MAY 18, 2025

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On Iran, Trump Should Resist the Zero-Enrichment Fantasy

By Executive Vice President Trita Parsi

The American Conservative, 5/13/25

Over the past two decades, the persistent demand for zero enrichment has only resulted in a larger and more advanced Iranian nuclear program by postponing realistic, enforceable limits on enrichment.

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Trump’s Trip to the Middle East

Interview with Research Fellow Annelle Sheline

Final Five/ Fox 5, 5/14/25

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A Putin-Zelensky Meeting Is Long Overdue

By Eurasia Director Anatol Lieven

UnHerd, 5/12/25

If the two sides really would sit down to talk in Istanbul as they did in March 2022, there might be a chance of bringing the war to an end.

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ARTICLE

Elbridge Colby is Right: Europe Should Focus on Europe

By Research Associate James Park & Junior Research Fellow Artin Dersimonian

The American Conservative, 5/16/25

Europe is not contributing to regional deterrence in the Indo-Pacific in any significant manner and, instead, are exacerbating an already tenuous regional equilibrium.

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Europe’s Getting Sidelined, and It’s Got Itself to Blame

Interview with Non-Resident Fellow Eldar Mamedov

European Conservative, 5/14/25

Europe’s political class has botched the response to a multipolar world with a mix of hubris, warmongering, and strategic myopia.

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RESEARCH

Current Budget Proposals Set Us on the Road to Fiscal Crisis

By Non-Resident Fellow Steven Kosiak

Quincy Institute, 5/14/25

The White House and Congress’ proposals — a military budget in excess of $1 trillion annually combined with massive unfunded tax cuts — take us down the path to catastrophic debt impact.

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