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Panelists talked about preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the threat of a nuclear Iran, and potential strategies to combat this and other similar security threats. “Iran and…

Brad Roberts talked about extended nuclear deterrence and U.S. defense strategies toward Northeast Asia. He addressed the North Korean nuclear threat, China’s modernization of its arsenal, a…

Panelists talked about ways to improve transitional and reconstruction efforts in post-conflict countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Mali. Among the issues they addressed were the potenti…

Panelists talked about Iran’s June 14, 2013, presidential election. Topics included the openness and fairness of the election and what that might signify and possible policy changes toward I…

Panelists talked about the challenges in the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy in President Obama’s second term. Topics included the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, tensions over Iran’s nucl…

A U.S. military officer and Middle East expert analyzes thirty years of hostility between the U.S. and Iran and suggests that the failure of both sides to receive sincere offers for detente …

Representative Mike Rogers, chair of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, talked about lessons learned from the operation in which U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden. He was told …

Ellen Laipson talked about the geopolitical impact from the continuing anti-government protests in the Middle East and Northern Africa. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic c…

Ellen Laipson discussed the recent trends in US-Iraq relations and the effects of continued engagement on national interests, and issues in the relationship in the coming years. She is the a…

Panelists talked about security in the Persian Gulf region at the Middle East Institute annual conference. Speakers included a newspaper editor from the United Arab Emirates, and a former vi…

Hilary Synnott talked about his book Bad Days in Basra: My Turbulent Time as Britain’s Man in Southern Iraq, published by I.B. Tauris. The book is an insider British account of the early day…

The Center for American Progress hosted a forum titled “Afghanistan, Four Years Later: Progress, Problems, and Prospects for the Future.” Participants of the first panel, which was moderat…