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Grand strategy, China, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Israel-Hamas, Israel-Iran, Middle East, North Korea, and Ukraine-Russia

Daniel DePetris

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Daniel DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities.

DePetris is also a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at Chicago Tribune, a foreign affairs writer for Newsweek, and a writer for The Spectator. He also contributes to Beltway Confidential at the Washington Examiner.

op-edSyria, Israel, Middle East

Israel’s calculus on Syria

By Daniel DePetris and Rajan Menon

July 17, 2025

In the southwestern Syrian town of Sweida recent bloody clashes between Bedouin Arabs and the Druze have left at least […]

op-edIsrael‑Iran, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Nuclear weapons

LTE: Attacks on Iran slow nuclear programme yet solve nothing

By Daniel DePetris

July 15, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s conduct causes Donald Trump to have a change of heart on Ukraine

By Daniel DePetris

July 15, 2025

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op-edSyria, Israel, Middle East

Israel’s calculus on Syria

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op-edIsrael‑Iran, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Nuclear weapons

LTE: Attacks on Iran slow nuclear programme yet solve nothing

By Daniel DePetris

July 15, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Vladimir Putin’s conduct causes Donald Trump to have a change of heart on Ukraine

By Daniel DePetris

July 15, 2025

op-edIsrael‑Iran, Iran, Middle East

LTE: Regime change in Tehran isn’t worth the risk

By Daniel DePetris

July 15, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

What Trump’s Ukraine aid pause says about America’s broken foreign policy

By Daniel DePetris

July 14, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Trump is turning ‘Biden’s war’ into his own

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Daniel DePetris Past Virtual Events

virtualAmericas, Air power, Military analysis

Past Virtual Event: A new war next door? The case against U.S. military strikes in Mexico

July 17, 2025
virtualGreat power competition, Balance of power, China, Grand strategy, Middle East

Past Virtual Event: U.S.-China competition and the value of Middle East influence

June 10, 2025
virtualMiddle East, Basing and force posture, Diplomacy, Houthis, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Israel‑Hamas, Military analysis, Syria

Past Virtual Event: Trump in the Middle East: Impacts, implications, and alternatives

May 16, 2025
virtualSyria, Balance of power, Basing and force posture, Counterterrorism, Middle East, Military analysis

Past Virtual Event: Syria after Assad: Prospects for U.S. withdrawal

February 21, 2025
virtualMiddle East, Alliances, Diplomacy, Israel, Military analysis

Past Virtual Event: Assessing a formal U.S.-Saudi alliance

October 17, 2024
virtualHouthis, Iran, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Yemen

Past Virtual Event: Houthi conundrum: defend, degrade, or defer

March 28, 2024

Daniel DePetris Featured Symposia

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symposiumUkraine, Russia

Lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

February 13, 2023

symposiumAfghanistan

Lessons from Afghanistan

September 10, 2021

symposiumNATO, Alliances

Antique alliance: Rethinking NATO at 75

July 2, 2024

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