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Dec 7, 2015

Blanford: To Avenge or Not? At Funeral in Bekaa Valley, It’s Not Really a Question

By Nicholas Blanford

Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Blanford writes for the Christian Science Monitor on the funeral of Lebanese soldier Mohammed Hamiyah and the plans for vengeance in the name of his death: 

Middle East

In the News

Dec 6, 2015

Saab: Lebanon’s Deal with the Devil

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for Foreign Affairs on Lebanon’s prisoner swap with the Syrian branch of al Qaeda, Jabhat Al Nusra:

Middle East

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Nov 28, 2015

Daniels on Preparedness in the Gulf

By Owen Daniels

Gulf Daily News interviews Brent Scowcroft Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Program Assistant Owen Daniels on the best strategies to prepare and anticipate terrorist attacks and violence in the Gulf region:

Middle East

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Nov 23, 2015

Daniels: Four Reasons the United States Should Support the Resettlement of Syrian Refugees

By Owen Daniels

Brent Scowcroft Center Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Program Assistant Owen Daniels writes for The Huffington Post on the responsibility of the United States to support and sccept Syrian refugees into the country:

Syria

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Nov 19, 2015

Blanford: Is ISIS Looking to Move in on the Arsal-Ras Baalbek Area?

By Nicholas Blanford

Middle East Peace and security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Blanford writes for NOW on the possibility of ISIS gaining ground in the Lebanese defended town of Arsal:

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Syria

In the News

Nov 18, 2015

Blanford: In ISIS’ Global Reach, New Risks for Jihadists – and the West

By Nicholas Blanford

Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Blanford writes for the Christian Science Monitor on the implications of ISIS’ new strategy, quoting Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on the West’s containment strategy:

In the News

Nov 17, 2015

Saab on Combatting ISIS in Syria

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab joins KCBS News Radio to discuss what it will take for the West to unite with Russia and other countries in the Middle East in a broad coalition to combat ISIS in Syria:

Russia
Syria

In the News

Nov 16, 2015

Saab on Building a Coalition to Defeat ISIS

By Bilal Saab

The Daily Signal quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on how to engage US allies in the Middle East to lead the fight against ISIS:

In the News

Nov 15, 2015

Saab on ISIS’ Global Threat

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab joins SiriusXM Radio to discuss why ISIS needs to be considered as a global – and not a regional – threat and why better coordination is needed to thwart future ISIS attacks: 

France

In the News

Nov 15, 2015

Saab on ISIS’ Increasingly Global Approach

By Bilal Saab

The Associated Press quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on how the recent attacks in places including Paris and Lebanon signal a shift in ISIS strategy to a more global approach:

France
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