Lab

Conflict Disinformation

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Michael Carpenter

Senior Fellow

Arms Control Belarus

Eurasia Center

Borzou Daragahi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Arabic Conflict

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Content

Wed, Nov 13, 2019

Eight obstacles to Ukraine achieving peace with Russia

The bottom line is anybody who believes Kyiv can negotiate anything with a foreign power that has no respect for Ukraine as a sovereign country and Ukrainians as a separate people is deluding themselves.

UkraineAlert by Taras Kuzio

Conflict Crisis Management

Mon, Nov 11, 2019

Bitter harvest

Moscow is not eager to deal in the Normandy Four format with a Ukrainian president who has turned out to be a stronger defender of Ukraine’s interests than it anticipated.

UkraineAlert by Bohdan Nahaylo

Conflict Crisis Management

Thu, Nov 7, 2019

Journalists in northeast Syria fear the return of state security services

US President Donald Trump’s decision in early October to withdraw American troops from the Syria-Turkey border put the US’s local partner in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, Daesh), the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in an unenviable position. Faced with an offensive by Turkey, NATO’s second largest military, the SDF struck a deal with […]

SyriaSource by Dan Wilkofsky

Conflict Media

Thu, Nov 7, 2019

The United States cannot repeat its Syria withdrawal mistake in Afghanistan

President Trump’s sudden withdrawal has opened opportunities for rival powers to exert greater influence in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. Russia and China are swooping in with strategic poise, while Trump’s approach amounts to letting others “fight a little bit.” This is not US leadership, nor will it make the United States safer in an increasingly complex world.

New Atlanticist by Fatima Salman

Afghanistan Conflict

Wed, Nov 6, 2019