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Rosemary
Kelanic

Director, Middle East Program

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Daniel
Davis

Senior Fellow & Military Expert

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Daniel
DePetris

Fellow

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Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

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William
Walldorf

Senior Fellow

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op-edGrand strategy, Houthis, Iran, Middle East, Syria

Under Donald Trump, Restraint Is Winning

By Alexander Langlois

June 4, 2025

“In the end, the so-called ‘nation-builders’ wrecked far more nations than they built — and the interventionists were intervening in […]

op-edSyria, Middle East

Now is the time for the US to get its troops out of Syria

By Adam Gallagher

May 22, 2025

op-edSyria, Middle East, Sanctions

Trump’s unconventional Syria trip marks a paradigm shift

By Daniel DePetris

May 16, 2025

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op-edGrand strategy, Houthis, Iran, Middle East, Syria

Under Donald Trump, Restraint Is Winning

By Alexander Langlois

June 4, 2025

op-edSyria, Middle East

Now is the time for the US to get its troops out of Syria

By Adam Gallagher

May 22, 2025

op-edSyria, Middle East, Sanctions

Trump’s unconventional Syria trip marks a paradigm shift

By Daniel DePetris

May 16, 2025

In the mediaSyria, Middle East, Sanctions

Trump’s Syrian gamble

Featuring Alexander Langlois

May 15, 2025

Press ReleaseSyria, Basing and force posture, Middle East

In Syria, pair sanctions relief with a troop withdrawal

By Rosemary Kelanic

May 14, 2025

In the mediaSyria, Middle East, Sanctions

Syria Sanctions Lifted: Trump’s Big Move & Expert Rosemary Kelanic’s Warning

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

May 14, 2025

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Read at UnHerd: Trump’s Syrian gamble

Featuring Alexander Langlois

May 15, 2025

Watch at DRM News: Syria Sanctions Lifted: Trump's Big Move & Expert Rosemary Kelanic's Warning

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

May 14, 2025

Read at Huffington Post: On Syria, Trump Defied Israel. A Bigger Middle East Shift Is Still Elusive.

Featuring Gil Barndollar

May 14, 2025

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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
virtualGrand strategy, Iran, Middle East, Syria

Past Virtual Event: Keeping the U.S. out of war in the Middle East

January 16, 2024