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Eric S. Edelman

Eric S. Edelman is counselor at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments and is a former U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Finland, and under secretary of defense for policy.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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When Iran Goes Nuclear

Eric S. Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht, & Ray Takeyh / March 12, 2024

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Erdoğan’s Impending Victory and Turkey’s Future Course

Eric S. Edelman / May 27, 2023

Ukrainian President Zelensky Visits Berlin

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Biden Withholds Weapons That Could Help Ukraine Win the War

Eric S. Edelman & Franklin C. Miller / May 16, 2023

Politics

Smears and Myths—The October Surprise Revisited

Eric S. Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht, & Ray Takeyh / April 15, 2023

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Grasping at Nuclear Straws

Eric S. Edelman & Franklin C. Miller / March 28, 2023

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Understanding That Weakness Is Provocative Is Deterrence 101

Eric S. Edelman & Franklin C. Miller / August 8, 2022

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What Erdoğan Has Wrought?

Eric S. Edelman / June 13, 2022

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The Strongman Cometh

Eric S. Edelman / May 18, 2022

Policy

Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control: Old Myths and New Realities

Eric S. Edelman & Franklin C. Miller / May 13, 2022

General

The Pros and Cons of ‘Deterrence by Disclosure’

Eric S. Edelman / February 21, 2022

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It’s About More Than Ukraine

Eric S. Edelman / December 23, 2021

General

Turkey is Collateral Damage in Erdoğan’s Hostage Diplomacy

Eric S. Edelman / November 29, 2021

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Weakness Is Provocative

Eric S. Edelman & Franklin C. Miller / September 12, 2025

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What a Difference a Few Days Make

Eric S. Edelman & David J. Kramer / August 20, 2025

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In Alaska, Ways to Do Right by Ukraine

Eric S. Edelman & David J. Kramer / August 14, 2025

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Mixed Signals From the U.S. to Ukraine Are a Deadly Mistake

Eric S. Edelman & David J. Kramer / July 10, 2025

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