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The Middle East, the world’s most volatile and conflict-ridden region, continues to generate some of the most dangerous threats to U.S. security.

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Iran’s Foiled Assassination of Bolton Proof Nation Poses Lethal Threat to U.S. James Phillips

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Good Riddance: The Elimination of al-Qaeda’s Top Terrorist and the Troubling ... Jeff M. Smith

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Biden’s Middle East Trip Should Be Judged by Its Long-Term Security Results

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Tunisia Backslides From Arab Spring to Autocracy Anthony B. Kim

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Now Is the Time To Stop Iran From Building a Nuclear Weapon

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Putin’s Trip to Tehran Is Rebuff to Biden James Phillips

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