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Christina Tamayo 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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C.P. Smith 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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Eric Shangle 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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Samantha Sawmiller 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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Jacob Jablonski 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment

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Katherine Hutton 

Veterans Advanced Energy Fellow

Global Energy Center

Energy & Environment
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Content

In the News

Dec 4, 2017

Itani Quoted in PBS on Syria Disappearances Exhibit

By Faysal Itani

Read the full article here.

Syria

Issue Brief

Dec 4, 2017

Iran in Iraq

By Kenneth M. Pollack

Geographic proximity and shared religion, specifically Shia Islam, give Iran deep influence in Iraq, as shown in a new Atlantic Council issue brief entitled  Iran in Iraq, by American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Kenneth M. Pollack. Despite advantages in geography and demography, Pollack argues that Iranian influence in Iraq is not insurmountable. The United States should […]

Iran Iraq

Rebuilding Syria

Dec 4, 2017

Rebuilding Syria

By Faysal Itani and Tobias Schneider

Read the Publication (PDF) Rebuilding Syria by Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Faysal Itani and independent international security analyst Tobias Schneider, focuses on large, strategic policy questions: Why should the international community help rebuild Syria? Should it work with the Syrian government? If so, can the promise of rebuilding be used as leverage? Who are the […]

Ask the General

Nov 28, 2017

Hawaii Reinstates Cold War-Era Nuclear Sirens

By North Korea Watch

As tensions between the United States and North Korea continue to simmer, Hawaii is preparing to resume a statewide test on Friday, November 24, of a Cold War-era early warning system designed to inform its residents of an impending nuclear attack. Lieutenant General Patrick O’Reilly responds: 

Korea

Issue Brief

Nov 20, 2017

Partners or competitors? The future of the Iran-Russia power tandem in the Middle East

By John Herbst

Ambassador John Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, writes in a new issue brief entitled Partners or Competitors? The Future of the Iran-Russia Power Tandem in the Middle East that Russia and Iran are currently drawn into partnership over common regional interests and anti-American policies and sentiments despite centuries of historical […]

Iran Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Nov 17, 2017

Hellyer Quoted in The Atlantic on Saudi Arabia and Islam

By H.A. Hellyer

Read the full article here.

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Nov 15, 2017

Western foreign policy and the dignity of the Arab world: Interview with Dr. H.A. Hellyer

By MENASource

Following a recent controversy where a British journalist at a conference in Egypt casually implied that the peoples of the Arab world were more culturally inured towards restrictions on press freedom, we discussed the issue of democracy and Arab culture with Atlantic Council’s senior non-resident fellow, Dr. H.A. Hellyer. “That journalist asserted that people shouldn’t […]

Middle East

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Nov 15, 2017

The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0

By Atlantic Council

Russian influences in Greece, Italy, and Spain “Russia’s interference in the US presidential election in 2016 sent a signal to the West: democratic societies are deeply vulnerable to foreign influence,” writes Dr. Alina Polyakova in The Kremlin’s Trojan Horses 2.0: Russian Influence in Greece, Italy, and Spain, a new report from the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia […]

Issue Brief

Nov 9, 2017

Iran’s bottom line in Afghanistan

By Alex Vatanka

Due to proximity and historical ties, no other country is as well placed as Iran to play a dominant role in Afghan society, as Middle East Institute senior fellow Alex Vatanka shows in his new paper, Iran’s Bottom Line in Afghanistan. However, Tehran is focused on short-term tactical gains at the expense of a sustainable, […]

Afghanistan Iran

In the News

Nov 8, 2017

Hellyer in The National: We Mustn’t Use Pseudo-orientalism as an Excuse for Inaction in the Arab World

By H.A. Hellyer

Read the full article here.

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Events

Public Event Thu, May 8, 2025 • 9:30 am ET

General John Raymond on national security and the future of space commerce

An #ACFRONTPAGE EVENT—Raymond, who served as the first chief of space operations of the US Space Force, talks about maintaining the US military edge as the space domain becomes increasingly contested and congested.

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