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Save to My Portfolio Toward A New U.S.-Middle East Strategy for the Next President

Toward A New U.S.-Middle East Strategy is a joint Saban Center at Brookings – Council on Foreign Relations project staffed by Middle East experts from both policy establishments. The strategy group, formally launched in July 2007, is conducting in-depth research, fact-finding trips to the region, dialogue with regional officials, and consultation with American policymakers in an effort to develop a new Middle East strategy for the next president. Read More

Saban Center-CFR Middle East Strategy Project

Save to My Portfolio Our Advisory Board

Strobe Talbott, President of Brookings, and Richard Haass, President of the Council on Foreign Relations, are co-chairs of an advisory board that includes former National Security Advisors Sandy Berger, Brent Scowcroft, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, and former Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA Jami Miscik. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Apres-Surge: The Next Iraq Debates

Kenneth M. Pollack, December 31, 2007

Kenneth Pollack discusses recent military gains in Iraq following the U.S. troop expansion in that country. While conditions continue to improve in previously troubled regions like Anbar and Nineveh provinces, Pollack argues that the progress is uneven and that the troubled nation can still be lost if the U.S., Iraq, and their allies do not address the political, economic, and security problems that remain. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Renditions and the Rule of Law

Daniel L. Byman, October 15, 2007

Daniel Byman discusses the U.S.'s rendition process. Byman asserts that renditions are an effective means of fighting terrorism and possibly in obtaining terrorist information, but that the policy must be modified to ensure fair treatment of apprehended individuals and due process of law. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Saudi Arabia: Nervously Watching Pakistan

Bruce Riedel, January 28, 2008

With the exception of India, no country in the world is more concerned about Pakistan’s political crisis than Saudi Arabia. However, Bruce Riedel writes that Pakistan and Saudi Arabia’s relationship will survive the former’s current political tensions given the strength of the two countries economic ties. Read More

In Brief

This project marks the first time in the history of the Brookings Institution and the Council on Foreign Relations that a group of their experts are partnering to develop a Middle East strategy for the next president.  Visit the CFR project site.

Recent Research and Commentary by Project Participants

Middle East Gulf Trip Report: Qatar and the United Arab Emirates

Martin S. Indyk, Richard Haass, April 2008

India Nonproliferation Trip Report: India

Bruce Riedel, April 2008

Middle East Counterterrorism Trip Report: Israel and Jordan

Daniel L. Byman, April 2008

Saudi Arabia Economic and Political Development Report: Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Tamara Cofman Wittes, Isobel Coleman, April 2008

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