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Despite US Efforts, Iran is Ascendant
Jun 21, 2023Iran today is not nearly as isolated as Washington had hoped and it has scored some impressive successes in advancing its regional agenda.
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EgyptRegional Relations and GeopoliticsEgypt and Iran: A Quest for Normalized Ties Amid Significant Obstacles
Jun 9, 2023Khalil Al-AnaniEgypt and Iran appear to be moving toward a closer relationship and a mending of ties. In recent months, officials from both countries have engaged in multiple…
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MoroccoDemocracy and GovernanceMorocco’s Concerning Domestic and Foreign Policies
Jun 7, 2023Imad K. HarbAs Morocco works to become a pivotal power in northwest Africa’s security sphere, it continues to suffer from what can be seen as self-inflicted wounds caused …
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Congress Is Not Ready to Leave the Middle East
May 31, 2023On March 29, 2023 the Senate voted to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for Iraq, attempting to end the two-decade-l…
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The Sudan Crisis: How Regional Actors’ Competing Interests Fuel the Conflict
May 11, 2023The outbreak of military clashes between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have resulted in the deaths of hundreds and t…
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Twenty Years after “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq: A Critical Assessment
May 2, 2023The crisis had been building for months when, on March 20, 2003, this author stood with a group of military officers deep inside the Pentagon, watching a telev…
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Iran’s Nuclear Program Poses Challenges for China and the United States
Mar 29, 2023Now that China has brokered a renewal of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, it must translate that achievement into real tangible benefits. After all, fo…
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Geopolitics of Small Islands: The Stalemate of Tiran and Sanafir’s Transfer Impacts Egypt-Saudi Relations
Mar 29, 2023In June 2017, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi consented to ceding sovereignty over the islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. However, nearly si…
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Impacting Elusive Transitions: Egypt’s Policy Toward Sudan and Libya
Mar 1, 2023The recent political developments in Sudan and Libya have generated some optimism for a potential resolution to the protracted political crises that have plagu…
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Syrian Kurds Are Hoping for, but Not Banking On, Continued US Partnership
Feb 24, 2023The massive earthquake that struck southern Turkey and northwestern Syria has given the Syrian Kurds a reprieve from a possible Turkish military invasion of ar…
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Washington Doubles Down on Middle East Ties
Feb 15, 2023Reducing US commitments in the Middle East and pivoting to Asia has been a hot topic among foreign policy analysts and Middle East experts since the idea was p…
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Iran-Israel Drone Competition and the Changing Nature of Warfare in the Middle East
Oct 13, 2022Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have been widely used in recent armed conflicts, particularly in the Middle East. Their low cost and…
