Category: In the News

Hof Talks Geneva II

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof joins NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss Syrian peace talks in Geneva:

Hof on Obama’s Syria Policy

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof joins BBC News Night to discuss the United States’ failure to stabilize the humanitarian crisis in Syria:

Hof Quoted on Assad’s Path to War

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof is quoted by BuzzFeed on Syria’s Bashar al-Assad:

Hof: Syria Needs a Truce before Talks

By Frederic C. Hof

Frederic C. Hof, senior fellow for the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, writes in the Financial Times on the upcoming Syria peace talks in Geneva:

Slavin Talks Iran Deal’s Impact on US-Israeli Relations

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin talks with German public radio network Deutschlandfunk about the strain between the United States and Israel that has resulted from the interim nuclear pact between Iran and the P5+1 group:

Slavin: Iran Nuclear Deal Takes Effect

By Barbara Slavin

Barbara Slavin writes on Iran’s implementation of the recently-finalized interim nuclear deal for Al Jazeera America:

Slavin Joins NPR on Iran’s Role at Syrian Peace Talks

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins NPR’s Morning Edition to assess Iran’s role at the Syrian peace talks in Geneva.

Kroenig Talks Iran Deal and New Sanctions

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig talks with CBC News’ Lang & O’Leary Exchange about the Iranian nuclear deal and the possibility of new sanctions should talks around a comprehensive deal collapse.  Watch the interview here (begins at 36:30). Watch the interview here (begins at 36:30).

Itani Talks Hariri Assassination Tribunal

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Fellow Faysal Itani joins BBC World News to discuss the trial of four men accused of carrying out the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri:

Pavel Quoted on Gates’ UK Barb

By Barry Pavel

Atlantic Council VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel is quoted in the Telegraph on former Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ criticism of UK defense spending cuts: