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Michael Rubin (American Enterprise Institute) and Brian Katulis (Center for American Progress) talked about their book, Seven Pillars: What Really Causes Instability in the Middle East, on i…

Michael Rubin, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar, talked about U.S.-Iran tensions and U.S. strategy.

A House oversight subcommittee held a hearing to examine the reasons for the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement, and the Trump administration’s options and strategy moving forwa…

Defense and Middle East scholars talked about the future of the Iran nuclear agreement. They focused on the implications of the Trump administration’s potential decision to exit from the dea…

Michael Rubin talked President Trump’s new strategy in Afghanistan, which he outlined in his first national address earlier in the week.

Representatives from the State, Justice, and Treasury departments as well as foreign affairs analysts testified before the House Financial Services Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee …

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on the Obama administration’s messaging strategy on the nuclear deal the U.S. and some of its allies made with Iran. Much o…

Michael Rubin talked about U.S. efforts to defeat ISIL,* as well as the latest developments in Iraq and Syria. Topics included executions in Saudi Arabia that day. Video clips were shown …

Panelists talked about the religious basis of Islamist terrorism and how or whether it should factor into a comprehensive US strategy to defeat extremists. The topic of the first panel, “The…

National security experts discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, threats posed by the country, the negotiations over its nuclear program, and how Congress could approach an eventual deal. "I…

Michael Rubin talked about several areas of the Middle East, including current conflicts between Sunni and Shiite forces in Yemen, U.S.-Iran cooperation in the fight against *ISIL in Iraq, a…

Michael Rubin talked about U.S. policy options in response to escalating violence in Iraq. In June 2014, the militant group ISIS* had seized several cities in northern and western Iraq. He r…

Panelists from the Obama and George W. Bush administrations talked about Iraqi politics and the regional influence of Iran and Syria. Topics included Iraq’s parliamentary elections, the poss…

Michael Rubin talked about his book, Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes, in which he argues that the way the U.S. currently deals with rogue regimes is incorrect. H…

Middle East experts testified on the influence of Iran in the South Caucasus, a region that includes neighboring countries Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Topics included Turkey and Russia,…

Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (R-AZ) talked about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s violence against the citizens of his country. He criticized the Obama admini…

Analysts talked about Iran’s relations with other countries such as Brazil, Venezuela, and Turkey as well as the influence within Iraq. Topics included the United Nations Security Council’s …

Panelists talked about the status of Iraq’s parliamentary elections scheduled on March 7, 2010, and its impact on military operations in Iraq and future U.S. policy. Among the topics they ad…

Ali Alfoneh, Michael Connell, and Kenneth Katzman participated in a panel discussion on the role of Iran’s military forces in the country’s politics. Topics included the developmental phases…

Scholars and a former hostage in the Iranian hostage crisis participated in a panel discussion on the future of U.S.-Iran relations thirty years after the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomei…