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Is Obama's Middle East Strategy Like Eisenhower's?

October 2013, Michael Doran

What’s the Deal in the Middle East?

September 23, 2013, Michael Doran

Syria, Chemical Weapons and the U.S.: Debating the Proposal From Russia

September 10, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Jeremy Shapiro, Bruce Riedel, Fiona Hill, Bruce Jones and Kenneth M. Pollack

Syria’s Plan to Give Up Its Chemical Weapons Could Make Things Worse, Not Better

September 10, 2013, Michael Doran

Striking Syria? Obama, Congress and Military Action

September 5, 2013

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Five Truths About Syria

September 3, 2013, Michael Doran

Syria Crisis and Military Action: What Should Be Done, Why and How

August 27, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Salman Shaikh and Jeremy Shapiro

U.S. Foreign Policy and Syria

June 28, 2013, Bruce Riedel, Michael Doran, Daniel L. Byman and Salman Shaikh

Political Warfare: Changing America's Approach to the Middle East

June 28, 2013, Max Boot and Michael Doran

Obama Needs To Act Now On Syria

June 24, 2013, Michael Doran and Michael E. O'Hanlon

Syria, the U.S., and Arming the Rebels: Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons and Obama’s Red Line

June 14, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Daniel L. Byman, Shadi Hamid and Bruce Riedel

The Price of America Not Leading in Addressing the Conflict in Syria

June 11, 2013, Michael Doran

Beyond the Arab Awakening: A Strategic Assessment of the Middle East

May 23, 2013, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Suzanne Maloney and Steven Pifer

Enlisting Iran On Syria Will Backfire

May 23, 2013, Michael Doran

Around the Halls: Israel's Airstrikes in Syria

May 7, 2013, Daniel L. Byman, Kenneth M. Pollack, Michael Doran, Natan B. Sachs, Suzanne Maloney, Salman Shaikh and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Brookings Experts on Netanyahu’s New Coalition Government in Israel

March 15, 2013, Martin S. Indyk, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Michael Doran, Khaled Elgindy and Natan B. Sachs

Is New Obama Direct Aid Policy to Syrian Rebels a ‘Nothing Burger’?

February 28, 2013, Michael Doran

Arm the Syrian Rebels. Now.

February 8, 2013, Michael Doran and Salman Shaikh

Hagel’s Misreading of How to Treat an Ally

January 31, 2013, Michael Doran

The Road Beyond Damascus

January 17, 2013, Salman Shaikh and Michael Doran

Big Bets and Black Swans: Foreign Policy Challenges for President Obama’s Second Term

January 17, 2013

Hamas Embroils Egypt in Gaza

November 30, 2012, Michael Doran

Syria: The Path Ahead

November 8, 2012

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Romney’s Strategy for Syria

October 22, 2012, Michael Doran

Five Reasons to Intervene in Syria Now

September 26, 2012, Michael Doran and Max Boot