Opinion: Deepening Israel-Iran Conflict Likely to Bring More Violence

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

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Allison Minor

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

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Opinion: Deepening Israel-Iran Conflict Likely to Bring More Violence

MENASource
Jun 18, 2025

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

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Sarah Zaaimi

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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Opinion: Deepening Israel-Iran Conflict Likely to Bring More Violence

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Jun 14, 2025

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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Jan 21, 2015

Opinion: Deepening Israel-Iran Conflict Likely to Bring More Violence

By Barbara Slavin

Two developments this week linked to the long-running conflict between Israel and Iran are likely to generate even more violence and uncertainty at a time when threats are already multiplying from Sunni Muslim extremists. On Sunday, a helicopter gunship operating in Syria near the border with Israel killed the son of Hezbollah’s former military commander, […]

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Defense Industrialist

Dec 9, 2014

The Unintended Consequences of Saving Lives

By James Hasik

Experiences with cruise missiles, MRAPs, and Iron Dome provide a warning about the F-35.    When and why do defense officials choose to procure equipment specifically to reduce wartime casualties? As recounted at a recent Cato Institute conference that I attended, there are competing answers attempting to explain why voters offer or withhold their support. Officials sometimes act […]

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News

Nov 27, 2014

Dungan on Du Grain à Moudre

By Nicholas Dungan

Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan joins Du Grain à Moudre to discuss France’s stance on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict:

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Oct 31, 2014

Oren on the USS Liberty Affair

By Michael Oren

Algemeiner quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren on the USS Liberty, the American naval vessel that came under fire from Israeli forces during the Six-Day War in 1967:

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Article

Oct 15, 2014

Column: Support Building for a Palestinian State

By Barbara Slavin

It was the sort of vote that’s still hard to imagine taking place in the U.S. Congress: an overwhelming if non-binding endorsement of an independent Palestinian state by the British House of Commons. The 274-12 vote on Monday was another indication that much of the world is losing patience with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and wants […]

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In the News

Oct 2, 2014

Fayyad: Oslo Is Dead

By Salam Fayyad

Brent Scowcroft Center Distinguished Statesman Salam Fayyad writes for Foreign Affairs on how to fix the Israeli-Palestinian peace process:

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In the News

Sep 10, 2014

Slavin: Israeli Labor Leader Calls for New Peace Talks

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on the new round of peace talks proposed by Israeli Labor Party Leader Isaac Herzog: 

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Sep 6, 2014

Slavin on Ukraine, ISIS, Israel

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss Ukraine, Ebola, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, and Israel:

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Article

Sep 4, 2014

Column: Israel’s Settlement Push Damages Peace Chances

By Barbara Slavin

Barely a week after reaching a semi-durable cease-fire in a seven-week war that killed more than 2,000 Palestinians and prompted virulent new expressions of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe, the Israeli government announced that it was seizing nearly 1,000 acres of land near Bethlehem for expansion of Jewish settlements. If carried out, the confiscation […]

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Aug 27, 2014

Larémont on the Israel-Hamas Conflict

By Ricardo René Larémont

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ricardo René Larémont joins China Radio International to discuss the Gaza crisis:

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