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Diplomacy, Sanctions, and Syria

Natalie Armbruster

Contributing Fellow

Natalie Armbruster is a contributing fellow at Defense Priorities.

Armbruster is a Middle East and North Africa Intelligence Researcher at a global risk intelligence and threat analytics firm in Washington, DC. Previously, she was a research associate at Defense Priorities, focusing on Syria, the Middle East, and U.S. quasi-alliances in the region. She earned a BA with honors in Political Science and Arabic Language and Literature from the University of Notre Dame.

op-edChina, Grand strategy, Iran, Middle East

China is succeeding in the Middle East because it learned from watching the US fail there for 20 years

By Natalie Armbruster

April 18, 2023

Last week, Saudi Arabia and Iran formally quashed a seven-year freeze in relations and the world has Beijing to thank for brokering […]

op-edChina, Asia, Middle East

The US doesn’t have to worry about China repeating its mistakes in the Middle East

By Natalie Armbruster

December 10, 2022

op-edMiddle East

American forces needlessly caught in Turkish crossfire

By Natalie Armbruster

December 1, 2022

China is succeeding in the Middle East because it learned from watching the US fail there for 20 years

The US doesn’t have to worry about China repeating its mistakes in the Middle East

American forces needlessly caught in Turkish crossfire

China is succeeding in the Middle East because it learned from watching the US fail there for 20 years

The US doesn’t have to worry about China repeating its mistakes in the Middle East

American forces needlessly caught in Turkish crossfire

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Sanctions on Syria aren’t punishing Assad. They’re hurting Syrians.

Apply the logic of the Afghanistan withdrawal to Syria

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