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People celebrate at Umayyad Square in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Syria’s Collapse

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Dec 11, 2024

Podcast

Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the leader of Syria's Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, is welcomed by supporters at the capital's landmark Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, on December 8, 2024. (Abdulaziz Ketaz/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Is al-Jolani Al Qaeda or ISIS?

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Dec 9, 2024

Podcast

China's President Xi Jinping speaks in Brasilia on November 20, 2024. (Evaristo Sa/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Xi Jinping’s Four Red Lines Ring False

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Nov 25, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

An employee checks the production line of drink bottles at the workshop of Changji Baolong Packaging Technology Development Co., Ltd. on May 6, 2024, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China. (Tao Weiming/VCG via Getty Images)

Podcast

US Sanctions PRC over Uyghurs

Nury Turkel

Senior Fellow

Nury Turkel

Nov 25, 2024

Podcast

Iraqi government forces celebrate while holding an Islamis Sate (IS) group flag after they claimed they have gained complete control of the Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on January 26, 2015 near the town of Muqdadiyah. Iraqi forces have "liberated" Diyala province from the Islamic State jihadist group, retaking all populated areas of the eastern region, a top army officer said today. The symbolic victory for Baghdad, which has at times struggled to push IS back, could clear the way for further adva

Iraqi government forces hold an Islamis State group flag on January 26, 2015, in Diyala, Iraq. (Younis Al-Bayati/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Obama Failed to Anticipate and Respond to ISIS: Review of Michael Gordon’s “Degrade and Destroy”

Garrett Exner

Adjunct Fellow

Garrett Exner

Nov 15, 2024

Commentary

6 Min Read

Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, on October 24, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Moscow Struggles to Find Allies for Ukraine War

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Nov 1, 2024

Commentary

4 Min Read

Russia's President Putin and Burkina Faso's interim military president Traoré can be seen together on a poster with the slogan "Support for the transition" in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on March 5, 2024. (Christina Peters/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Commentary

How to Stop Russia’s African Destabilization Game

Zineb Riboua

Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Zineb Riboua

Oct 27, 2024

Commentary

5 Min Read

Iraqi paramilitaries of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq wave their flag and the national flag on November 25, 2017. (Ahamad al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Embracing Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq: Pragmatism or Naiveté?

Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute

Michael Knights

Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute

Michael Knights

Oct 9, 2024

Commentary

Long Read

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop a humvee armored vehicle, as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province on September 1, 2024. (Photo by OMER ABRAR / AFP) (Photo by OMER ABRAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Armed Taliban security personnel sit atop an armored vehicle as they ride along a street in Khash district, Badakhshan province, on September 1, 2024. (Omer Abrar/AFP via Getty Images)

Podcast

Is ISIS a Useful Tool for the Taliban and Their Al Qaeda Partner?

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 16, 2024

Podcast

Anti-government protestors storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. (K M Asad/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Ouster in Bangladesh Fuels Instability

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Sep 12, 2024

Commentary

8 Min Read

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul waves during the first day of the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

China's President Xi Jinping speaks to American business leaders in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Foreign Entanglements Are Risky Business