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Former State Department and National Security Council officials discussed U.S. policy toward Iran, including the recent U.S. airstrike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. They disc…

The authors of a New America report on recruitment for terrorist groups such as ISIS and al-Qaeda talked about the results of their research. They found that economic inequality and lack of …

Panelists talked about the strategies of al-Qaida and ISIS, the future of the jihadist movement, and how the U.S. should respond in the national and international security environment.

Panelists that included Iraqi political scholars talked about the prospects for reconciliation of the different factions in Iraq. They focused on whether national reconciliation can stop sec…

Middle East policy experts talked about President Obama’s plan to combat ISIS* and the U.S. effort to establish a reliable partner in Syria to fight both ISIS and President Assad’s regime in…

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…

Iraqi scholars talked about the April 30, 2014, parliamentary elections in Iraq and U.S. expectations for the country’s future. They discussed the potential outcome of the elections and what…

Witnesses testified on security issues in Iraq. Panelists included Brett McGurk, international affairs fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Douglas Ollivant, senior national security …