Kerry Pushes for Gaza Cease-Fire
As Secretary of State John Kerry implores an end to the current crisis in the Middle East, violence continues in the region. Jane Harman joins NOW With Alex Wagner to discuss on MSNBC."If Hamas were to...
View ArticleU.S. Seeking to Build Coalition to Take on ISIS
Aaron David Miller speaks with Luke Russert of MSNBC to discuss efforts by the U.S. to build a coalition to take on ISIS. Miller comments that "this is a very risk averse president, and a relatively...
View ArticleWhy NATO Needs Turkey in the Fight Against ISIS
President Obama said that NATO is prepared to combat the threat from ISIS on Friday. Rep. Ed Royce and Jill Dougherty talk about what the strategy for defeating ISIS might look like and whether Turkey...
View ArticleObama to Make Case for Military Action Against ISIS
The stakes are high in Washington as President Obama prepares to make his case for a military campaign to defeat ISIS. Aaron David Miller of the Woodrow Wilson Center discusses with José Díaz-Balart of...
View ArticleWhich Boots on the Ground Can We Trust?
Jane Harman and Dan Senor join Morning Joe to discuss how the U.S. should respond to the threat of ISIS.
View ArticleJane Harman on Face the Nation
Jane Harman was featured as a panelist on Face the Nation on Sunday to talk about the U.S. response to ISIL and President Obama’s foreign policy. Also on the panel were Senator Joe Lieberman, former...
View ArticleThe Future of Syria: A History Lesson
Christian Sahner provides insight into Syria’s civil war and the impact of the emergence of the Islamic State through the lens of history. What can the country's past tell us about its future?
View ArticleGlobal Anti-Semitism Rising: What About Iran?
Recently, the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Middle East Forum and the Rabin Chair Forum of George Washington University hosted a meeting on “The Rise of Global Anti-Semitism.” And while there is much bad...
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It’s Complicated: The Evolving Dynamics of Iran’s Relations With Iraq and Syria
With ongoing violence in Iraq, a “proxy” civil war in Syria, the rise of the Islamic State, and ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, regional dynamics are very complicated. Middle East...
View ArticlePeace via H2O: Cooperation and a Most Critical Resource
Many fear that competition for fresh water will increasingly lead to conflict as the world’s most essential resource becomes more scarce. But a project involving Palestinian, Israeli, and Jordan youth,...
View ArticleIran Nuclear Negotiations Deadline Approaches: Deal or No Deal?
With the latest deadline approaching, P5+1 and Iranian negotiators are attempting to make headway on a long awaited deal over Iran’s nuclear program. Is a deal possible or likely? What will it take to...
View ArticleCoordinating the Global Effort to Counter ISIL: A Conversation with General...
Retired USMC General John Allen, who now serves as Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL, recently visited the Wilson Center to discuss challenges and strategy with Wilson...
View ArticleThe Most Underreported News Stories of 2014
Every year there are major events around the world that fly under the mainstream media’s radar despite their seminal impact. Four Wilson Center scholars who are also leading journalists from some of...
View ArticleYear of Crisis: The Middle East in 2015
In a region already known for volatility, the Middle East continues to encounter new levels of crisis as conflicts rage in a number of countries. According to a panel of regional experts, “crisis” will...
View ArticleBargaining on Nuclear Tests: Washington and its Cold War Deals
What can the past tell us about the likely outcome of current bargaining with Iran over its nuclear program? With negotiations ongoing, we spoke with Israeli scholar, Ori Rabinowitz, about the...
View ArticlePreliminary Analysis of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Now that the dust has begun to settle on the nuclear deal with Iran, we asked two expert observers, Haleh Esfandiari and Robert Litwak, to provide preliminary analysis. Both have been following the...
View ArticleAssessing the Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions
Whenever a nation acts in ways that threaten international norms and stability, it’s not long before someone is calling for sanctions in response. But are sanctions effective? Can they change the...
View ArticleRichard Perle on the Effectiveness of U.S. Sanctions
A veteran foreign policy practitioner and analyst, Richard Perle, provides insight into the history and current application of sanctions as a tool of U.S.statecraft, after his comments at the April 16,...
View ArticleInside ISIS: Hassan Hassan on the “Army of Terror”
How is ISIS best understood? Is it a terror group like al-Qaeda or something different? Is it truly a religious group or does is simply use Islam for its own purposes? And if ISIS can be defeated, how...
View ArticleThe Iran Nuclear Deal and the Role of the US Congress
As progress continues toward finalizing a deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the United States Congress is moving forward with legislation that will further define and assert its role in the negotiations....
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