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NATO 20/2020

Twenty bold ideas to reimagine the Alliance after the 2020 US election

More than two decades after NATO’s inspired decision to invite former adversaries to join its ranks, the Alliance is in need of equally captivating ideas. The essays in this volume are intended to push the Alliance to think boldly and creatively in the service of recapturing the public’s imagination.

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Content

In the News

May 20, 2019

Holly Dagres quoted in Foreign Policy: Iran Is Scaring Off Its Friends, Too

By Holly Dagres

Iran

In the News

May 20, 2019

Slavin Quoted in CBC News on the Forces Leading to US-Iran Conflict

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran

In the News

May 20, 2019

Salam Fayyad quoted in Al-Monitor: The politics behind the visa denial for veteran Palestinian official

By Salam Fayyad

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Middle East

In the News

May 17, 2019

Ambassador Michel Duclos analyzes Iran tensions in Institut Montaigne

By Michel Duclos

Several developments have considerably increased the tension surrounding the Iranian issue in recent days. On the American side, the administration has included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (8 April) on the list of terrorist organizations, has then announced the end of the “waivers” from sanctions on oil purchases from Iran (22 April), added new sanctions against the […]

Iran

In the News

May 17, 2019

Faysal Itani in Syria Studies: Geo-economics – Russia and Iran in Syria

By Faysal Itani

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Syria

In the News

May 16, 2019

Nabeel Khoury quoted in DW: Iraq walks Iran-US tightrope as tensions escalate

By Nabeel Khoury

https://www.dw.com/cda/en/iraq-walks-iran-us-tightrope-as-tensions-escalate/a-48755698

Iraq

In the News

May 15, 2019

Barbara Slavin in the World Economic Forum – Geostrategy Platform: Q&A: The Iran–US crisis explained

By Barbara Slavin

Tensions are escalating in the Gulf between the US and Iran. Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani has said his country is suffering “unprecedented pressure” from international sanctions, which the US has tightened further. The landmark 2015 nuclear deal (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA), signed between Iran and members of the United […]

Iran

In the News

May 15, 2019

Bello in Jeune Afrique: Sahel: Comment Joindre l’urgent au Durable

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Africa

In the News

May 14, 2019

Handjani in Law Fare: The Anatomy of Humanitarian Trade With Iran

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In the News

May 14, 2019

Daragahi Quoted in Talk Media News on Houthi Rebels in Yemen Blamed for Saudi Oil Attacks

By Borzou Daragahi

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Saudi Arabia Yemen