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Asset Test: Perspectives on the Benefits of America's Alliance with Israel

Lt. Gen. Henry Obering, Greg Slater, Steve Phillips, Michael Eisenstadt, and David Pollock

Join The Washington Institute on January 31 for a wide-ranging conversation on the unprecedented breadth and depth of the U.S.-Israeli strategic relationship with leaders from the military, private industry, and medicine. Request an invitation to attend in person or make plans to watch a live noontime webcast.

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Al-Qaeda's Dirty War in Yemen

Daniel Green

Yemen needs increased and refocused military aid to continue the long fight against adaptive al-Qaeda forces.

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Russia's Many Interests in Syria

Anna Borshchevskaya

Given its deep, multifaceted ties to Syria and its strategic posture toward the West, Moscow seems bent on supporting Assad to the bitter end.

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Obama and the Middle East: Act Two

Andrew J. Tabler, Patrick Clawson, David Makovsky, David Pollock, Simon Henderson, Soner Cagaptay, David Schenker, and Eric Trager

In January, the Atlantic published a series of policy proposals for the Obama administration's second term by Washington Institute scholars. The full series is collected here.

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Coalition Options in Israel

David Makovsky

With Netanyahu's bloc winning fewer votes than expected and the center-left winning more, forming a coalition government will be complicated.

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Is Turkey Finally Ready to Make Peace with the Kurds?

Soner Cagaptay

Prime Minister Erdogan seems more willing than ever to compromise, if only to improve his chances in next year's presidential election.

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Beyond Elections in Israel and Jordan: The Ties That Bind

Robert Satloff

Israelis and Jordanians go to the polls hours apart facing strikingly similar political and strategic dynamics. While the results may appear to change little in either government, the issues at stake could hardly be more important to American interests in the region.

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Public Diplomacy in a Changing Middle East

Tara D. Sonenshine

Watch Undersecretary of State Tara D. Sonenshine's Wednesday address to a Washington Institute Policy Forum on the challenges of projecting American interests and values to Middle Easterners at a time of tumultuous political change.

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The New Turkey and U.S. Policy

Soner Cagaptay

As Turkey moves toward municipal, presidential, and parliamentary elections over the next three years, all signs point to the ruling Justice and Development Party retaining power for another decade and continuing its effort to mold the country in its Islamist image. Even so, the new Turkey seems destined to retain...

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Articles & Op-Eds

Patience, Not Panic, on Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Michael Singh

A successful peace process will require renewed faith in the U.S.-Israel alliance, America's regional leadership, and the utility of incremental Israeli-Palestinian gains.