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Jun 9, 2020

The Gulf is watching Washington’s moves on the UN embargo on Iran

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Despite the spectrum of positions on Iran exhibited by Gulf governments, one thing they agree on is the need for the US and Europe to arrive at one voice on the embargo, and on Iran’s proxy activities across the board.

Iran Middle East

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Jun 9, 2020

The European approach on the arms embargo on Iran

By Michel Duclos

On the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, the European approach has been, to a large extent, inspired by legal concerns and a commitment to a rules-based international order.

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Jun 9, 2020

Removing the UN arms embargo on Iran will reward Tehran’s malign actions

By Colonel Udi Evental

An Israeli perspective.

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IranSource

Jun 9, 2020

Lack of modern technologies hampers Iran’s defense industry

By Robert Czulda

While, in many countries, defense companies are private, they are state-owned in Iran. Because of the Islamic Republic’s long pariah status, interaction with the outside world has been limited.

Iran Middle East

Inflection Points

Jun 7, 2020

Why U.S. global leadership rests on how it manages anti-racism upheavals

By Frederick Kempe

U.S. credibility as a global leader depends on how it manages anti-racism upheavals. Americans have a shot at proving Martin Luther King right that the long arc of the moral universe once again “bends toward justice.”

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Stories of Resilience

Jun 3, 2020

Art as medicine: COVID-19, and the Black Lives Matter movement

Throughout centuries, artists from Francisco Goya to Frida Kahlo have created art for the purpose of healing, unleashing it as a tool for gratitude, compassion, love, and solidarity in crises of health—both personal and collective.

Coronavirus Resilience & Society
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Jun 2, 2020

#AlertaVenezuela: June 2, 2020

By Atlantic Council's DFRLab

In May, the Maduro regime restricted access to specific websites, including YouTube and Instagram, during a virtual session of the country’s National Assembly. According to nongovernmental organizations, journalists and medical personnel have also been detained since the COVID-19 pandemic first began spreading in the country.

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Future of DHS

Jun 2, 2020

Max Brooks on non-military threats to the homeland

China, Russia, and Iran learned a very different lesson from the one the United States learned after the hundred hour-campaign in 1990-1991 to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein. Writer Max Brooks, author of World War Z, put it this way:

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New Atlanticist

Jun 2, 2020

Costa Rica legalized same-sex marriage. Where does the rest of Latin America stand on marriage equality?

By Isabel Kennon

As Costa Rica becomes the first in Central America to take this step toward equality, it remains to be seen who will be next to turn the Inter-American Court on Human Rights’ opinion into action.

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Issue Brief

Jun 1, 2020

Executive summary: The virus and global order

By Jeffrey Cimmino, Matthew Kroenig, and Barry Pavel

The COVID-19 pandemic is having dramatic effects on everyday life, but its geopolitical implications could prove to be even more profound. The pandemic is exacerbating and unleashing pressure points in the global order, including intensified US-China competition, that could fundamentally reshape geopolitics.

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