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May 7, 2018

The United States-Lebanese armed forces partnership: Challenges, risks, and rewards

By Nicholas Blanford

Over the past year, many have questioned the extent to which the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) are an arm of the Lebanese state or beholden to Hezbollah. Pointing to the LAF’s complicated relationship with Hezbollah, congressional and other voices in the United States have criticized US security assistance to Lebanon and threatened to withhold assistance. […]

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In the News

May 7, 2018

Slavin Joins BBC to Discuss Trump’s JCPOA Decision

By Barbara Slavin

Watch the full discussion here

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Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 7, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Axios on the Iran Deal

By Matthew Kroenig

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Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 7, 2018

Shaffer Joins CNBC to Discuss the Impact of Trump’s JCPOA Decision on the Price of Oil

By Brenda Shaffer

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In the News

May 7, 2018

Ullman in UPI: Three International Issues Converge in Slow-Motion Sept. 10

By Harlan Ullman

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In the News

May 7, 2018

Slavin Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss the GCC Crisis and Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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May 6, 2018

Moehr Quoted in The Jerusalem Post on the Importance of Secondary Sanctions Against Iran

By Ole Moehr

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New Atlanticist

May 4, 2018

Are Israel And Iran Headed To War?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Early in the morning on April 9, missiles streaked through the Syrian sky toward the Tiyas (T-4) air base in Homs province, northeast of Damascus. Besides Syrian forces, the base hosts Russians and Iranians, members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force. Several Iranians were killed in the strikes. Syria, Russia, and Iran […]

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May 4, 2018

What Washington’s Iran Policy Debate Misses: the Iranian People

By Sina Toossi

The dominant view in Washington since the 1979 Islamic revolution – with brief interruptions especially under the Clinton and Obama administrations – has been that Iran represents an irreconcilable challenge to US interests in the Middle East and must be countered with all tools of power, including sanctions and threats of war. Influencing the debates […]

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In the News

May 3, 2018

Mortlock in The Hill: Stay in the Iran Nuke Deal to Keep America’s Seat at the Negotiating Table

By David Mortlock

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Colin Brooks

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Anthony J. Ruggiero

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Nate Swanson

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