Middle East Policy Council

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Defense

Speech

China and America: The Pivotal Relationship for Affordable Security?

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), March 28, 2012

There is now no international relationship of greater consequence than that between China and America. There will be ...

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Journal Essay

The Egyptian Military, Part Two: From Mubarak Onward

Ahmed Hashim, Winter 2010

The assassination of President Anwar Sadat on October 6, 1981, inspired profound fear for Egypt's stability. However, rapid elevation to ...

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Commentary

How real is Israel's Threat against Iran?

Middle East In Focus, November 7, 2011

Last week, Israeli newspapers broke the news that their government was considering a plan to take out Iranian ...

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Journal Essay

A Reawakened Rivalry: The GCC v. Iran

Thomas W. Lippman, Alex Vatanka, Thomas R. Mattair, Winter 2010

OMAR M. KADER, owner and founder, Pal-Tech Inc; chairman of the board, Middle East Policy Council Today we will examine ...

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Speech

The Taiwan Problem and China's Strategy for Resolving It

Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.), September 14, 2011

China has always said that Taiwan is the central problem obstructing the development of its relations with the United ...

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Journal Essay

The Egyptian Military, Part One: From the Ottomans through Sadat

Ahmed S. Hashim, Fall 2010

The February 2011 overthrow of one of the most entrenched autocrats in the Arab world, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, ...

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