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1. After the Caliphate: Factors Shaping Continuing Violent Extremism and Conflicts in the MENA Region

2. The United States’ Soft War with Iran

3. Tell Me How This Ends: Military Advice, Strategic Goals, and the “Forever War” in Afghanistan

4. Dangerous Liaisons: Russian Cooperation with Iran in Syria

5. Creating a Real Peace in Afghanistan

6. Iran May be the Threat but Iraq is the Prize

7. ‘Peace’ in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen

8. Achilles’ Heel: Adding Resilience to NATO’s Fragile Missile Shield

9. Iran’s Threat to Saudi Critical Infrastructure: The Implications of U.S.-Iranian Escalation

10. The State of the Fighting in the Afghan War in Mid-2019

11. The Civil Challenges to Peace in Afghanistan

12. The Return of ISIS in Iraq, Syria, and the Middle East

13. The Era of the Gas Mega-Players

14. Settling Kurdish Self-Determination in Northeast Syria

15. Finishing Strong: Seeking a Proper Exit from Afghanistan

16. War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East

17. Korea, the JCPOA, and the Shifting Military Balance in the Gulf

18. Access for What? Elevating Civilian Protection and Quality Access for Humanitarian Action in Syria

19. Preventing Catastrophe in Afghanistan

20. Iraq After ISIS: The Other Half of Victory Dealing with the Civil Dimension

21. Squaring the Circle Connecting Current Operations to Policy Ambition in Syria

22. What Is the U.S. Trade and Development Agency?

23. The Revolution in Civil-Military Affairs

24. Citizens in Training: Conscription and Nation-building in the United Arab Emirates

25. Military Spending: The Other Side of Saudi Security

26. U.S. Strategy, the JCPOA Iranian Nuclear Arms Agreement, and the Gulf: Playing the Long Game

27. Pakistan’s Gwadar Port: A New Naval Base in China’s String of Pearls in the Indo-Pacific

28. Al Qaeda’s Struggling Campaign in Syria

29. Stability in the Middle East: The Range of Short and Long-Term Causes

30. Developing a Containment Strategy in Syria

31. Restoring the Eastern Mediterranean as a U.S. Strategic Anchor

32. The Uncertain Iraqi Election: The Need for a New U.S. Strategy

33. The Escalating Conflict with Hezbollah in Syria

34. Hezbollah’s Missiles and Rockets

35. Iran Sanctions at the Halfway Point

36. Don’t Give Up Yet: There’s Still a Chance to Salvage Eastern Syria

37. The U.S. Defense Budget in FY2019: Underlying Trends

38. The Islamic State and the Persistent Threat of Extremism in Iraq

39. The Arab Gulf States and Iran: Military Spending, Modernization, and the Shifting Military Balance

40. After the Killing of Jamal Khashoggi: Muhammad bin Salman and the Future of Saudi-U.S. Relations

41. Pushing Back against Narrowing Space for Civil Society in Tunisia

42. Changing Attitudes under New and Old Systems

43. Iraqi Stability and the “ISIS War”

44. The Struggle for the Levant: Geopolitical Battles and the Quest for Stability

45. Security Transition in Afghanistan

46. The Civil Transition in Afghanistan: 2014-2016

47. International Shifts and Their Security Impact on the Gulf: Key Trends and Key Numbers

48. Iran, Evolving Threats, and Strategic Partnerships in the Gulf

49. South Asia Regional Dynamics and Strategic Concerns

50. Iraq in Crisis