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Middle East specialist <a style="margin-left:3px" href="http://www.josephbraude.com&quot; target="_blank">Joseph Braude</a> is the author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Broadcasting-Change-Arabic-Catalyst-Liberalism/d… Change: Arabic Media as a Catalyst for Liberalism</a> (Rowman &amp; Littlefield). He is Advisor to the <a target="_blank" href="http://mesbar.org/bio/#post-4471">Al-Mesbar Center</a> for Research and Studies and tweets<a target="blank" style="margin-left:3px" href="https://twitter.com/josephbraude?lang=en">@josephbraude</a&gt;.

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  • By Joseph Braude

    Biden Shifts on Yemen War, Houthis Raise Larger Questions About Iran Policy

    With most of its senior foreign policy staff in place, the Biden administration has begun to lay the groundwork for a re-orientation of Washington’s Iran policy. Removing the Houthis from the terrorism blacklist was, in the view of some, an indication of possible American re-entry into the nuclear d...

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    The Devil is in the Details: Biden’s Difficult Path to the JCPOA

    Since the early days of his candidacy for President, Joe Biden has been notionally committed to re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. However, a close examination of his and his subordinates’ public statements shows a surprising degree of ambiguity. If the new President and his team hold firm...

  • By Joseph Braude

    Unrest Rocks Washington

    The typically staid transfer of power in Washington was subjected to a historic disruption by a series of bomb threats, violent protests outside the Capitol, and the storming of the legislative chamber as Congress attempted to ratify Joe Biden’s victory some two months ago. Although the protests wer...

  • By Joseph Braude

    Biden Cabinet Heralds Return of Centrist Wing of Democratic Party 

    Although President-elect Joe Biden has yet to chart an explicit policy program or legislative agenda, as the saying goes in Washington, “personnel is policy.” Biden’s early cabinet picks signal a return in force of the centrist wing of the Democratic party, to the consternation of activists on the...

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    All Eyes on Joe Biden’s Emerging Foreign Policy

    Despite a series of ongoing legal challenges in certain battleground states, the reality of Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections has long been settled in the minds of most Washington observers. Now all eyes are turning towards Biden’s first round of appointments, mindful that t...

  • By Joseph Braude

    Jockeying for Senior Posts in a Biden Administration Accelerates

    While the results of America’s presidential election have yet to be officially certified, all but a relative handful of observers have concluded that former Vice-President Joe Biden has prevailed and will replace Donald Trump come January. Behind the scenes, the jockeying for senior posts in a Biden...

  • By Joseph Braude

    Another Blow to Pollsters After Trump Defies Expectations

    Though America’s Presidential election still hangs in the balance, to be determined by a relative handful of votes across Nevada, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and other swing states, veteran observers can draw a few conclusions with certainty. First, the Republican party has proven far more resilient than...

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    As Election Day Nears, Trump and Biden Strive to Flip Key States

    As the U.S. election reaches its home stretch, President Trump and former Vice President Biden haveCadopteddivergent campaign strategies which reflect deeper, structural changes in the geography of American politics. Several Southern states, long a bastion of the GOP, have shown a rising tide of Dem...

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    Weeks Ahead of U.S. Presidential Race, Analysts Debate Presumption of a Biden Victory

    As America’s presidential election nears, Washington’s analysts and commentators are scrutinizing the polling data in critical, battleground states with ever increasing intensity. Most polls point toward a Democratic sweep of those states. Contrarians nonetheless note that the polls were similarly l...

  • By Joseph Braude

    A Mixed Verdict on America’s Vice Presidential Debate

    On October 7, the only debate between Vice-Presidential nominees Mike Pence of Indiana and Senator Harris of California aired on American national television. By contrast to the September prior debate between President Trump and former Vice President Biden, it received high marks from commentators...

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