Content

In the News

Dec 10, 2015

Vakhshouri on Iranian Oil Sanctions

By Sara Vakhshouri

Oil & Gas Journal quotes Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Sara Vakhshouri on how lifting oil sanctions could spur domestic economic development:

Iran

In the News

Dec 10, 2015

Alami: Syrian War Redraws Country’s Economic Map

By Mona Alami

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mona Alami writes for Al-Monitor on Syria’s struggling economy following the start of their civil war in March 2011:

Syria

In the News

Dec 10, 2015

Aslund: Russia’s Nineteenth-Century Approach in Syria

By Anders Aslund

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Resident Senior Fellow Anders Aslund writes for The American Interest on the similarities between the strategies and rhetoric of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Czar Nicholas I: 

Russia Syria

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Bensahel on Congressional Debate to Authorize the Use of Military Force

By Nora Bensahel

The New York Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on the Congressional debate to authorize the use of military force, and whether a vote is likely soon:

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

USNI News Features Atlantic Council Event on Taiwan’s Defense Role

By Robert Manning

USNI News features an Atlantic Council event on the future of Taiwan’s defense role, quoting Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert Manning on how US arm sales to Taiwan could affect relations with Beijing:

China

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Tanchum on Undersea Iran-Oman-India Pipeline

By Micha'el Tanchum

Bloomberg Business quotes Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on the economic gains of developing an undersea pipeline for Iran, Oman, and India:

India Iran

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Healey on US Cyber Warfare

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on the powerful hidden capabilities of the US cyberwarfare program:

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Mardini: No Authority: Shiite Militarization in a Fragmented Iraq

By Ramzy Mardini

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini writes for World Politics Review on the Iraqi government’s attempts to find stability and control: 

Iraq

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Slavin: What’s the One Thing That Arabs, Turks, and Iranians Can All Agree On?

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on a study detailing how Middle East citizens view ISIS and the US government’s role in countering extremist violence:

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Slavin: Trump Further Damages US Image in the Muslim World

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Voice of America on the alienating rhetoric of presidential candidate Donald Trump following his remark to bar all foreign Muslims from entering the United States: