Carol Cieri, at The Blogs

Mar 23, 2019, 5:21 PM

Back to the Future – Trump and the Golan Heights

A sign for tourists shows the direction to Jerusalem, Amman, Damascus and Baghdad among other destinations at an army post on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on March 22, 2019. - The Syrian government condemned US President Donald Trump's pledge to recognise Israel's annexation of the Golan Heights, saying it flies in the face of international law. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP) (Photo credit should read JALAA MAREY/AFP/Getty Images)

Earlier this week, President Donald J. Trump surprised virtually everyone by announcing that the United States would recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Much less surprisingly, the statement sent all political and security experts in a buzz of...

Nov 14, 2018, 10:20 PM

The Great Mistake: Why Israel Is Fighting a Total War against Hamas

More than 200 rockets later, we are back at square one. After a covert operation in the Gaza Strip last Thursday, in which one Israeli soldier and seven Palestinians lost their lives, Hamas targeted the south of Israel with...

Nov 5, 2018, 11:22 PM

Hate Reinforces Hate, Reinforces Hate

A week after the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue, it is time to draw cold-headed conclusions why such an attack was possible in the first place. Squirrel Hill was a tragedy, but not a surprise. Squirrel Hill was...

Nov 1, 2018, 9:28 AM

Look at the Optics: Why Nuclear Weapons Matter

Professor John Mueller published an article on the latest edition of Foreign Affairs (November/December 2018) arguing that nuclear weapons have not contributed neither to the improvement of security nor to the threats posed to states ever since their creation....

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Carol Cieri is an MA candidate in the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University. Her academic interests focus on the challenges posed by terrorism, both domestically and abroad, and the international implications of the Arab-Israeli conflict. She earned her BA from IDC Herzliya in July 2018, majoring in Counterterrorism and Middle East.

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