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James Phillips

James Phillips is the senior research fellow for Middle Eastern affairs at the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He has written extensively on Middle Eastern issues and international terrorism since 1978.

My Articles
Then-Vice President Joe Biden (L) watches as then-President Barack Obama speaks during a signing ceremony for H.R. 803, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, on July 22, 2014. (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Biden’s Afghanistan Exit Ignores Lessons from Iraq
August 18, 2021 | 12:33pm EDT
Slow-Motion Confrontation Between US and Iran Is Heating Up
May 8, 2019 | 4:32pm EDT
Trump’s Sanctioning of Iranian Revolutionary Guard as Terrorist Group Will Hit Tehran Hard
April 9, 2019 | 4:36pm EDT
EU Risking Blowback by Undermining US Sanctions on Iran
November 19, 2018 | 8:56am EST
Trump Right to End Funding for UN Palestinian Aid Organization
September 6, 2018 | 3:53pm EDT
Iran’s Saber Rattling on Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz Could Rattle World Oil Markets
August 28, 2018 | 10:35am EDT
Protests Underscore Iranian Regime’s Vulnerability
July 2, 2018 | 12:44pm EDT
Trump Pulls Plug on Iran Nuke Deal
May 9, 2018 | 9:18am EDT
Tensions Rising Between Israel and Iran
February 12, 2018 | 4:00pm EST
Here's What US Should Do as Protests Escalate Against Islamist Iranian Regime
January 2, 2018 | 4:22pm EST