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In the Media

What Should Allies Expect on Trump's First Overseas Trip?

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

May 13, 2017

In the Media

An Iranian flag is seen outside the Bushehr nuclear power plant (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The World Didn’t Agree to a Nuclear-Armed Iran, Even in 10 Years

Max Singer

Senior Fellow, Co-Founder, and Trustee Emeritus

Max Singer

May 9, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Smoke billows in a neighbourhood called 17 Tammuz following a car bomb explosion, west of Mosul, on May 18, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Americans Don’t Target Civilians, Islamist Militants Do

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 8, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Survivors of chemical gas attack gather to protest Assad regime at the Khan Shaykhun town's square in Idlib, Syria, April 7, 2017 (Firas Faham/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Syria’s Chemical Weapons Show the Limits of Arms Control

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

May 4, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

Israeli security forces inspect the scene of the Jaffa attack that claimed the life of Taylor Force, March 08, 2016 (Daniel Bar On/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

End Abbas’s 'Pay for Slay': Pass the Taylor Force Act

Douglas J. Feith

Senior Fellow

Sander Gerber

Fellow, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Douglas J. Feith & Sander Gerber

May 3, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice listens as US President George W. Bush speaks prior to signing HR 7222, Washington, DC, October 16, 2008 (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

America First? No, Says Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

May 3, 2017

Commentary

6 Min Read

U.S President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry meet with a small group of veterans and Gold Star Mothers to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, September 10, 2015 (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary

Why Everything You Think You Know About Foreign Policy Is Wrong

Lee Smith

Former Senior Fellow

Lee Smith

May 1, 2017

Commentary

9 Min Read

Commentary

The Pope in Egypt

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Apr 28, 2017

Commentary

1 Min Read

U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrives via helicopter at Resolute Support headquarters on April 24, 2017 in in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)

Commentary

Mattis' Balancing Act: Managing America’s Middle East Allies

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia

Husain Haqqani

Apr 25, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination Donald Trump speaks out against President Obama's nuclear agreement with Iran in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. (Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Iran on Notice