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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Vehicles drive on a street across from an anti-US mural in Tehran on March 12, 2022. (Photo by ATTA KENARE/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Convulsive Death

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 25, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

A C-17 Globemaster takes off as Taliban fighters secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

Commentary

American Withdrawal is America Last

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 22, 2022

Commentary

7 Min Read

An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) military personnel walks next to an Iranian Emad Surface-to-Surface missile in downtown Tehran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

Not the Best Middle East Defense

Jonathan Schachter

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

Jonathan Schachter

Jul 20, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

The Imminent Iranian Nuclear Threat

Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Policy in the Middle East Can Only Benefit From Biden Visit

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jul 18, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

President Joe Biden waves before boarding Air Force One on June 28, 2022, in Munich, Germany, after attending the G7 Summit hosted by the German chancellor. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A Feckless American Foreign Policy’s Legacy

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 18, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Biden Can't Seem to Get Things Right

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 16, 2022

In the Media

President Joe Biden meets Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Alsalam Royal Palace in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 15, 2022. (Photo by Royal Court of Saudi Arabia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Commentary

Strategic ‘Interests and Responsibilities’ Trump Virtue Signaling

In the Media

Mohammed Alyahya Speaks with CNN's Fredricka Whitfield on the Biden Visit to Saudi Arabia

(Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Commentary

Can Biden Correct Obama’s Mistakes in the Middle East?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 15, 2022

Commentary

2 Min Read

President Joe Biden handwrites a letter to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday, July 8, 2022, to offer his condolences following the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)

Commentary

This Is Where President Biden’s Foreign Policy Went Wrong

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 15, 2022

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on May 7, 2022. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

The New Nuclear Window of Vulnerability