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Foreign policy scholars

Danielle Pletka Senior Vice President, Foreign & Defense Policy Studies Research areas: Terrorism, Middle East, Iran, South Asia

 

Michael Auslin Resident Scholar & Director, Japan Studies Research areas: Japan, US-Japanese relations, Asian maritime security

 

Dan Blumenthal Resident Fellow Research areas: China, Taiwan, East Asia, US-China relations

 

Sadanand Dhume Resident Fellow Research areas: S. Asian security, Political economy, Business, Radical Islam in S. Asia, India & Pakistan

 

Frederick W. Kagan Christopher DeMuth Chair & Dir., Critical Threats Project Research areas: National security, US military, Afghanistan & Iraq

 

Michael Mazza Research Fellow Research areas: US Asia-Pacific defense policy, Cross-strait relations, Chinese military

 

Michael Rubin Resident Scholar Research areas: Iran, Syria, Middle East regional politics, Turkey, the Kurds, the Persian Gulf

 

Marc Thiessen Fellow Research areas:  Counterterrorism issues, American presidential leadership

 

John Yoo Visiting Scholar Research areas: International law, Constitutional law

 

Leon Aron Resident Scholar & Director, Russian Studies Research areas: Russia, US-Russian relations

 

J. Matthew McInnis Resident Fellow Research areas: Iranian strategy, Intelligence policy

 

John Bolton Senior Fellow Research areas: Foreign policy, International organizations

 

Nicholas Eberstadt Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy Research areas: Poverty, Demographics, Entitlements, North/South Korea

 

Roger F. Noriega Visiting Fellow Research areas: The Caribbean, Latin America, Canada

 

Derek Scissors Resident Scholar Research areas: US-China economic relations, Chinese investment, international finance (Asia)

 

Paul Wolfowitz Scholar Research areas: Public-private partnerships, Entrepreneurship, Development issues, Africa

 

Katherine Zimmerman Research Fellow & Sr. Analyst, Critical Threats Project Research areas: Jihadist organizations, terrorism

Headlines and Highlights

Kurdish infighting threatens Kirkuk, gains against Islamic State
Michael Rubin, Commentary Magazine
Kurds often complain that they have been victims of history. Alas, as the military abandonment of Kirkuk on the part of the KRG suggests, too often they have been victims not only of outside powers, but also of the short-sightedness of their own political leadership.

See the USA, Mr. Abe
Michael Auslin, Commentary Magazine
During his visit later this month, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ought to tour US cities driving innovation and growth, rather than America’s largest coastal metropolises.

What does Iran really want in Yemen?
J.Matthew McInnis, AEIdeas
If forming a successful Houthi proxy was Iran’s original goal in Yemen, defeating Riyadh and its new Sunni alliance has quickly become Tehran’s top priority.

Joko Widodo: Indonesia’s anti-extremist
Paul Wolfowitz, Time
Joko Widodo will need all his popularity and more to overcome the entrenched interests in Indonesia that resist change.

Obama’s deceptions on Iran and Cuba
Marc A. Thiessen, The Washington Post 
The Gruber Doctrine is based on the premise that “lack of transparency is a huge political advantage” and that the “basic exploitation of the lack of … understanding of the American voter” is “really, really critical” for enacting one’s preferred policies. That is precisely what President Obama is doing when it comes to Iran and Cuba.

War is not the answer
Danielle Pletka, AEIdeas
War seems to be only answer President Obama has for the myriad challenges facing the Arab world.

The new nuclear arms race: The Iranian negotiations have accelerated the likelihood of proliferation, not reduced it 
John Bolton, Pittsburgh Tribune- Review
Not only is Iran now virtually a nuclear-weapons state but relatively soon there could be half a dozen across the region.

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