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In the Media

General Dunford Comments on Niger

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 23, 2017

In the Media

Pro-Kurdistan independence rally in Erbil, September 22, 2017 (Image credit: Levi Clancy)

Commentary

Don't sacrifice our Kurdish allies to Iranian hegemony

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 20, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Supporters gather in Abidjan, during a ceremony marking the 50 years to the day since an independent republic of Biafra was declared, May 30, 2017 (SIA KAMBOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Secessionism’s Dangerous Return

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 17, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps on overseas duty in North Africa are reviewed by General Eisenhower, August 3, 1943 (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Commentary

How WW II American Leaders in North Africa Learned to Disregard the Interests of Jews

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 16, 2017

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Trump Leaves Future of Iran Nuclear Deal to Congress

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 14, 2017

In the Media

President Trump announces he will not recertify the Iran deal, October 13, 2017 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The New U.S. Iran Strategy

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 13, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

(Image credit: Jonas Parello-Plesner)

Commentary

A Report from the Kurdish Independence Referendum: Perspectives and Policy Implications for Stabilizing Iraq After ISIL

Jonas Parello-Plesner

Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation

Jonas Parello-Plesner

Oct 10, 2017

Commentary

14 Min Read

UN Security Council meeting on nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, September 21, 2017 (EuropaNewswire/Gado/Getty Images)

Commentary

Great Power Divisions Stymie Nonproliferation Debate

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Oct 10, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

Commentary

Islamists Abduct Hundreds of Egypt's Christian Girls

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Oct 9, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

USAID supplies unloaded in Arbil, Kurdistan, September 2, 2014 (SAFIN HAMED/Getty Images)

Commentary

Why are U.S. Aid Policies in Iraq Helping Iran and Hurting Christian and Yazidi Minorities?

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Oct 4, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

President Trump with National Security Adviser McMaster, Secretary of Defense Mattis, Vice President Pence, and Secretary of State Tillerson, September 7, 2017 (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Not Expected to Certify Iranian Compliance with the Nuclear Deal

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 4, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of a Kurdish Peshmerga battalion show their ink-stained fingers after voting in the Kurdish independence referendum, September 25, 2017 (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Why the Trump Administration Should Support an Independent Kurdistan