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Jesse Marks

CEO, Rihla Research & Advisory

Jesse Marks is the CEO of Rihla Research & Advisory LLC, a DC-based consultancy focused on the Middle East and Asia. He was formerly a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the nonpartisan Stimson Center, researches civilian protection, stabilization, and peace-building in the Middle East. He has worked with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the Jordan Center for Strategic Studies in Amman, Jordan.
Ideas

How to restart nuclear diplomacy with Iran

Tehran is weakened, but hardly neutralized.

  • Jesse Marks
Ideas

In the Competition over Syria's Reconstruction, China Is the Likely Winner

Beijing sees a double opportunity in rebuilding the wartorn country: to extend its new Silk Road and expand its economic and political influence westward.

  • Jesse Marks
Ideas

The Right Way to Confront Iran in Syria

A careful diplomatic approach to Russia’s safe-zone plan is less risky, and more promising, than direct action

  • Alexander Decina and Jesse Marks
Threats

What Syrian-Peace Negotiators in Geneva Must Learn from Russia

Unless this latest round acknowledges battlefield reality, the UN-sponsored talks will continue their slide into irrelevance.

  • Jesse Marks and James Siebens
Ideas

Can Russian Safe Zones Solve Syria?

If a potential negotiated solution to the Syrian conflict exists, something in the spirit of Russia’s plan for decentralization and ceasefires might be it.

  • Alexander Decina and Jesse Marks