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How to Avoid Another Syrian Civil War
Start With Embracing Federalism
Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein
September 10, 2025
America Should End Israel’s War on Iran—Not Join It
How Trump Can Prevent a Disastrous Escalation
Daniel C. Kurtzer and Steven N. Simon
June 18, 2025
The Best Way for America to Help the New Syria
Washington Should Create the Conditions to Withdraw U.S. Troops
Steven Simon and Joshua Landis
January 3, 2025
The Least Bad Option for Lebanon
Modest American Diplomacy Is the Best Way Forward—for Now
Steven Simon and Jeffrey Feltman
October 30, 2024
The Middle East Is Still Post-American
The Gaza War Exposes the Limits of Washington’s Power—and the Risks of Overreach
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson
April 9, 2024
What Comes After Hamas?
A Plan to Return the Gaza Strip to Palestinians and Keep Israel Safe
Steven Simon
October 18, 2023
Iraq as It Is
America Can Help the Country, Despite Iranian Influence
Steven Simon and Adam Weinstein
September 27, 2023
Beyond Forever War
A Smarter Counterterrorism Approach Is Now Within Reach
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon
September 10, 2021
Israel and Iran Are Pulling the United States Toward Conflict
With Tough Diplomacy, Washington Can Stop the Spiral of Escalation
Daniel C. Kurtzer, Aaron David Miller, and Steven N. Simon
April 26, 2021
How to Win the Influence Contest in the Middle East
Use the Soft Power of Gulf States to Counter Iran’s Appeal
Steven Simon, Josh Landis, and Aiman Mansour
February 3, 2021
The Pointless Cruelty of Trump’s New Syria Sanctions
Assad Doesn’t Care if More of His People Starve
Joshua Landis and Steven Simon
August 17, 2020
Trump’s Dangerous Obsession With Iran
Why Hostility Is Counterproductive
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson
August 13, 2018
The End of the Iran Deal Could Destabilize Iraq
What U.S.–Iranian Rivalry Means for Baghdad
James Fromson and Steven Simon
May 18, 2018
Trump’s Surge in Afghanistan
Why We Can’t Seem to End the War
Daniel Byman and Steven Simon
September 18, 2017
Trump, Clinton, and Israel
What Is Next for Washington and Jerusalem
Steven Simon and Dana H. Allin
July 11, 2016
Jordan’s Pragmatism in Syria
How It Became a Reliable Partner to Washington
Steven Simon and James Fromson
June 22, 2016
A Syrian Awakening
How Washington Can Use the Russian Intervention to Force a Ceasefire
Steven Simon
October 25, 2015
The End of Pax Americana
Why Washington’s Middle East Pullback Makes Sense
Steven Simon and Jonathan Stevenson
Staying Out of Syria
Why the United States Shouldn’t Enter the Civil War—But Why It Might Anyway
Steven Simon
October 26, 2014
The Middle East’s Durable Map
Rumors of Sykes-Picot’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated
Steven Simon
August 26, 2014
Can the Right War Be Won?
Defining American Interests in Afghanistan
Steven Simon
Review Essay July/Aug 2009
The War of Unintended Consequences
Daniel Benjamin, Steven N. Simon, and Richard A. Falkenrath
Response Mar/Apr 2006
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