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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

A ship sunk by Egyptians to block the Suez Canal appears at the surface of water, November 11, 1956 in Port SaÃ¯d. (STAFF/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Obama is Repeating Eisenhower's Mistakes in the Middle East

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 28, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of the Egyptian police special forces patrol streets in al-Haram neighborhood in the southern Cairo Giza district on January 25, 2016. (MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Egypt on the Verge of Crisis?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 25, 2016

Commentary

3 Min Read

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on April 22, 2016 in New York. (BRYAN R. SMITH/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Washington Post Tells Readers to Ignore the Inconvenient Facts of the Iran Deal

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 24, 2016

Commentary

7 Min Read

Commentary

Gray Lady Comes Clean on Obama's Middle East Legacy

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 24, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. (Chris Tobin)

Commentary

Jews, Christians and UNESCO's Jerusalem Resolution

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Oct 21, 2016

Commentary

4 Min Read

Commentary

Terror and a Generation of Nihilists: A Conversation with Olivier Roy

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

Oct 19, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

On the Mosul Offensive

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Michael Pregent

Oct 19, 2016

In the Media

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter fires at Islamic-State (IS) militant positions, from his position on the top of Mount Zardak, about 25 kilometers east of Mosul on September 9, 2014. (JM LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Reports

West Iraq: The Search for Leaders and Leverage

Michael Pregent

Former Senior Fellow

Kevin Truitte

Research Assistant

Michael Pregent & Kevin Truitte

Reports

4 Min Read

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) prior to a joint press conference at Turkey's Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey on December 01, 2014. (Kayhan Ozer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

What Erdogan's Pivot to Putin Means

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Oct 14, 2016

Commentary

2 Min Read

(L-R) Sir Winston Churchill & Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (George Skadding/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Commentary

Ike vs. Obama in the Middle East

Michael Doran

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

Michael Doran

Oct 11, 2016

Commentary

8 Min Read

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 15, 2015. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Best Way to Defeat the Islamic State and Succeed in Syria? Push Back on Putin.

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Oct 11, 2016

Commentary

5 Min Read

Syrian internally displaced people walk in the Atme camp, along the Turkish border in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib, on March 19, 2013. (BULENT KILIC/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The U.S. and U.N. Have Abandoned Christian Refugees