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Rosemary
Kelanic

Director, Middle East Program

Defense Priorities

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Daniel
Davis

Senior Fellow & Military Expert

Defense Priorities

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Daniel
DePetris

Fellow

Defense Priorities

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Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

Defense Priorities

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William
Walldorf

Senior Fellow

Defense Priorities

In the mediaSyria, Middle East

Security Dilemma podcast: Rose Kelanic on Syria and energy security

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 6, 2025

John Allen Gay and A.J. Manuzzi interview Rose Kelanic, Director of the Middle East Program at Defense Priorities, discussing why […]

op-edSyria, Grand strategy, Middle East

Trump’s Syria sequel should end better than last time

By Rosemary Kelanic

February 2, 2025

op-edGrand strategy, Iraq, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Syria

Trump foreign policy 2.0: Unpredictable president confronts unstable world

By Daniel DePetris

January 31, 2025

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In the mediaSyria, Middle East

Security Dilemma podcast: Rose Kelanic on Syria and energy security

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 6, 2025

op-edSyria, Grand strategy, Middle East

Trump’s Syria sequel should end better than last time

By Rosemary Kelanic

February 2, 2025

op-edGrand strategy, Iraq, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Syria

Trump foreign policy 2.0: Unpredictable president confronts unstable world

By Daniel DePetris

January 31, 2025

In the mediaSyria, Middle East

Trump should remove U.S. troops from Syria

Featuring Daniel DePetris

January 20, 2025

op-edSyria, Middle East

Biden is wrong to double down on Syria

By Alexander Langlois

December 27, 2024

In the mediaSyria, Middle East

Leave Syria to the Syrians

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

December 26, 2024

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Featured in Security Dilemma: Security Dilemma podcast: Rose Kelanic on Syria and energy security

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

February 6, 2025

Featured in Real Clear World: Trump should remove U.S. troops from Syria

Featuring Daniel DePetris

January 20, 2025

Featured in The American Conservative: Leave Syria to the Syrians

Featuring Rosemary Kelanic

December 26, 2024

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virtualGrand strategy, Iran, Middle East, Syria

Past Virtual Event: Keeping the U.S. out of war in the Middle East

January 16, 2024
in-personCounterterrorism, Afghanistan, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Past In-Person Event: Ground truth about ground wars

November 5, 2019
in-personCounterterrorism, Middle East, Syria

Past In-Person Event: Disentangling from Syria

August 6, 2018