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February 10, 2021
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Gunar Olsen
Biden’s Pledge to Pull Back in Yemen Is Full of Holes
While he’s breaking with his predecessors, Biden’s rhetoric leaves room for the Saudis to slip out of commitments.
August 20, 2020
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Trita Parsi
The Israel-UAE Deal Puts the “Forever” in “Forever War”
What binds Israel and its new Arab allies is not the threat from Iran but the threat of the U.S. military leaving the Middle East.
October 23, 2019
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Jared Keller
The Weapons America Is Leaving Behind in Syria
Trump’s hasty troop withdrawal could trigger a second "industrial revolution" in terrorism.
October 4, 2019
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Jared Keller
The Coveted, Overpriced Missile at the Heart of Trump’s Ukraine Scandal
How the president took his predecessors’ gun-running tradition to dirty new depths.
November 9, 2018
Priya Satia
Are 100 Years Enough?
The close of World War I was supposed to end the world’s reliance on arms—and empire. But on the centenary, the Middle East offers proof that this hasn’t happened.
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