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A US flag flies off the stern of a tour boat at the Port of Los Angele in California on July 31, 2025. (Getty Images)
Security Alliances
Security Alliances
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo deliver remarks to the media in the press briefing room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. (State Department photo by Michael Gross/ Public Domain)
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Smoke billows following Turkish bombardment on Syria’s northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on October 9, 2019. (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Turkish Armed Forces' armoured vehicles and armored personnel carriers, move towards to Turkey's Syrian border as they are being dispatched to support the units at the border, in Kilis, Turkey on October 09, 2019. (Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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The Israeli and United States flags are projected on the walls of the ramparts of Jerusalem's Old City, to mark one year since the transfer of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 15, 2019. (AHMAD GHARABLI/Getty Images)
Experts
Satoru Nagao
Fellow (Nonresident)
Jonathan Schachter
Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Tom Tugendhat
Distinguished Fellow
