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Elizabeth Dent

Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Elizabeth Dent is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. She worked in various capacities at the State Department for the U.S. Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS from 2014 to 2019.
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How the U.S. used arms sales to shift Saudi behavior

Weapons exports are a fickle tool. Why did they work this time?

  • Elizabeth Dent and Grant Rumley
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How to Protect America After the Syria Withdrawal

Fighting ISIS just got harder—but it’s still possible, and it’s necessary.

  • Joseph Votel and Elizabeth Dent, The Atlantic
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'It Didn't Have to Be This Way': Just-Retired CENTCOM General

Trump's decision "threatens to undo five years’ worth of fighting against ISIS and will severely damage American credibility and reliability," writes Joseph Votel, who until March led America's forces in the Mideast.

  • Joseph Votel and Elizabeth Dent, The Atlantic