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Feb 25, 2025

Bakir quoted in Al Arabiya on the effects of Assad’s fall on Iran’s influence

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Feb 25, 2025

Bakir quoted in The Pinnacle Gazette on the effcts of Assad’s fall on Russia and Iran’s regional influence

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Feb 25, 2025

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Feb 25, 2025

Bakir quoted in the Christian Science Monitor on Qatar’s role in the Middle East

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Feb 25, 2025

Bakir quoted in Caliber on the consequences of the fall of Assad for Russia and Iran

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Feb 25, 2025

Bakir in Anadolu Ajansi: The Iran-led narcotics empire: Syria’s Captagon trade unveiled

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Citrinowicz in The Institute for National Security Studies: The solution to the Houthi problem Is not in Iran

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Bakir joins CGTN to discuss how the new Syrian administration’s challenges

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Feb 21, 2025

Kimberly Donovan testifies to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the Axis of Autocracy

By Kimberly Donovan

On February 20, Economic Statecraft Initiative Director Kimberly Donovan testified to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a hearing titled, "An Axis of Autocracy? China's Relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea."

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Feb 21, 2025

The killings of two Tehran judges show the Islamic Republic is disintegrating

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

From the narratives emerging out of Tehran about the killing of the two judges, one thing is clear: The ayatollah is losing his grip on power.

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