Kenneth M. Pollack

Kenneth M. Pollack is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of the new book Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness.

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Trump share a laugh during a cabinet meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House, July 18, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Trump Is Giving Iran More Than It Ever Dreamed of
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Egyptian army commandos go through a hand-to-hand combat drill at their camp somewhere in the Saudi desert on Nov. 27, 1990. (MIKE SARGENT/AFP/Getty Images)

The U.S. Has Wasted Billions of Dollars on Failed Arab Armies
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RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - JANUARY 23 : The new King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (L) attends the burying ceremony of the late Saudi King, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, at Al Oud cemetery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 23, 2015. (Photo by )

Fear and Loathing in Saudi Arabia
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The Syrian Spillover
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America’s Second Chance and the Arab Spring
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