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MENASource

Sep 23, 2025

Iran’s minorities and policy complexity: A look at two communities

By David Sklar

Iran plays a significant role in Middle Eastern geopolitics. Policymakers should develop a sober, accurate mapping of its population.

Civil Society
Iran

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2025

How to write a US National Security Strategy 

By Matthew Kroenig

The Trump administration will soon release a National Security Strategy. Experts who have contributed to past strategies share their perspectives on how to make one worth drafting and reading.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2025

Dispatch from 2,200 feet over Gaza: What I learned from airdropping desperately needed food aid

By Ahmed F. Alkhatib

The head of Realign For Palestine, an Atlantic Council project, joined a recent humanitarian flight over the Gaza Strip that delivered much-needed food to Palestinians.

Conflict
Israel

UkraineAlert

Sep 22, 2025

Moldova accuses Russia of election interference ahead of key vote

By Aidan Stretch

Moldova is raising the alarm over Russian interference ahead of this weekend's parliamentary election amid fears that a pro-Kremlin victory could derail Moldova's EU ambitions and create a new front in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, writes Aidan Stretch.

Conflict
Corruption

New Atlanticist

Sep 22, 2025

Why has Japan deployed fighter jets to NATO bases in the US, Canada, and Europe?

By Atlantic Council experts

As part of Operation Atlantic Eagles, Tokyo has sent four F-15 fighter jets and four additional military aircraft to the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Germany
Japan

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2025

The EU won’t tariff China and India to please Trump. But it is working on a counteroffer.

By Charles Lichfield

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a nineteenth package of sanctions against Russia on September 19.

Conflict
European Union

EnergySource

Sep 19, 2025

Is grid resilience possible in the hyperscale era?

By Andy Bochman

The US grid is deteriorating, and the risk for outages is high. The way toward resilience borrows from lessons learned the hard way.

Energy & Environment
Energy Transitions

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2025

The economic roots of Nepal’s uprising—and what it means for the region

By Rudabeh Shahid, Nischal Dhungel, and Shakthi De Silva

The pattern of regime collapses in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka over the past few years suggests a region-wide crisis of governance linked to economic despair.

Bangladesh
Corruption

MENASource

Sep 19, 2025

How Israel’s strike on Doha is forcing a Gulf security reckoning

By Giorgio Cafiero

The Gulf monarchies have displayed strong unity at a time when rethinking twenty-first-century Gulf security is no longer optional.

Israel
Middle East

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2025

Three things to note in the UK’s new Defence Industrial Strategy

By Deborah Cheverton

“Defence is an Engine for Growth,” according to an important new British military strategy published on September 8.

Defense Industry
Defense Policy
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