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    Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?

    Jun 20, 2025Yousef Munayyer

    Despite the costly lessons of the past and the flashing warning signs before us today, President Trump seems poised to press the button on joining Israel’s att…

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

    Jun 18, 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 GCC and Israel’s War on Iran

    Jun 17, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan and Kristian Coates Ulrichsen discuss how the Gulf Arab states are responding to Israel’s assault on Iran and explore the broader implication…

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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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    The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension

    Jun 16, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    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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    Trump’s Cuts Badly Affect Promoting International Democracy and Human Rights

    Jun 16, 2025Charles W. Dunne

    The Trump administration’s swift demolition of key governmental and government-funded institutions promoting democracy abroad is a clear attack not just on imp…

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    Will Trump’s Gulf Trip Exacerbate or Mitigate the Arab World’s Three Plagues?

    May 22, 2025Rami G. Khouri

    The lasting effects of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf region may only become clear in the year ahead, making any suggestions of profound changes…

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    Deals Without Guarantees: Trump’s Gulf Visit and the Future of US–Saudi Relations

    May 22, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    On May 13, US President Donald Trump began a four-day tour of Gulf countries, during which he traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UA…

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    Implications of the US-Houthi Ceasefire Deal

    President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement on May 6 of a ceasefire deal with Yemen’s Houthis—in which the militant group pledged not to target American shi…

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    Trump’s Gulf Tour: A Pragmatic America First Approach

    May 21, 2025

    US President Donald Trump conducted his first major international tour since taking office, stopping at Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates from …

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    President Trump’s Gulf Trip: Post-Visit Observations

    May 20, 2025

    During his trip to the three Gulf Cooperation Council countries, president Trump made dramatic announcements regarding hot-button issues at the heart of Americ…

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    President Trump’s Gulf Trip: Post-Visit Observations

    Last week President Donald Trump ended a three-country trip to the Arabian Gulf—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—where he signed lucrative arm…