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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-edMiddle East, Israel, Syria

Donald Trump tries to make history in Syria and Lebanon

By Daniel DePetris

August 26, 2025

It’s difficult to look at the Middle East today and be optimistic. Every U.S. president since the turn of the […]

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

What do ‘security guarantees’ mean for Ukraine?

By Daniel DePetris

August 22, 2025

op-edSyria, Middle East

Trump’s Syria gamble

By Daniel DePetris

August 22, 2025

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

Donald Trump tries to make history in Syria and Lebanon

What do ‘security guarantees’ mean for Ukraine?

Trump’s Syria gamble

Donald Trump tries to make history in Syria and Lebanon

What do ‘security guarantees’ mean for Ukraine?

Trump’s Syria gamble

LTE: The Price of Primacy

Why Trump’s summit with Putin was doomed from the very beginning

Donald Trump reverses course on a ceasefire in Ukraine. What can Europe expect now?

Daniel DePetris Past Virtual Events

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Lessons from Afghanistan

Antique alliance: Rethinking NATO at 75

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