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Here’s How Both Obama and Trump Stoked the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
Commentary
From the surprise resignation (then un-resignation) of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri to the intra-Gulf crisis with Qatar to the battle for influence in post-Islamic Stat...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Selfish Motive Behind Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
Commentary
Trump’s decision was all about placating his base. There is no other strategic rationale for taking this step now....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Moving the American Embassy: What You Need to Know
On Wednesday, the president may recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and possibly announce the movement of the American embassy to Jerusalem. While this may seem like ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Middle East Security Forum 2017
Commentary
In a region long known for its complexity, the Middle East landscape seems to grow more complicated by the week. To help unpack the latest developments—about Iran’s nuclear pr...
By Michèle Flournoy, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Trump, U.S. allies disagree on Iran nuclear deal
Commentary
Ilan Goldenberg joins CBSN to explain what President Trump's decision to not recertify the Iran nuclear deal means for U.S. foreign relations, as key allies France, Germany an...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Kicks Iran Deal to Congress
Commentary
Ilan Goldenberg joins MSNBC to break down Trump's decision to not recertify the Iran nuclear and the role that Congress will now play in determining its future. Watch the segm...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Don't Trash the Iran Deal; Build on It.
Commentary
President Donald Trump is on the verge of refusing to certify to Congress that Iran is abiding by its obligations under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) thu...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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If Trump Won’t Certify the Nuke Deal, He Should Do This Instead
Despite assessments by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, and the secretary of state that Iran is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear de...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Ending the Iran Deal is An Invitation to War
In several days, President Donald Trump will almost certainly refuse to certify that Iran is complying with its obligations under the nuclear deal. While this doesn’t amount t...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Mara Karlin
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Don’t Call Them ‘Obama Holdovers.’ Call Them Patriots.
The "alt-right" Twitter personality Mike Cernovich is at it again, with fresh accusations against the “Obama holdovers” who are supposedly undermining the Trump administration...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump’s Incoherent Iran Policy Could End the Nuke Deal on the Worst Possible Terms
President Donald Trump’s decision on Monday to certify that Iran is still abiding by the terms of the nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action — a decision that pre...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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For U.S. Aid to the Palestinians, Don’t Use a Sledgehammer When a Scalpel Would Do
Taylor Force, a U.S. Army veteran who survived combat in Iraq, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in a knife attack in Tel Aviv last year. His death, which occurred while...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Trump’s Black and White World View Met Reality in the Middle East
It was only three weeks ago that President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, proclaimed that he had secured unprecedented unity amongst Sunni governments to fight the two scourges all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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How Trump’s Black and White World View Met Reality in the Middle East
It was only three weeks ago that President Donald Trump, in Riyadh, proclaimed that he had secured unprecedented unity amongst Sunni governments to fight the two scourges all ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Tamara Cofman Wittes
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Is America Getting Sucked Into More War in Syria?
While Washington was fixated this week by former FBI director James Comey’s testimony, on the other side of the planet, a major story was playing out that could have profound ...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Qatar Losses
The announcement Sunday night by Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain that they would cut diplomatic relations and close borders and airspace to Qatar wa...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The Middle East's Optimistic About Trump's Visit. He Just Has to Stay On-script
As President Trump heads out on his first trip abroad, his administration is in full meltdown mode engulfed by one scandal after another. But in the Middle East the story is d...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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A U.S. Plan for the Abbas-Trump Meeting
This week, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas heads to Washington as President Donald Trump makes his first major foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Thus f...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Hady Amr
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Here’s How Trump’s ‘Axis of Adults’ Weathered the First 100 Days
Amongst the chaos and the tweets, some of the more reassuring steps of the first 100 days of the Donald Trump presidency were the appointments of Secretary of Defense James Ma...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Ilan Goldenberg and Nicholas Heras discuss Syria in The Washington Post
Commentary
In The Washington Post, CNAS Middle East Security Program experts Ilan Goldenberg and Nicholas Heras discuss President Donald Trump's decision to launch missile strikes agains...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
