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May 9, 2011

Iran
Unholy Alliance on TheAtlantic.Com

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walk past the guard of honour in Damascus (Khaled al Hariri/Courtesy Reuters) Below is a piece I wrote for The Atlant…

Unholy Alliance on TheAtlantic.Com
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

July 24, 2006

Middle East and North Africa
Multilateral Intervention in the Middle East: An Uninspiring Legacy

Efforts to stabilize and pacify the Middle East conflict with UN and multinational peacekeeping forces have proven difficult—if not impossible. A look at the history of such efforts.

Backgrounder by Michael Moran

December 14, 2023

United States
The Humbling of Henry Kissinger

The truth is that his tenure as secretary of state was often rocky, and as full of setbacks as acclaim.

Kissinger
Article by Stephen Sestanovich U.S. Foreign Policy Program

September 21, 2011

Middle East and North Africa
UN Resolutions on the Mideast and North Africa

Summaries and links to the seminal United Nations Security Council and General Assembly resolutions for the post-colonial period, focusing on those related to the Arab-Israeli conflict in the Middle …

Backgrounder by Christopher W. Tatlock

September 9, 2014

United States
Assadomasochism

There is now no question that the United States is about to get a lot more involved in Iraq (and perhaps Syria) than President Obama had ever intended.  So far, the administration has made it clear t…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 3, 2011

United States
Syria, Iran, and Losing a Strategic Opportunity

Boys hold a banner during a demonstration in the the Syrian port city of Banias (STR New/Courtesy Reuters) Everything that has been said about Osama bin Laden’s demise has already been said and will…

Syria, Iran, and Losing a Strategic Opportunity
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates