Philip Gordon

Philip Gordon is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as a special assistant for the Middle East under U.S. President Barack Obama.

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A woman walks past a mural in Tehran on Nov. 6.(Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Trump’s Magical Thinking on Iran Sanctions Won’t Advance U.S. Interests
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A picture taken on Nov. 16, 2017, shows Israeli Army officer Lt. Col Elad Efrati battalion commander standing next to a tank at an army position overlooking southern Lebanon in the northern Israeli town of Metula, along Israel's border with Lebanon. (Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel’s Calm Before the Storm
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Hwasong-15 ballistic missiles on display during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 8. (KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty Images)

‘Fixing’ the Iran Nuke Deal Ahead of North Korea Talks Is a Terrible Idea
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, U.S. President Donald Trump, and others before a meeting on U.N. reform at the U.N. headquarters in New York City on Sept. 18, 2017. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump’s Empty North Korea Threats Will Lead to Humiliation or War
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) shakes hands on January 14, 2015 with US State Secretary John Kerry in Geneva. Zarif said on January 14 that his meeting with his US counterpart was vital for progress on talks on Tehran's contested nuclear drive. Under an interim deal agreed in November 2013, Iran's stock of fissile material has been diluted from 20 percent enriched uranium to five percent, in exchange for limited sanctions relief. AFP PHOTO / POOL / RICK WILKING (Photo credit should read RICK WILKING/AFP/Getty Images)

Dear Senators: Push Back Against Iran, but Not at the Expense of the Nuclear Deal
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