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A view of Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 17, 2024. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

What the West Gains from Befriending Baku

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Mar 30, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

A Taliban security personnel stands guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during Eid al-Fitr prayers, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul on March 30, 2025. (Photo by Ahmad SAHEL ARMAN / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD SAHEL ARMAN/AFP via Getty Images)

A Taliban security personnel stands guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Kabul on March 30, 2025. (Ahmad Sahel Arman/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Terrorism Assessment for Afghanistan

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Mar 29, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Masked Palestinian youths dressed as suicide bombers carry Hamas flags and a makeshift Qassam rocket during a rally organized by Hamas, in the West Bank City of Ramallah, on September 22, 2005 (Jamal Aruri/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Must Stand Up to Terrorists and We Need Supreme Court and Congress to Do Their Part

Nikki R. Haley

Walter P. Stern Chair

Nikki R. Haley

Mar 28, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff on February 11, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Al Drago via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Wants a Calm Middle East

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Mar 24, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 24

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran

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

Jonathan Hessen & Michael Doran

Mar 24, 2025

In the Media

US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump meets with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump and Bibi Issue an Ultimatum. Iran and Hamas Should Heed It.

Mike Watson

Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society

Mike Watson

Mar 22, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Yemenis brandish rifles and chant during a demonstration called for by the rebel Houthi movement in Sanaa on March 17, 2025. (Mohammed Huwais / AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Is Striking the Houthis—While Putin Keeps Enflaming Them

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Mar 21, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

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In the Media

The Trump Administration’s Strategy to Stop the Houthis’ Attacks

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran

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

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Jonathan Hessen, Michael Doran & Marshall Billingslea

Mar 17, 2025

In the Media

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after delivering press statements before an official dinner in Jerusalem, on May 22, 2017. (Ngan Mandel/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel Has Powerful Friends in America—but a Few Enemies Too

Mike Watson

Associate Director, Center for the Future of Liberal Society

Mike Watson

Mar 15, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

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In the Media

Deep Dive | March 10

Michael Doran

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

Ezra Cohen

Adjunct Fellow

Marshall Billingslea

Senior Fellow

Jonathan Hessen

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Doran, Ezra Cohen, Marshall Billingslea & Jonathan Hessen

Mar 10, 2025

In the Media

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on February 4, 2025. (Photo by Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by BRYAN DOZIER/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2025. (Bryan Dozier/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

How Trump Channels Reagan in the Mideast

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Mar 9, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

Maxar satellite imagery from December 12, 2024, of Iran's new drone ship (known as the Shahid Bagheri) is anchored offshore of the Iranian naval port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)

Maxar satellite imagery from December 12, 2024, of Iran's new drone ship (known as the Shahid Bagheri) is anchored offshore near the Iranian naval port of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf. (Maxar Technologies via Getty Images)

Commentary

MENA Defense Intelligence Digest | Iran’s Unconventional Naval Platforms