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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometers east of Mosul on September 9, 2014. (JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Reports

West Iraq: The Search for Leaders and Leverage

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Kevin Truitte

Research Assistant

Michael Pregent & Kevin Truitte

Reports

4 Min Read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) prior to a joint press conference at Turkey's Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey on December 01, 2014. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

What Erdogan's Pivot to Putin Means

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 14, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

(L-R) Sir Winston Churchill & Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (George Skadding/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Commentary

Ike vs. Obama in the Middle East

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 11, 2016

Commentary

8 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 15, 2015. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Best Way to Defeat the Islamic State and Succeed in Syria? Push Back on Putin.

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Oct 11, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

Syrian internally displaced people walk in the Atme camp, along the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, on March 19, 2013. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The U.S. and U.N. Have Abandoned Christian Refugees

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Oct 7, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

$A pump jack and surface water at oil well and fracking site in Shafter, over the Monterey Shale, San Joaquin Valley, California. (Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)$

A pump jack and surface water at oil well and fracking site in Shafter, over the Monterey Shale, San Joaquin Valley, California. (Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Commentary

Saudi Arabia & Oil: Fracking Makes the Sheiks Cut Production

Arthur Herman

Former Senior Fellow

Arthur Herman

Oct 6, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

World leaders and dignitaries attend the funeral of the former Israeli leader Shimon Peres at Mount Herzl Cemetery on September 30, 2016 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via Getty Images)

Commentary

An Enormous Funeral for an Enigmatic Israeli Leader

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Oct 4, 2016

Commentary

7 Min Read

Commentary

Charlie Brown to Stop Running Toward Football. Maybe.

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 4, 2016

Commentary

3 Min Read

US President Barack Obama answers a question on Syria during a joint press conference with Swedish Prime Minister in Stockholm on September 4, 2013. (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Barack Obama's Options

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 3, 2016

Commentary

6 Min Read

Israeli President Shimon Peres in the President house on April 10, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. (Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images

Commentary

Shimon Peres was an Icon, a Giant and a Personal Hero

$Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry talking during an International Syria Support Group meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. (Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)$

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) and US Secretary of State John Kerry talking during an International Syria Support Group meeting at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. (Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Images)

Commentary

Kerry Accepts the Unacceptable

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 25, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, September 22, 2016 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Commentary

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