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DOES DIPLOMACY THROUGH USE OF MILITARY FORCE ALWAYS SUCCEED?
In a surprising development, US President Donald Trump announced in the early hours of Wednesday morning a two-week ceasefire with Iran, contingent upon the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to navigation. Trump’s announcement
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THE U.S.-ISRAELI WAR ON IRAN: GAINS AND LOSSES
On February 28, 2026, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in an operation U.S. President Donald Trump said was carried out in direct coordination with Israel. The killing marks a historic rupture,
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ARAB STATES GROW INCREASINGLY SUSPICIOUS OF ISRAELI POLICIES
Perhaps the most consequential outcome of the events of October 7, 2023, has been the unmasking of Israeli planes, the collapse of a façade it maintained in the Middle East region for decades. Israel
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INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL PIPES ON ISLAMISM
Dr. Daniel Pipes (1949-) is an American Professor and commentator on foreign policy and the Middle East. He is the President of the Middle East Forum and the publisher of its Middle East Quarterly
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A REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE ARAB SPRING AFTER A DECADE
Arab Spring was the name used for the wave of pro-democracy protests and uprisings that took place in some of the Middle Eastern and North African states beginning in 2010 and 2011 and challenging
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