Category: Middle East Strategy Task Force

Ashooh on Iran’s Peace Talks Invite

By Jessica Ashooh

Radio France Internationale quotes Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh on the significance of Iran’s invitation to join the international community in seeking a political solution to the war in Syria:

Ashooh on Kerry-Lavrov Talks

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Voice of America to discuss what to expect from the talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov regarding Syria:

Rethinking Regional Security: An Enabler, Not an End

On October 22, 2015, the Atlantic Council and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies convened the fourth public hearing of the Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST). The event featured MEST Co-Chairs Madeleine K. Albright and Stephen J. Hadley leading a high-level panel discussion on the region’s security crises. The Co-Chairs were joined […]

Ashooh on Russia in Syria

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh joins Voice of America to discuss the Russian military presence in Syria and what it means in the long term: 

Albright: In the Migrant Crisis, America Must Do More

By Madeleine Albright

Atlantic Council Board Director and Middle East Strategy Task Force Co-Chair Secretary Madeleine Albright writes for The Boston Globe on the US role in the migrant crisis, highlighting the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force and its focus on rebuilding societies over the long term:

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Beyond Refugees

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

The hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming into Europe are just the beginning. War, poverty and poor governance have uprooted 19 million people across the Middle East and North Africa. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley will lead a discussion September 18 of how the United States and […]

Ashooh: What the Rise of ISIS Tells Us About Donald Trump

By Jessica Ashooh

Deputy Director of the Middle East Strategy Task Force Jessica Ashooh writes for Foreign Policy on how both ISIS and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump give voice to troubling narratives of marginalization and disenchantment with the status quo:

Ashooh: Understanding Syrian Mindset Is Key to Redirecting Anti-ISIS Effort

By Jessica Ashooh

Middle East Strategy Task Force Deputy Director Jessica Ashooh writes for The Hill on the dangers of ignoring Assad in the fight against ISIS in Syria: