Tue, Sep 24, 2019
Rouhani’s plan a reason to be hopeful?
Rouhani’s proposal for peace will be rejected as outlandish, but it is a sign that Tehran may recognize that its attack on Abqaiq was an overstep.
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Mon, Sep 23, 2019
De-escalating the Iran crisis via a 31-year-old UN resolution
The roots of the current crisis in the Persian Gulf go back more than three decades to a devastating war between Iran and Iraq. So does a potential face-saving way to begin to de-escalate that crisis.
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Fri, Sep 20, 2019
Iranian central bank designation: What does it mean?
The only appreciable impact of the September 20 designation will be to further impair the delivery of food and medicine to the Iranian people, who are already struggling to get needed supplies and to antagonize US partners around the globe.
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Atlantic Council press call on Saudi Aramco attacks
Expert analysis
Following the September 14 attack on two Saudi Aramco facilities, Atlantic Council experts Kirsten Fontenrose, Phillip Cornell, Ellen Wald, Jean-Francois Seznec, and Randolph Bell unpack the latest developments and offer insight into the ramifications for global energy markets, regional security, and the anticipated Aramco IPO.
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Listen to highlights from the press call
Why now, Iran?
Kirsten Fontenrose and Jean Francois Seznec respond.
MBS is between a rock and a hard place, how will the Saudis respond?
Ellen Wald gives her take.
Iran isn’t prepared for a war and can’t afford it anyway.
Kirsten Fontenrose, Director of the Council’s Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative .
Phillip Cornell looks for an exit, but the warpath doesn’t seem to have off-ramps.
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Wed, Sep 25, 2019
How to build a Gulf coalition to counter-Iranian regime aggression
The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and guided missile cruiser Normandy operate in the Arabian Sea conducting maritime security operations (Reuters) American efforts to build a maritime coalition in the Gulf to counter Iranian regime efforts to impede the free flow of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have proven difficult and time consuming, but […]
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Fri, Sep 20, 2019
After Aramco attacks, China’s Middle East interests are at stake
The attack on Saudi Arabia could be another factor that leads to a more robust approach to China protecting its Middle East interests.
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Thu, Sep 19, 2019
Trump’s Iran policy is widening the battlefield
The attack on the Aramco facility illustrated the latest salvo in a dangerous new normal that has come about in the Middle East: a constant widening and deepening of the conflict between an Iranian-led axis and the United States and its allies.
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Implications for energy markets
Wed, Sep 18, 2019
What the Abqaiq attack should teach us about critical infrastructure
The precision of the aerial attack on Abqaiq, whether it originated in Iran or outside it, shows both a willingness to target strategic critical infrastructure and a capability for extreme precision.
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Thu, Sep 19, 2019
The logic of Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia
While previously mere threats against the safety of shipping were enough to send tremors through oil markets and spook past US presidents, Iranian leaders have seemed powerless to respond to the Trump administration’s “maximum pressure” campaign.
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Mon, Sep 16, 2019
Can global energy markets withstand the attack on Saudi oil?
Atlantic Council experts react to the September 14 attacks on Saudi oil facilities and what it means for global energy markets and the wider region.
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