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Deir Azzour Tribal Mapping Project

Nicholas Heras, Bassam Barabandi , Nidal Betare | October 02, 2017

Middle East Security

CNAS Press Note: President Trump’s Plan Not to Certify Iranian Compliance with JCPOA

Washington, October 11 – With President Trump slated to give a speech in which he is expected to say he will not certify Iran’s compliance with the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Pl...

Papers for the Next President

Press Release: Three CNAS Next Generation National Security Alumni Among 2017–2018 White House Fellows Class

Washington, October 4 – The Center for a New American Security (CNAS) congratulates three Next Generation National Security Leaders Fellowship alumni who were named as 2017–20...

Military, Veterans, & Society

CNAS Commentary: Prospects for a Defense Budget Deal

Washington, October 6 – With Congress on the hook to pass a budget for the coming year and the prospect that budget instability could do real harm to U.S. national security, C...

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