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On the 20th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq Carol Castiel speaks with veteran Middle East observer Ellen Laipson, Director of the Center for Security Policy Studies about the shifting rationales for the George W. Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq and the gains and challenges that remain for a country which has resumed its place in the Arab world.

Our new student fellows met with Dean Mark Rozell, the founding dean of the Schar School of Policy and Government at GMU in March 2023.

Missed our 2022 CSPS Symposium on Security in the Arctic? Watch a video recording of the full event by clicking!

CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Syndication Bureau on untangling the threads of Iran's nuclear program

Is Taiwan Ready for War? Watch our recent speaker series event with expert panelists tackling this question.

Click here for a review of the Schar School graduate student trip to South Korea!

CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Jeju Peace Institute on the Biden-Yoon Summit.

CSPS Director Ellen Laipson writes in Asia Times on Iran Nuclear Deal's looming end of road.

CSPS Fellows Kim Talley, Will Nelson, and Danyale Kellogg attended the study tour to South Korea May 22-29! Pictured at Haedong Yonggungsa temple in Busan

Student Fellow Will Nelson writes in Signal Magazine on historical lessons for coping with Russian aggression.

CSPS Associate Director Mike Hunzeker writes in War on the Rocks on Taiwan's territorial defense in the wake of Ukraine. Image from Flickr (Taiwan Presidential Office).