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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

An armed member of the Iraqi Special Operations Forces secures a conference being held by the predominantly Shia Muslim Popular Mobilization Forces to honour Iranian fighters who died fighting the Islamic State. (Ameer Al Mohammedaw/Getty Images)

Commentary

Is Iraq Set to Follow Iran and Curb Religious Freedom?

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Jul 31, 2019

Commentary

4 Min Read

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives at the Future Investment Initiative FII conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Why the Middle East Policies Favored by Sanders and Warren Would Be Counterproductive

Mike Watson

Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

Mike Watson

Jul 30, 2019

Commentary

2 Min Read

A group of British soldiers in the court of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in 1917 in Jerusalem. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Don't Entrust Jerusalem to the Muslims or the Jews (or the French)

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Douglas J. Feith

Jul 29, 2019

Commentary

2 Min Read

In the Media

Iran and North Korea Missile Tests

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 26, 2019

In the Media

A ferry navigates the Bosphorus Strait in front of a Turkish flag and the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Too Big to Fail: Toward a U.S.-German Partnership on Turkey

Michael Doran

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

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Michael Doran & Peter Rough

Jul 25, 2019

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

How Will Turkey's Erdogan Greet Trump at the NATO Meeting?

Blaise Misztal

Former Fellow

Blaise Misztal

Jul 25, 2019

In the Media

In the Media

Iran Seizes Two British Oil Tankers

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jul 19, 2019

In the Media

In the Media

The Current State of Affairs in the Persian Gulf

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Jul 19, 2019

In the Media

Commentary

Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Volume 24

Hillel Fradkin

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World

Eric B. Brown

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Hillel Fradkin, Eric B. Brown & Husain Haqqani

Jul 18, 2019

Commentary

1 Min Read

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey, meets German Foreign Minister on September 05, 2018 in Ankara, Turkey. (Inga Kjer/Getty Images)

Commentary

Don’t Let Turkey Defect to Russia

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jul 16, 2019

Commentary

2 Min Read

Afghan security forces gather at the site of a powerful truck bomb attack (claimed by the Taliban) a day after it detonated near a foreign compound in Kabul on January 15, 2019. (WAKIL KOHSAR/AGetty Images)

Commentary

The Taliban Smell Blood

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Jul 16, 2019

Commentary

1 Min Read

Cargo is unloaded from a Russian AN-124 cargo plane transporting parts of the S-400 air defence system from Russia, after it landed at Murted Airfield on July 12, 2019 in Ankara, Turkey. (Mustafa Kirazli/Getty Images)

Commentary

Turkey’s Turn Against the West — and How to Reverse It