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Mon, May 4, 2020
Drone attacks against critical infrastructure: A real and present threat
Read the Middle East Program’s new paper on the use of weaponized drones in the Middle East, with recommendations for policymakers.
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Tue, Aug 13, 2019
The future of northeast Syria
Executive Summary The future of northeast Syria is unsettled after eight years of civil war and the US intervention to combat the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). It also faces the various divergent interests of powerful external actors, including Russia and Turkey. In mid-April 2019, the Atlantic Council, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Foreign Policy […]
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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.
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