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The consequences of US disengagement from the Middle East
Three major events have begun to clarify the next phase of the Middle East’s position in world affairs...[c]learly the big winners are not the U.S. but rather Russia and Iran, despite President Trump’s announcement of a new campaign against Iran.
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 2162
Flying Russia's unfriendly skies;
Generational change among Russia's governors
President Trump Takes A Wise Middle Course On The Iran Nuclear Deal
In his policy speech last Friday, President Trump did not scrap the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as some prominent conservative thinkers had suggested he should. Nor did he simply leave the deal intact, as proponents of the agreement had previously counseled. Instead, the president charted a middle way intended to give America greater leverage over Iran's nuclear program and processes.
Iran Strategy Brief No. 9: Targeting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards
The passage this summer of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, a wide-ranging legislative package that imposed new economic pressure on Russia, Iran and North Korea, reignited the debate over U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic.