Research and Commentary

Iran’s Nuclear Program and the Choices America Will Face

October 1, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

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Here's the Deal the U.S. and Iran Should Make Right Now

September 24, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Short of a Deal, Containing Iran is the Best Option

September 23, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

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

U.S. Intervention in Syria: Obama’s Incoherent Strategy

August 30, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Military Dynamics of the Syrian Civil War and Options for Limited U.S. Intervention

August 12, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Fall and Rise and Fall of Iraq

July 30, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

Tehran and Washington: Unlikely Allies In An Unstable Iraq

June 3, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

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

Is Syria's Alleged Chemical Weapons Use the Tipping Point for U.S. Intervention?

April 25, 2013, Kenneth M. Pollack

A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Crisis Simulation of a U.S.-Iranian Confrontation

October 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Reading Machiavelli in Iraq

October 24, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Simulated War Between U.S.-Iran Has Grisly End

September 24, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Syrian Spillover

August 10, 2012, Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

How, When and Whether to End the War in Syria

August 10, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Unraveling the Syria Mess

August 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack, Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Marisa C. Sullivan

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Unraveling the Syria Mess

August 7, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

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The Deteriorating Situation in Syria: A Discussion Among Four Brookings Middle East Experts

July 18, 2012, Michael Doran, Kenneth M. Pollack, Daniel L. Byman and Salman Shaikh

Security Dynamics in the Middle East

July 2, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Security in the Persian Gulf: New Frameworks for the Twenty-first Century

June 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Maliki's Dangerous Tightrope Act at the Arab League Summit in Iraq

March 23, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

Saving Syria: Assessing Options for Regime Change

March 15, 2012, Daniel L. Byman, Michael Doran, Kenneth M. Pollack and Salman Shaikh

Shifting Sands in the Middle East

February 14, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Maliki Dilemma in Iraq

February 1, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack

The Revolt in Syria Could Easily Spread to Other Middle East Countries

January 31, 2012, Kenneth M. Pollack