Approaching Tehran Differently
A Carnegie and Center for a New American Security report suggests new ways of constraining Iran’s regional influence.
· October 30, 2017
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David M. DeBartolo
Visiting Scholar, Middle East Program
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David M. DeBartolo is no longer with the Carnegie Endowment.
David M. DeBartolo was a visiting scholar in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where he focuses on sanctions issues. He is also a recipient of the Council on Foreign Relations’ International Affairs fellowship for 2016 to 2017. DeBartolo led the sanctions and counterterrorism team at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations from May 2016 through January 2017. Previously, he served in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the U.S. Department of State beginning in 2009, including a post as embassy legal adviser at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in 2011. He was a Fulbright fellow in Jordan from 2006 to 2007.
DeBartolo has a J.D. and a M.A. in Arab Studies from Georgetown University, and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. He is an adjunct faculty member at George Washington University Law School.
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Scalpel or Club?
If Donald Trump fails to recertify the nuclear deal with Iran, Congress faces a strategic choice on sanctions.
· October 4, 2017
Penalize and Preserve
Pending Iran sanctions legislation would not necessarily torpedo the nuclear deal.
· April 20, 2017
Jordan: Attention Turns to Electoral Law
Speculation was rife over the last several months that King Abdullah would exercise his constitutional prerogative to delay Jordan's parliamentary elections, due to take place this year. Regional instability, Islamist governing parties in Iraq and Palestine, and discontent over Jordan's rising inflation and subsidy cuts were cited as potential reasons.
· August 22, 2008
Point/Counterpoint on Egypt's Constitutional Amendments
Much of the debate surrounding Egypt's constitutional amendments has focused on individual articles, largely obscuring the rationale behind them: achieving a greater balance of power between the executive and legislative branches and rebuilding the political center.
· August 19, 2008