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The Future of the Two-State Solution Is at Stake
Commentary
As Israelis go to the polls Tuesday, a depressing electoral campaign comes to a close. This election could lead to annexation of the West Bank and could have other profound im...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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What Trump's Golan Heights proclamation means for Israel and Mideast peace
Video
President Trump signed a proclamation Monday recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. This comes as the AIPAC conference is underway in Washington, D.C. Ilan Go...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump's Golan Fiasco
President Donald Trump announced his decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights on Twitter Thursday, sending a sudden thrill through the Israeli electora...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Tamara Cofman Wittes
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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
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If Trump Wants to Get Out of Syria, He Should Strike a Deal With Russia
Commentary
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw American forces from Syria is a mistake. But if he insists on going ahead with it, the best option for the United States is ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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America’s Yo-Yo Diet in the Middle East
Commentary
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria is a mistake. But unlike so many of his other ill-considered moves, this one is completely conventiona...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Iran Nuclear Negotiations
Podcast
Ambassador Wendy Sherman discusses her unlikely career, which began as an advocate for women's issues. Then, she went into politics, and eventually wound up at the State Depar...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Wendy Sherman
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Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Podcast
What happens when a Predator drone has as much autonomy as a Google car? Or when a weapon that can hunt its own targets is hacked? Although it sounds like science fiction, the...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Paul Scharre
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Give Saudi Arabia a Take It or Leave It Deal
Commentary
President Donald Trump released a statement on November 20 in which he supported Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) claim that he had nothing to do with t...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Kaleigh Thomas
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When Middle East Peace Almost Happened
Podcast
When Bill Clinton took over as President in 1992, his then Middle East advisor Martin Indyk told him he has a chance to partner with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin to se...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Martin Indyk
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Ending Gaza's Perpetual Crisis
Video
Ilan Goldenberg joins the other authors of a new report by the Center for a New American Security and the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings, "Ending Gaza’s Perpetual ...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Victoria Nuland, Hady Amr, Natan Sachs & Kevin Huggard
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The United States Should Give Saudi Arabia a Choice
Commentary
You know the Trump administration’s efforts to salvage its approach toward Saudi Arabia are in trouble when Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of the president’s closest allies, threate...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Derek Chollet
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Recommendations for US policy toward Gaza
Podcast
In between spikes of violence, the people of the Gaza Strip live in a state of perpetual crisis—a man-made humanitarian disaster of severe urban crowding, staggering une...
By Ilan Goldenberg, Hady Amr, Natan Sachs & Adrianna Pita
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Iran is trying to score a political win against the US: Expert
Video
By "isolating" the U.S. from the other countries in the nuclear deal, Iran is winning politically but losing economically, says Ilan Goldenberg of Center for a New American Se...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Ilan Goldenberg on Israel Policy Forum Podcast
Ilan Goldenberg, Israel Policy Forum's Policy Adviser and a Senior Fellow and Director at the Center for a New American Security's Middle East Security Program joins Evan Gott...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Merging the U.S. Consulate and Embassy in Jerusalem Is a Mistake
Commentary
While the world was rightly focused on the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, an entirely different consulate—that of the United Stat...
By Hady Amr & Ilan Goldenberg
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A Year After 'Rocket Man' Speech, Trump Returns To U.N. With Eyes On Iran
Commentary
When President Trump delivers his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, one phrase is unlikely to show up: "rocket man." A lot has changed since Trump used...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Turkey and the United States Should Work Together to Avert Disaster in Idlib
Over the weekend, the Bashar al-Assad regime announced the start of its campaign to retake Syria’s Idlib province—a region home to an estimated 3 million people, including aro...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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U.S. troops in Syria prep in response to Russian aggression
Commentary
CNAS Middle East Security Program Director Ilan Goldenberg speaks to CBS on the delicate situation in Syria, where US troops are prepared to counter aggressive moves by Russia...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Stories from the Backchannel
Podcast
Stories from the Backchannel is a new CNAS podcast program that examines the stories behind some of America's most important national security moments. Hosted by CNAS Middle E...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Victoria Nuland
