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Jon B. Alterman

Jon B. Alterman

Senior Vice President, Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geostrategy, and Director, Middle East Program
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Seth G. Jones

Senior Vice President; Harold Brown Chair; and Director, International Security Program

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Book Event: America’s Great-Power Opportunity

In his new book, Ali Wyne draws on three years of intense research and dozens of interviews that he conducted in 2020—including with many individuals who now serve in the Biden administration—to examine “great-power competition” as a framework for orienting U.S. foreign policy.

Event by Kathleen McInnis and Ali Wyne — July 5, 2022

Syria's Tragedy, Our Lessons

The CSIS Middle East Program and Humanitarian Agenda are pleased to host David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, to address the ninth anniversary of the Syrian conflict.

Event by Jon B. Alterman , Jacob Kurtzer , and David Miliband — March 2, 2020

Syria in the Gray Zone

Please join the CSIS International Security Program for a conversation on the findings of the Congressionally mandated Syria Study Group.

Event by Dana Stroul , Michael Singh , Ibrahim al-Assil , Jon B. Alterman , Soner Çağaptay , LTG (ret.) Charles Cleveland , and Melissa Dalton — October 31, 2019

Dangerous Liaisons: Russian Cooperation with Iran in Syria

The CSIS Transnational Threats Project’s analysis of satellite imagery of T-4 Airbase in Syria indicates that preventing further Iranian expansion in the Middle East will be difficult without increasing pressure on Moscow.

Brief by Seth G. Jones , Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. , and Nicholas Harrington — July 16, 2019