Category: In the News

Ashford in Inkstick: It’s time to leave Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

On February 26, Emma Ashford published an opinion piece on the future of U.S. presence in Afghanistan in Inkstick. “It’s not often that President Donald Trump made life better for his successor. But Afghanistan may be the rare exception. After a twenty-year war, the Trump administration’s deal with the Taliban offers the opportunity for removal […]

Manning in the National Interest: Offshore balancing strategy can correct America’s Middle East approach

By Atlantic Council

Robert Manning writes in the National Interest about how the United States’s approach to the Middle East requires a new mindset.

Fontenrose quoted in Tasnim News Agency on possible US actions following release of Khashoggi report

Khoury quoted in TRT World on the Houthis’ fight for Marib

Qaddour joins The World to discuss the political and humanitarian implications of US airstrikes in Syria

Slavin quoted in Politico on Iran’s nuclear stockpile

Fontenrose quoted in Foreign Policy on US airstrikes in Syria

Kadhim quoted in Newsweek on American diplomacy in Iraq

Qaddour in JCL-MENA: Syria: The Constitutional Committee is No Longer Sufficient

Slavin quoted in CGTN on the U.S.-Iran nuclear stalemate