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• • Commentary
  • March 16, 2015
  Iraq's Sunni Reawakening

  In early March, Baghdad started a push to retake the historic city of Tikrit, located in the center of the so-called Sunni triangle, from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham...

  By Dafna Rand & Nicholas Heras

• • Commentary
  • March 10, 2015
  Can Israel Survive Without the Palestinian Authority?

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s obsessive focus on Iran ignores a greater and much more immediate threat to the security of Israel: the dissolution of the Palestin...

  By Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras

• • Commentary
  • March 9, 2015
  Train-and-Equip: Fight for Pluralism in Syria

  This month, the United States and several of its Middle Eastern allies will begin training Syrian fighters through a revamped train-and-equip program that will form the core f...

  By Nicholas Heras

• • Commentary
  • January 23, 2015
  The Real U.S.-Iran Dilemma: What Happens After a Nuclear Deal?

  There is a fierce debate in both the United States and Iran about the possible implications of a nuclear agreement for broader relations between the two states after thirty-fi...

  By Ilan Goldenberg, Jacob Stokes & Nicholas Heras

• • Commentary
  • January 19, 2015
  Does the Islamic State Pose a Threat to Morocco and Jordan?

  The Middle East and North Africa‘s constitutional monarchies are surviving the upheaval of the Arab Spring. Morocco and Jordan, two key US allies in the region, are popularly ...

  By Amanda Claypool & Nicholas Heras

• • Commentary
  • Foreign Policy
  • December 29, 2014
  The South will Rise Again

  Syria’s civil war is heading toward a point of no return. Advances by the Islamic State (IS) in eastern and northern Syria and the resurgence of other jihadi organizations in ...

  By Dafna Rand & Nicholas Heras