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The Turkish Model Report
U.S. President George H.W. Bush meets with Turkish President Turgut Özal prior to talks in Ankara on July 20, 1991. (AP)

The Turkish Model

The United States has conceived of Turkey as a model country in successive foreign policy constructs, complicating engagement with this problematic ally.

Dov Friedman

Confronting ISIS One Year On Past Event

Confronting ISIS One Year On

A Conversation With Special Presidential Envoy Gen. John Allen

Recalibrating the Anti-ISIS Strategy Report
Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are seen on a main road in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq, on June 23, 2014. (AP)

Recalibrating the Anti-ISIS Strategy

The U.S.-led coalition needs to better integrate its political and military efforts.

Hardin Lang, Peter Juul, Mokhtar Awad

Exploring Avenues for China-U.S. Cooperation on the Middle East Report
A boat carrying tourists and locals sails in the Nile River at sunset in Aswan, Egypt, April 2015. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

Exploring Avenues for China-U.S. Cooperation on the Middle East

This September, a major bilateral summit that brings the leaders of both China and the United States together will offer another opening to deepen bilateral ties for the mutual benefit of both countries, as well as the rest of the world.

Rudy deLeon, YANG Jiemian

Turkey Should Welcome Kurdish Gains in Northern Syria Article
Kurdish fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units wave their yellow triangular flag in the outskirts of Tal Abyad, Syria. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey Should Welcome Kurdish Gains in Northern Syria

Syrian Kurdish fighters and their allies have taken a key border town from ISIS but have been met with opposition from the Turkish government. This should change.

Max Hoffman

An Ounce of Prevention Report
An Iraqi soldier carries a beverage bottle used as an IED that was seized by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb in 2010. (AP/Loay Hameed)

An Ounce of Prevention

To save lives and blunt the impact of the terror tactics used by ISIS and other militant groups, the United States and other countries must cooperate to stem the flow of improvised explosive device, or IED, components and reinforce global partnership.

Mary Beth Goodman

Helping Prime Minister Abadi Beat ISIS and Hold Iraq Together Article
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi speaks to the media in Ankara, Turkey, December 2014. (AP)

Helping Prime Minister Abadi Beat ISIS and Hold Iraq Together

The Iraqi prime minister’s visit offers an important chance to take stock of the anti-ISIS campaign and make important adjustments.

Hardin Lang, Peter Juul

The Plight of Christians in the Middle East Report
Children hold candles during a vigil in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on March 1, 2015, held in solidarity with Christians abducted in Syria and Iraq. (AP/Hussein Malla)

The Plight of Christians in the Middle East

Some of the world's oldest Christian communities are disappearing in the very lands where their faith was born. The status of Christians in the Middle East is an important sign of broader regional trends in religious freedom, pluralism, and tolerance.

Brian Katulis, Rudy deLeon, John B. Craig

New Anchors for U.S.-Egypt Relations Report
Protesters chant as they wave Egyptian flags during their protest in Cairo, Egypt, February 6, 2011. (AP/Amr Nabil)

New Anchors for U.S.-Egypt Relations

The United States and Egypt need new anchors of economic and diplomatic cooperation to avoid bilateral drift and to respond to recent regional turbulence.

Brian Katulis, Mokhtar Awad

Addressing the Gaps in Syria Policy in the Fight Against ISIS Article
A U.S. F-15E Strike Eagle flies over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in Syria on September 23, 2014. (AP/Matthew Bruch)

Addressing the Gaps in Syria Policy in the Fight Against ISIS

U.S. military action in Syria must remain focused on degrading the terrorist threat while pushing for a political transition from the Assad regime.

Vikram Singh, Hardin Lang, Brian Katulis

Understanding Authorizations for the Use of Military Force Report
President Barack Obama signs H.J. Res 124, which includes appropriations to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels in the fight against ISIS, on September 19, 2014. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Understanding Authorizations for the Use of Military Force

This issue brief outlines potential sources of authority for lawful military actions and recommendations for a new congressional authorization directed at the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham.

Ken Gude

Supporting the Syrian Opposition Report
Black smoke leaps into the air from shelling by pro-Assad forces in a residential area in Aleppo, Syria. (AP/Manu Brabo)

Supporting the Syrian Opposition

The Obama administration has an important opportunity to adjust its course in Syria and Iraq, particularly regarding the threat posed by ISIS, and assume a more engaged leadership role.

Hardin Lang, Mokhtar Awad, Ken Sofer, 2 More Peter Juul, Brian Katulis

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