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    President Trump’s Iran War

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    As the smoke rises above Iran and Israel after waves of Israeli airstrikes and Iranian retaliation, only one thing is immediately clear: President Donald Trump…

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    Political Divisions Over Israel’s Iran Attack Highlight Tough Choices for Trump

    Jun 19, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    Israel’s attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities and an ever-expanding list of targets has exposed fundamental disagreements among Americans over support for Isr…

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    The Significance of Hussein al-Sheikh’s Appointment as PLO Vice President

    Jun 17, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appointed Hussein al-Sheikh as vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), he sent many signals to …

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    Israel’s Iran Assault Has Created a Crisis for Which Trump Is Not Prepared

    Jun 16, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    Over the last 18 months, Iran quadrupled its stock of 60 percent enriched uranium. Yet however “successful,” this effort was fraught with danger for the Islami…

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    IranUS Foreign Policy

    The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension

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    For the past three decades as a political figure, Benjamin Netanyahu has been obsessed with Iran’s perceived existential threat to Israel, particularly its eme…

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    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    The Prickly Issue of Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon

    Jun 4, 2025Imad K. Harb

    Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reached an agreement to regulate the presence of armed Palestinian factions in …

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    Israel’s New Gaza Food Plan: Military-Directed Starvation

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    On May 5, 2025, Israel announced that it had reversed its position on prohibiting all food and other humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and is launching a ne…

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    Legacies of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 Civil War

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    On April 13, 2025, the Lebanese, to the day, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the start of Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war that, with hindsight, can be seen …