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The combination of premature steps would further damage U.S. credibility while giving Iranian proxies and Islamic State remnants free rein in east Syria. On December 19, multiple media source...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/12/20/as-washington-prepares-to-withdraw-from-syria-turkey-is-set-to-invade/

Riyadh’s allies need to adjust more to the kingdom’s dynamic decisionmaking, once noted for being slow and cautious. In the almost four years since King Salman ascended to the throne, Sau...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/12/13/saudi-arabias-black-swan-policymaking/

Gen. Ali Mohsen could wind up as interim president despite his unpalatability to various parties, so Washington should prepare accordingly to avoid derailing peace talks. Washington’s rece...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/11/15/yemens-second-in-command-may-have-a-second-coming/

Two experts discuss how Washington can balance its sometimes conflicting interests in Egyptian security and human rights. On October 31, Barak Barfi and Michele Dunne addressed a Policy Forum...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/11/08/egypt-and-washington-challenges-in-the-sisi-era/

Washington’s abrupt change in tone could bolster the UN envoy’s efforts to end the fighting and convene negotiations sooner rather than later. On October 30, the U.S. government’s publi...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/11/01/u-s-officials-push-for-yemen-talks/

Khamenei’s latest guidelines for Iranian culture and governance focus on resisting any efforts to reform the regime’s decisionmaking tendencies. On October 14, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/10/25/irans-anti-western-blueprint-for-the-next-fifty-years/

Russia delivered advanced air-defense systems to Syria after the recent airplane-downing incident, but its desire to check Iran could permit continued Israeli operations in the Syrian skies. ...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/10/18/after-the-ilyushin-crash-israels-anti-iran-operations-in-syria/

The shuttering of a vital U.S. diplomatic outpost in Iraq sends all the wrong signals about America’s resolve to push back against Iran’s malign activities. On September 28, the State Dep...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/10/11/washington-should-reverse-its-retreat-in-basra/

Tehran likely used the attack to demonstrate its unhindered regional reach, while flashing its enhanced deterrent posture through the testing of new military hardware. In the early hours of M...

https://breakingenergy.com/2018/10/04/for-a-second-time-iran-fires-missiles-at-is-targets-in-syria/