Maya Carlin Archives

Maya Carlin

Maya Carlin is an analyst at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C. She is also an M.A. candidate in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security at IDC Herzliya’s Lauder School of Government in Israel.

Houthis protest against airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition on Sana'a in September 2015. Credit: Henry Ridgwell (VOA) via Wikimedia Commons.

Questioning the Houthis’ objectives? Follow their track record

If America wants to see different results in Yemen, then it must consider different tactics.

Maya Carlin

November 19, 2021

Protesters at a climate summit sponsored by the United Nations, Sept. 25, 2014. Credit: Students for a Free Tibet.

Why China-Taliban cooperation could be derailed by the Uyghur issue

Beijing is concerned that the new de facto government in Afghanistan might encourage Muslim separatists in the People’s Republic to rise up against their oppressors.

Maya Carlin

August 25, 2021

Afghanis run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 plane as it departs from Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

The botched fall of Kabul will bode well for American adversaries

Although China and Russia are not always aligned, minimizing the U.S. presence around the world is a shared ambition.

Maya Carlin

August 19, 2021

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi meets with U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on July 26, 2021. Credit: The White House.

The latest round of US-Iraq talks change nothing

Although marketed by the White House as a significant evolution in America’s Iraq mission, the only shift is in terminology.

Maya Carlin

August 1, 2021

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaking at the #StopTrident rally at Trafalgar Square, on Feb. 27, 2016. Credit: Garry Knight via Wikimedia Commons.

Has the American mainstream already been ‘Corbynized’?

Jews in the United States are witnessing some progressive circles embrace a compliance with anti-Semitic rhetoric.

Maya Carlin

June 9, 2021

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas. Source: Screenshot.

Iran’s proxy warfare takes center stage in Gaza

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials are on record disclosing Tehran’s direct role in the conflict.

Maya Carlin

May 20, 2021

Israeli soldiers near the Israeli-Syrian border, in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, on August 3, 2020. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90

America and Israel target Iranian assets in Syria

The Israeli Defense Forces has launched dozens of assaults on Iranian-linked targets in Syria in recent years to prevent Tehran from gaining a stable foothold in the country.

Maya Carlin

March 11, 2021

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on the campaign trail in Henderson, Nev., on Feb. 14, 2020. Credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore.

Why Biden’s terror designation reversal won’t change Houthi behavior

In response to the U.S. State Department’s terrorist designation reversal, the rebels escalated attacks on civilian targets in Saudi Arabia.

Maya Carlin

February 17, 2021

U.S. soldiers await extraction via CH-47 Chinook during an aerial response force live-fire training exercise in Iraq, Oct. 31, 2018. Credit: 1st Lt. Leland White/U.S. Army National Guard.

US sanctioning of Iraqi militia leader highlights Iran’s role in deadly protests

The incoming Biden administration should work towards continuing American-Iraqi cooperation to counter Iranian proxies.

Maya Carlin

January 15, 2021

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