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Trump Has No Idea How Diplomatic Deals Work
Commentary
Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a remarkable story explaining all of the ways in which the Trump administration botched its high-stakes trade negotiations with China...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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The One Place in Syria That Works
Commentary
The last few months in Syria have been the latest in a string of awful months. After an estimated 511,000 deaths since the war began in 2011, the Bashar al-Assad regime has re...
By Nicholas Heras & Shadi Martini
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LISTEN: Call on Jerusalem Embassy Move and Gaza Protests
Podcast
Listen in as Nimrod Novik and Ilan Goldenberg breakdown this week’s events, including the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem and the Gaza border protests, with an urg...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nimrod Novik
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What you need to know about the U.S. embassy’s move to Jerusalem
Video
At least 52 Palestinian protesters were killed in clashes with Israeli troops near the Gaza border as the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem was officially opened Monday, Gaza's Health...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Exit the Peacemaker
Commentary
Monday, as an American delegation including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Steve Mnuchin, and top Republicans from Congress gathers for a ceremony to mark the transfer of the U....
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Here’s What to Expect Now That Trump Has Withdrawn From the Iran Nuclear Deal
Commentary
On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump fulfilled one of his campaign promises and took the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. ...
By Richard Nephew & Ilan Goldenberg
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Israel's Security at 70: Panels on Regional Security and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
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CNAS's Ilan Goldenberg and Nicholas Heras join the Israel Policy Forum for a panel on Israel security seventy years after its founding. Watch more from the IPF...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Podcast: Deep Dish: What Happens After the Iran Deal?
Podcast
Iran’s leaders may fear regime collapse enough to consider renegotiating the nuclear deal, but President Trump could walk away anyway. Expert Iran watchers Saeid Golkar and Il...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Netanyahu’s ‘Iran Lied’ Presentation Shows Why Trump Should Keep the Nuke Deal
Commentary
With great fanfare, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to the world on Monday a trove of documents obtained by Israel about the history of Iran’s nuclear weapo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump's Rhetoric Doesn't Necessarily Match His Administration's Actions in Syria
Podcast
President Trump's threats suggested U.S. military action against Syria might be more robust than it actually was. It's not the first time Trump's actions have proven more rest...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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UN holds emergency meeting on Syria chemical attack
Video
CBSN interviews CNAS Middle East Security Fellow Nicholas Heras on the newest US strikes and the evolving American policy in Syria. Watch the full clip here. ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Trump Was Right to Hit Syria. But He Should Stop There.
Commentary
Thank goodness: President Donald Trump’s decision to launch limited missile strikes against chemical weapons facilities in Syria was an appropriate use of force—and a relief a...
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Deconstructed Podcast: Is Trump About to Start an Illegal War with Syria?
Podcast
The war in Syria is seemingly without end: Seven long years of bloodshed, terror, foreign interventions and — perhaps most horrifically — the use of chemical ...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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Trump Faces 'Red Line Moment' for Syria Options, CNAS says
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Nicholas Heras, Center for a New American Security, Middle East Security Fellow, explains Trumps military options with Syria. He speaks with Haidi Lun and Betty Liu on "Bloom...
By Nicholas Heras
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Here’s What the Senate Should Ask Mike Pompeo
Commentary
The U.S. Senate’s consideration of CIA Director Mike Pompeo for confirmation as secretary of state is a critical inflection point for U.S. foreign policy. Some consider Pompeo...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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America Abroad: 'Syria and Fragile States'
Commentary
An America Abroad program about fragile states like Syria. An exploration of why this instability happens, how it affects the people who live there, and the best way to get th...
By Ilan Goldenberg
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One Year Ago, Pundits Welcomed a Turning Point in Syria. They Were Wrong.
Commentary
A year ago, 59 U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles hit Syria’s Sharyrat airbase in response to a chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assa...
By Ilan Goldenberg & Derek Chollet
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What is the impact of withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria?
Video
President Trump is pushing for the U.S. to withdraw troops from Syria. On Wednesday leaders from Iran, Russia and Turkey met to discuss what the future of the region may look ...
By Nicholas Heras
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Issue Brief: Trump's New Tool To Punish China Economically
Commentary
This week President Donald Trump announced that he would use a long-dormant trade policy tool, Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act, to impose tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese i...
By Peter Harrell
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Panel Discussion: Foreign Policy and Fragile States
Seven years into a brutal civil war in Syria, we are reminded how fragile states can lead to regional instability, cause humanitarian crises and fall prey to extremist organiz...
By Ilan Goldenberg
