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Iran: Maximum Pressure and Perfect Storms

by Steven Ward

Last spring, two weeks after the Trump Administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the international arms control deal that curbed Tehran’s nuclear...

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Lessons from the Past: MBS, Bring Back America!

by Abdulateef Al-Mulhim

As details about the disappearance of Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi are revealed, its worth looking back at the deeper roots of the U.S. – Saudi relationship.   First printed in The Cipher...

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Yemen

War Crimes in Yemen

by Paul Pillar

The war in Yemen has been for some time one of the worst current man-made humanitarian disasters. Now comes a report, from the United Nations Human Rights Council and based on extensive...

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The Global Threat Posed by Al-Qaeda

by Cipher Brief Analysis

A United Nations report delivered to the Security Council last month offered a stark reminder that al Qaeda remains a serious threat around the world.  The report suggested that the de-centralized...

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Relations between Washington and Islamabad? It's Complicated

by Cipher Brief Analysis

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Future Security Relations Between U.S. and Turkey on the Brink

by Cipher Brief Analysis

Iran hasn’t been the only target of U.S. sanctions in the past week.  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered retaliatory sanctions again two unnamed U.S. officials after the U.S. ordered...

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Hezbollah's Armed Resistance

by Cipher Brief Analysis

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Iran

What's Driving the War of Words Between the U.S. and Iran?

by Norman T. Roule

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The Strategic Relationship Between Russia and Iran

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Mapping Out OPEC's Latest Moves

by Norman Roule

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