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A Strategy for Ending the Syrian Civil War
Podcast
By Colin H. Kahl, Ilan Goldenberg, Nicholas Heras & Neal Urwitz
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Can Trump End the War in Syria?
With the near-doubling of U.S. forces in northern Syria, and perhaps more on the way, President Donald Trump is moving aggressively on his pledge to “demolish and destroy” wha...
By Colin H. Kahl, Ilan Goldenberg & Nicholas Heras
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Iran's Highly Enriched Bargaining Chip
As talks over Iran's disputed nuclear program enter the home stretch, Tehran has placed a major obstacle in the way of a diplomatic solution: insistence on an industrial-scale...
By Colin H. Kahl
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How worried should U.S. policymakers be about nuclear blackmail?
In recent years, a new generation of scholars has increasingly turned to sophisticated statistical methods to tackle decades-old questions regarding the causes and consequence...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Video: Shi’ite, Sunni leaders call for unity
By Colin H. Kahl
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No, Obama Didn’t Lose Iraq
The surprising advances by jihadists in northern and western Iraq have produced at least one unsurprising result: accusations that President Obama’s “abandonment” of Iraq is r...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Transcript: Eighth Annual Conference: Energy, Iran and the Future of Gulf Security
Dr. Colin Kahl, Elizabeth Rosenberg, The Honorable Stephen J. Hadley, and Ambassador Dennis Ross discuss energy, Iran and the future of Gulf security at the CNAS Eighth Annual...
By Colin H. Kahl & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Video: Eighth Annual Conference: Energy, Iran and the Future of Gulf Security
By Colin H. Kahl & Elizabeth Rosenberg
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Risky Business: Why Iran's Nuclear Demands Could Backfire
This week, Iranian and U.S. diplomats raced to Geneva for unscheduled, high-level bilateral talks. The news might have come as a surprise, but it shouldn’t have. The deadline ...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Video: Colin Kahl on Nuclear Iran Deal Talks
By Colin H. Kahl
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U.S. Commitments to the Gulf Arab States: Are They Adequate?
The following is an unedited transcript of the seventy-sixth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on April ...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Video: Colin Kahl discussing U.S. Commitments to the Gulf Arab States
By Colin H. Kahl
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Hard Choices for the New Middle East
The Obama administration may want to “pivot” away from the Middle East toward Asia, but events are not cooperating. Millions take to the streets in Egypt, leading to a militar...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Before Piling on New Sanctions, Give Rouhani a Chance
There is widespread agreement in Washington that Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons is unacceptable and that all options should remain on the table to prevent this outcome...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Video: CNAS 2013 Annual Conference - Assessing the Dangers of a Nuclear-Armed Iran
In a brief presentation at the CNAS 2013 Annual Conference on June 12, CNAS Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl outlined a comprehensive framework to manage and mitigate the conseque...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Halting the Descent: U.S. Policy Toward a Deteriorating Situation in Iraq
On March 21st, Dr. Colin H. Kahl, CNAS Senior Fellow, testified before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee. He discussed the security and political environm...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Iran, Hezbollah and the Threat to the Homeland
On March 21st, Dr. Colin H. Kahl, CNAS Senior Fellow, testified before the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee. He discussed the Iranian threat to the United ...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Before Attacking Iran, Israel Should Learn from Its 1981 Strike on Iraq
On June 7, 1981, eight Israeli F-16 fighter jets, protected by six F-15 escorts, dropped 16 2,000-pound bombs on the nearly completed Osirak nuclear reactor at the Tuwaitha co...
By Colin H. Kahl
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The Iran Containment Fallacy
It has become increasingly fashionable in Jerusalem and Washington to advocate a military strike on Iran. Central to the case for war is the argument that a nuclear-armed Iran...
By Colin H. Kahl
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Supremely Irrelevant
One year ago today, Egyptians took to the streets to demand the removal of Hosni Mubarak's three-decade-old dictatorship. As they waved flags and chanted for the fall of the r...
By Colin H. Kahl
