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Paul R. Pillar

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The Subjugation of Palestinians Fuels Middle East Instability

In the Middle East, putting out burning fires is a priority. Larger positive accomplishments are impossible as long as the bloodshed continues....

05.11.2024 6

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Make No Mistake: Trump Still Has A Russia Problem

Donald Trump’s peculiar relationship with Russia and its regime is getting some renewed attention and deserves to get even more. Some recent...

18.10.2024 5

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Why Pressure on Iran Failed

U.S. policy toward Iran clearly has failed. This has been conspicuously true for at least the last six years since former president Donald Trump...

23.09.2024 8

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Why Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections is Growing

20.08.2024 10

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National Character and Wartime Abuses

With the record of newly minted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being freshly scrutinized, one recently recalled item is her reaction to...

08.08.2024 6

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The Supreme Court’s Ruling Imperils American Foreign Policy

The extraordinary departure by the Republican majority on the Supreme Court regarding presidential immunity—which understandably elicited shocked...

12.07.2024 10

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Reformist Pezeshkian Wins Iran’s Presidential Election — What Comes Next?

Political moderation has won a victory in Iran. Cardiac surgeon and former health minister Masoud Pezeshkian defeated stalwart conservative Saeed...

07.07.2024 7

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Hamas Is Not the Issue

The Israeli occupation of the West Bank and other Palestinian territories is now more than a half-century old. The fading of memories with time has...

07.06.2024 10

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Why Campus Protests Will Not Help End the Israeli-Palestinian Tragedy

The spread of protests against policies that have generated the current humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has been remarkable. Initially...

07.05.2024 20

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Syria Embassy Bombing Shows Israel’s Plan to Draw US Into War With Iran

The latest Israeli heightening of violence in an already violent region presents the Biden administration with one of its biggest challenges yet in...

06.04.2024 10

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How Foreign Governments Interfere in U.S. Politics

The Chinese ownership of the video app TikTok—targeted by a bill that the House of Representatives passed with a large bipartisan majority—might...

29.03.2024 40

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Handling—and Mishandling—Intelligence

The news about Alexander Smirnov, a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen with murky connections in former Soviet republics, was quite a comedown from what...

06.03.2024 6

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Why an Israel-Saudi Deal Won’t Bring Middle East Peace

The Biden administration continues to give high priority to brokering a Saudi-Israeli diplomatic normalization agreement. The political motivations...

19.02.2024 8

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The U.S. is Repeating Cold War Mistakes with Iran

The U.S.-Soviet Cold War, now more than three decades in the past, is generally considered a “win” for the United States. But even during the Cold...

31.01.2024 40

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Israel, Palestine, and the “G-Word”

This week, the International Court of Justice begins consideration of whether the devastation and deprivation that Israel is inflicting on the Gaza...

12.01.2024 4

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Will Netanyahu Be the End of Joe Biden’s Presidency?

Israel’s war in Gaza has become one of the biggest political negatives of Joe Biden’s presidency. Part of this political fallout was inevitable...

18.12.2023 20

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