Barbara A. Leaf: “I want to be clear on what we have not done in Syria and what we will not do, which is support efforts to normalize or…”

President Biden has articulated a forward-looking approach to the region based on five elements: partnership, deterrence, diplomacy, regional integration, and values.

You cannot do it all by military means alone. There will have to be a political alternative.

The United States has a unique opportunity to stand with the people of Iraq against Iran.

Iraq is at real risk of becoming a militia state, and as such will again pose a threat to the security of not just the neighborhood, but more broadly in the region.