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IranSource

Feb 19, 2019

The Warsaw Summit: Not So ‘Anti-Iranian’ but Still a Success

By Robert Czulda

It is too early to assess the long-term consequences of the Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East. But for Poland and several other actors, the meeting can already been seen as a success. Poland, after hosting a NATO summit in 2016 and a UN Climate conference in 2018, […]

Iran Israel

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2019

New legislation presents impactful but measured way forward on Russia sanctions

By Brian O'Toole and Samantha Sultoon

New legislation contains several provisions that will have a serious impact on Moscow, provide deterrence in other key areas, and has removed some of the sanctions that caused serious alarm among European allies.

Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion Russia

AfricaSource

Feb 15, 2019

Three key issues dominating Nigeria’s election

By R. Maxwell Bone

The outcome of this election hinges on the level of voter dissatisfaction with the status quo, and on whether Nigerian voters believe that Atiku will do better.

Africa Elections

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

Maduro’s days are over, says Colombian President Duque

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Colombia’s leader calls on Venezuelan military to support interim President Juan Guaidó

Colombia Venezuela

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

Quiz: Showing our Central European allies Some love

By Atlantic Council

While you were preparing to celebrate with your loved ones were you also paying attention to what was going on this week? Take our quiz on the world’s top news stories.

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

May’s Brexit defeat splits parties and could prompt a constitutional revolution in Britain

By John M. Roberts

Vote increases the chances that at some stage it will be Parliament, rather than government, that determines the final shape of Britain’s departure from the EU – or even whether it leaves at all.

United Kingdom

IranSource

Feb 14, 2019

The Warsaw summit and effective multilateralism

By Sina Toossi

The Trump administration has sought to break out of its international isolation on Iran by pressuring nations to go to Warsaw for a summit on peace and security in the Middle East. But the administration has failed to craft an effective multilateral approach towards Iran based on common concerns and a realistic understanding of what […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

What’s driving the spat between France and Italy?

By Benjamin Haddad

The meeting, and ensuing French reaction, marks a peak in the escalation of rhetoric between French President Emmanuel Macron and the leaders of Italy’s ruling Five Star-League coalition over the past eight months.

European Union France

UkraineAlert

Feb 14, 2019

What the death of the INF Treaty means for Kyiv

By Steven Pifer

With the United States and Russia no longer subject to the INF Treaty’s limits, it would be hard to argue that Ukraine and the other states should remain constrained by the agreement. If Kyiv chooses, it can invoke the same treaty right to withdraw that Washington exercised two weeks ago.

Arms Control Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2019

Brexit briefing: What is really going on?

By Richard Chew

There are only three possible end destinations: no deal, no Brexit, or a deal. Any deal will look quite a lot like the deal on the table.

European Union International Organizations
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