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Will Iran’s Response to the Soleimani Strike Lead to War?
Commentary
Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, was one of the most influential and popular figures in the Islamic Republic and a particular ne...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Tensions and speculations circulate after U.S airstrike kills top Iranian general
Video
Ilan Goldenberg, joins CBC News Network Host Jennifer Hall to discuss who Qassem Soleimani was and what possible retaliations are expected from Iran. Watch the full conversati...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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After the killing of Soleimani, what’s next for US-Iran relations?
Commentary
Traveling with a congressional delegation to Iraq more than a decade ago, I recall one briefing by the US command in Baghdad. Soldiers had just caught several Iranians importi...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump Needs to Reestablish Deterrence with Iran
Commentary
The attack attributed to Iran on Saudi Aramco oil facilities is the latest in a series of Iranian escalations—the May 14 and June 13 tanker attacks, the June 20 downing of a U...
By Kaleigh Thomas & Elisa Catalano Ewers
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Trump’s Iran Policy Is a Failure
Commentary
This month’s attack on two Saudi Aramco oil facilities marked a stunning escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The scale, sophistication, and accuracy of the strikes all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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The Most Dangerous Moment of the Trump Presidency
Commentary
For all of the uncertainty of the Trump administration’s nearly three years in power, genuine international crises have been rare. That’s changing right now. The attack a week...
By Richard Fontaine
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Ilan Goldenberg on Iran, Europe, and the United States
Podcast
CNAS Senior Fellow and Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg joins Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Jim Townsend for an in-depth look at the current situation in the ...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Jim Townsend
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Sanctions, insults and threats: the state of U.S.-Iran relations
Podcast
President Trump imposed new sanctions on Tuesday aimed at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and threatened the Republic by saying an attack by Iran on “anything Am...
By Elizabeth Rosenberg
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U.S. Officials Working To Build Up Maritime Coalition To Deter Further Iranian Attacks
Podcast
U.S. officials say they are trying to build up a coalition to deter Iranian attacks in the Persian Gulf. They are calling it the "Sentinel Program" to "help us have eyes on th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Let’s call the whole thing off
Tensions with Iran escalated this week and then, Thursday evening, President Trump apparently signed off on airstrikes in Iran only to cancel them. According to reports and an...
By Chris Dougherty
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Maximum Pressure on Iran Means Maximum Risk of War
Commentary
Reports of attacks Thursday in the Gulf of Oman against a Norwegian and a Japanese oil tanker signal a potentially significant increase of tensions in the Middle East among Ir...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Interactive Tabletop Exercise on the Future of Iran’s Nuclear Program
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Nicholas A. Heras, Eric Brewer, Elizabeth Rosenberg, and Ilan Goldenberg lead an interactive tabletop exercise about the future of Iran's nuclear program....
By Eric Brewer, Ilan Goldenberg, Elizabeth Rosenberg & Nicholas Heras
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What a War With Iran Would Look Like
Tensions between Iran and the United States are at their highest point in years. The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement is teetering. The Trump administration is using sanctions to s...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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US-Iran tensions: Confrontation or Negotiation?
Podcast
What are the roots and ramifications of escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran? Is Washington goading Iran into conflict or is Iran inciting the United States? Host...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Softens Escalating Iran War Rhetoric
The Trump administration is sounding warnings about Iran and building up force in the Persian Gulf, but the president's aversion to foreign intervention also weigh on his fore...
By Richard Fontaine
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Europe and the US-Iran escalation
Podcast
Mark Leonard is joined by Ellie Geranmayeh, deputy head of ECFR’s MENA programme, Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat and scholar, and Ilan Goldenberg, director of the ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump administration hardliners push for sending 120,000 U.S. troops to Iran if necessary
Podcast
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan released an updated military plan for Iran. It envisions sending 120,000 U.S. troops to the Middle East if Iran attacks U.S. forces i...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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Is America Isolated on Its Approach to Iran Policy?
Video
Kaleigh Thomas joins View 360 on Voice of America (Urdu) to discuss the latest developments in the relationship between the United States and Iran. View the full conversation...
By Kaleigh Thomas
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There Is Still Time for Diplomacy With Iran
Commentary
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced this week that Iran would stop complying with certain elements of the 2015 nuclear agreement. The announcement, a year after Preside...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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The Next U.S. President Should Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Deal
To the surprise of many analysts (us included), Iran has continued to abide by the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, despite the Tru...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Eric Brewer
