Trilateral tribulations: The upcoming Israeli advisers meeting

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Trilateral tribulations: The upcoming Israeli advisers meeting

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Trilateral tribulations: The upcoming Israeli advisers meeting

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A tentative cease-fire is underway in the war between Iran and Israel. But where did the conflict leave Iran, Israel, and the United States?

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As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Jun 24, 2019

Trilateral tribulations: The upcoming Israeli advisers meeting

By Mark N. Katz

Iran and its role in Syria are likely to be the main agenda item at the June 24-26 trilateral meeting of the US, Russian, and Israeli national security advisers in Israel. What US National Security Adviser John Bolton and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben-Shabbat, want from Russia is clear: Moscow’s in reducing or even eliminating the Iranian presence in Syria. Russian National Security Adviser Nikolai Patrushev, though, is unlikely to meet their demands on this score.

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Jun 24, 2019

Hezbollah’s new drug rehab unit points to limits of US sanctions policy

By Lizzie Porter

Up an untarmacked road, high above the Mediterranean Sea, the Shifa' Speciality Hospital (SSH) sits behind half-built apartment blocks in the suburban town of Aaramoun just south of Beirut.

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Jun 23, 2019

McFate Quoted in The New York Times on the White House’s Options to Counter Iran

By Sean McFate

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Jun 22, 2019

Barbara Slavin mentioned in WBAA-NPR: Iran Response: Trump Falls Into History Of Long-Fraught Decision-Making

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Jun 22, 2019

Barbara Slavin quoted in the Washington Examiner: Washington wonders how Iran will respond after Trump abruptly cancels strike

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Jun 21, 2019

McFate Quoted in The Evening Standard on How Britain Must Modernize its Defense Forces

By Sean McFate

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Jun 21, 2019

Jonathan Fulton mentioned in the Daily O: A Volatile Persian Gulf: US-Iran tensions have spiked. Their conflict is being closely watched by Russia and China

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Jun 21, 2019

Barbara Slavin quotes in Yahoo News: Amid risk of US-Iran war, why presidential signaling is key

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Jun 21, 2019

Holly Dagres quoted in DW: US ‘approved strikes on Iran,’ then suddenly called them off

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Jun 21, 2019

Charai in Politico: Trump Has a Point on Iran. So Do the Democrats.

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