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• Commentary
  • August 26, 2020
  Sharper: The Future of U.S. Sanctions Policy

  Sanctions are increasingly common in U.S. foreign policy and economic statecraft. But they are not a cure-all....

  By Kaleigh Thomas, Cole Stevens & Chris Estep

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • August 18, 2020
  Europe Can Preserve the Iran Nuclear Deal Until November

  Over the course of the Trump administration, Europe and Iran have managed to avert the collapse of the nuclear deal....

  By Ellie Geranmayeh & Elisa Catalano Ewers

• Commentary
  • July 30, 2020
  Sharper: Global Coronavirus Response

  Analysis from CNAS experts on the most critical challenges in U.S. foreign policy....

  By Chris Estep & Cole Stevens

• Commentary
  • July 20, 2020
  Demilitarizing U.S. Policy in the Middle East

  The next NDS must detail a new approach to the Middle East....

  By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas

• Commentary
  • War on the Rocks
  • July 16, 2020
  How Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Gambit Could Imperil the Strait of Hormuz

  A series of mysterious and seemingly random explosions continue to erupt across various parts of Iran this month, hitting sensitive military sites, as well as populated reside...

  By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai

• Commentary
  • POLITICO
  • June 16, 2020
  How Iran Became the New Battle Line Between Conservatives and Twitter

  In the latest salvo in the conservative war against Twitter, Senator Ted Cruz is calling for a criminal investigation into the social media platform for violating U....

  By Peter Harrell & Elizabeth Goitein

• Podcast
  • June 8, 2020
  The Trump Administration’s Latest Moves to Dismantle the Iran Nuclear Agreement with Peter Harrell and Richard Nephew

  On May 27, the Trump administration announced that it was withdrawing sanctions waivers that had allowed Russian, Chinese and European companies to work with Iran on sensitive...

  By Peter Harrell

• Commentary
  • Defense News
  • April 23, 2020
  How the US can learn from Israel to counter Iran

  During the COVID-19 crisis, one would have thought the United States and Iran would find ways to reduce tensions. Instead the Trump administration refuses to relax sanctions i...

  By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas

• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • February 21, 2020
  The American Public Wants a Sustainable Middle East Policy

  After the U.S. strike on Qasem Soleimani, Americans feared the United States was on the brink of war with Iran. “World War III draft” memes circulated around the internet, and...

  By Kaleigh Thomas & Emma Moore

• Commentary
  • The New York Times
  • February 12, 2020
  The Iranian Missile Strike Did Far More Damage Than Trump Admits

  Over 100 American soldiers have been treated for traumatic brain injuries following Iran’s missile strike on Al Asad Air Base in western Iraq. The strike came in retaliation f...

  By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre

• Podcast
  • January 17, 2020
  US Targeted Killing of Qassem Soleimani: Strategic Implications

  Brian Katulis and Kaleigh Thomas discuss the political and strategic fallout from the US targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Listen to the full conversation...

  By Kaleigh Thomas

• Commentary
  • Defense One
  • January 17, 2020
  Sending Troops Back to the Middle East Won’t Stop Iran

  The Trump administration’s decision to kill Qassam Soleimani is the latest in an escalatory “maximum pressure” Iran strategy that is shifting American foreign policy attention...

  By Chris Dougherty & Kaleigh Thomas

• Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • January 14, 2020
  Trump Has Made Sanctions a Path to Strikes

  U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to kill the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, the architect of Iran’s political and military influence in the Middle East, and the Irani...

  By Elizabeth Rosenberg & ​Neil Bhatiya

• Commentary
  • CNN
  • January 13, 2020
  Congress has to figure out whether Trump's four embassy claim is real

  The targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, carried with it significant potential to serve as a catalyst for a br...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • January 10, 2020
  Why did the Pentagon ever give Trump the option of killing Soleimani?

  Sending the U.S. military to use force is among the most consequential decisions presidents can make. Matters may get out of control even with the most careful and deliberate ...

  By Alice Hunt Friend, Mara Karlin & Loren DeJonge Schulman

• Podcast
  • January 9, 2020
  What Comes Next Between Iran and the United States

  Ilan Goldenberg joins Mark Goldberg on the Global Dispatches podcast to discuss what's ahead in the latest round of heightened tensions between the United States and Iran. Li...

  By Ilan Goldenberg

• • Podcast
  • January 9, 2020
  How Will Iran Punch Back?

  Last week, President Trump ordered a drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force. Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has promised rev...

  By Ilan Goldenberg

• Podcast
  • January 7, 2020
  Pentagon: Iran attacked US military bases in Iraq

  The Pentagon said [yesterday] that Iran launched ballistic missiles targeting at least two Iraqi bases that were reportedly housing U.S. troops. The Iranian regime said in a s...

  By Kaleigh Thomas

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • January 7, 2020
  War with Iran is still less likely than you think

  In the wake of the U.S. attack that killed Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran’s Quds Force, many are concerned yet again about the potential for escalation between the Un...

  By Michael Horowitz & Elizabeth N. Saunders

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • January 7, 2020
  How will Iran respond to Soleimani’s killing — and where will the escalation end?

  After the U.S. drone strike last week that killed powerful Iranian Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, many thoughtful analyses have discussed what might come next. Response is inevita...

  By Elisa Catalano Ewers & Ariane Tabatabai