Publications
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Reality Always Wins | Is Putin in Trouble?
In his latest Reality Always Wins post, Paul Saunders flags a curious trio of articles he spotted on the front page of Russia’s official government newspaper, Rossiiskaya Gazeta. Read together—a practical guide to coping with mobile internet outages disrupting Moscow life, a defensive enumeration of Ukrainian ceasefire violations, and a piece musing about whether Donald
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Reality Always Wins
A new Substack by Center for the National Interest president Paul Saunders explores how reality inevitably prevails over those who try to ignore, deny, or forcibly reshape it. In his inaugural post, Saunders traces the title back to a 2004 quote from a Bush administration official who dismissed the “reality-based community” and claimed that the
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The Popular Mobilization Forces: Power, Influence, and the Future of Iraq
In our latest Policy Brief, we welcome a guest contributor from Iraq, Alfadhel Ahmad, who writes in collaboration with CFTNI Senior Fellow Joshua Yaphe. The topic is “The Popular Mobilization Forces: Power, Influence, and the Future of Iraq,” and the two authors explore the sad reality that the current Iran War is masking. Washington has
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The Arab Gulf States After the War: Expectations for Washington and Tehran
While the outcome of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is still hard to predict, some of the consequences for Arab Gulf states are coming into focus. In the Center for the National Interest’s latest Policy Brief, CFTNI Senior Fellow Joshua Yaphe examines some of the decisions that Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the
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Netanyahu’s Exit Strategy: Israeli Politics After the War
Benjamin Netanyahu believes he has a short window of opportunity to eliminate the long-standing threats from Israel’s fiercest regional rivals, and he could achieve his goals by the end of the spring or early summer, argues Center for the National Interest Senior Fellow Joshua Yaphe in a new Issue Brief. At that point, the campaign
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