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Aug 28, 2015

Saab on Lebanon’s “You Stink” Movement

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab joins NPR’s To the Point to discuss the “You Stink” movement in Lebanon, which is based on the government’s failure to provide basic services:

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Aug 26, 2015

Blanford: In Syria Border Town, Battle Intensifies After Mistrust Sinks Cease-Fire

By Nicholas Blanford

Middle East Peace and Security Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Blanford writes for Christian Science Monitor on the disintegration of a temporary peace between Hezbollah fighters and anti-Assad rebels in the Syrian border town of Zabadani: 

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Aug 18, 2015

Saab on Gulf Military Strategy

By Bilal Y. Saab

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the announcement that the US navy is removing its sole aircraft carrier from the Gulf:

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Aug 15, 2015

Younis: How ISIS Has Established a Bureaucracy of Rape

By Nussaibah Younis

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Nussaibah Younis writes for The Guardian on the mass weaponization of rape by ISIS:

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Aug 14, 2015

Saab on French Arms Sales

By Bilal Y. Saab

Newsweek quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the strengthening relationship between France and its arms clients in the Middle East:

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Middle East

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Aug 11, 2015

LeBaron on the Iraq War and ISIS

By Richard LeBaron

POLITICO quotes Nonresident Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron on the Iraq War and the rise of ISIS:

Iraq

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Aug 3, 2015

Saab: The New Containment: Changing America’s Approach to Middle East Security

By Bilal Saab

The International Relations and Security Network features The New Containment: Changing America’s Approach to Middle East Security, a report by Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on calibrating a new US strategy for Mideast security:

Middle East

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Aug 2, 2015

Saab on Gulf Shared Missile Defense System

By Bilal Y. Saab

The National quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the logistics of creating and implementing a shared missile defense system among Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states: 

International Organizations
Politics & Diplomacy

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Jul 27, 2015

Saab: The Missing Ingredient in America’s Middle East Policy

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for The National Interest on the need for a comprehensive security strategy in the Middle East in light of the Iran nuclear deal:

Iran
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Jul 22, 2015

LeBaron on Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Campaign

By Richard LeBaron

The Washington Post quotes Nonresident Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron on US efforts to reassure Saudi Arabia of continued US support in the wake of a nuclear deal with Saudi arch-rival Iran:

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