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James Jeffrey

Chair, Middle East Program, Wilson Center

James Jeffrey
James Jeffrey is chair of the Middle East program at the Wilson Center; a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Iraq, and Albania; and former Special Envoy to the Global Coalition To Defeat ISIS, and Syria chief of mission.
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The UN Must Do More for Ukraine—and Itself

Russia’s invasion of a sovereign state is also an attack on the basic principle the international body was founded to prevent.

  • James Jeffrey
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Put US Boots in Ukraine to Defend a UN-Approved Security Zone

It worked in Syria.

  • James Jeffrey
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What if H.R. McMaster Is Right About North Korea?

It’s reassuring to think the country wants only a defensive capability. It could very easily be wrong.

  • James Jeffrey, The Atlantic
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Leave Root Causes Aside—Destroy the ISIS ‘State’

Of course it would be daunting to solve the conflicts the Islamic State feeds on. But that isn’t, or shouldn’t be, the mission.

  • James Jeffrey, The Atlantic