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Dispatch from the Gulf: Finding middle ground amid Israel-Iran war

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Congressional delegation visit coincided with Israel and Iran squaring off in a direct military confrontation.

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Saab and Blanford in The National: Ten Years After, the Threat of Another Conflict Is Real

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Jun 18, 2025

Dispatch from Jerusalem: Inside Israel’s bunkers as Iran war erupts

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The stakes are higher as two opposing rhetorics about the region’s future are at play: Pan-Abrahamism and Revolutionary Islamism.

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Saab and Blanford in The National: Ten Years After, the Threat of Another Conflict Is Real

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Israel’s Iran strike provides a historic chance for Middle East realignment

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Frederick Kempe

History will remember this moment less for the Israeli strikes themselves and more for what follows.

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In the News

Aug 22, 2016

Saab and Blanford in The National: Ten Years After, the Threat of Another Conflict Is Real

By Bilal Saab and Nicholas Blanford

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In the News

Aug 21, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Bizportal on a Possible Settlement to the Cyprus Conflict

By Brenda Shaffer

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In the News

Aug 21, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Bloomberg on Israel and Turkey’s Energy Geopolitics

By Brenda Shaffer

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Report

Aug 1, 2016

Hydrocarbon developments in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Charles Ellinas, with John Roberts and Harry Tzimitras

The Eastern Mediterranean’s hydrocarbon discoveries have massive consequences for the region, even though when considered on a global scale they are relatively small. What are the the technical and geopolitical obstacles to and opportunities for creating a vibrant hydrocarbon market in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security

MENASource

Jul 18, 2016

A Middle East Agenda for Hillary Clinton

By Nabeel Khoury

As Hillary Clinton emerges as the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2016 presidential elections after an endorsement by rival Bernie Sanders, challenges loom ahead, both as policy issues and as strategies that need to be planned for when a potential presidential term begins.

Iraq Israel

In the News

Jul 10, 2016

Hellyer Quoted by the Los Angeles Times on Turkey-Israel Relations

By H.A. Hellyer

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In the News

Jul 10, 2016

Gold Quoted by Daily News Egypt on Israeli-Turkish Relations

By Zack Gold

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Israel Turkey

AfricaSource

Jul 8, 2016

Israel’s Return to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

This week Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting Israeli head of government to travel to Africa since Yitzhak Rabin went to see Morocco’s King Hassan II in 1993. Netanyahu made stops in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia; while in Uganda, he also met with leaders from South Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia. Although much […]

Africa East Africa

In the News

Jun 30, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by the Algemeiner on the Role of Gas Trade in the Turkey-Israel Relationship

By Brenda Shaffer

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Jun 28, 2016

Shaffer Quoted by Abruzzo TV on Turkey’s Israel Policy

By Brenda Shaffer

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