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New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2025

China is supporting the Houthis. Here’s how the Trump administration can respond.

By Tuvia Gering and Jason M. Brodsky

From buying up Iranian oil to sending dual-use parts, Beijing’s actions are indirectly and directly helping the rebel group in Yemen that is disrupting Red Sea shipping.

China Middle East

MENASource

Dec 24, 2024

What role will the Gulf states play in shaping the new Syria?

By Joze Pelayo

Assad’s fall provides an opportunity for the Gulf states to wield significant influence over Syria’s future while adapting to Turkey’s rising prominence.

Crisis Management Economic Sanctions

MENASource

Dec 19, 2024

2024: A year in the Middle East

By Leila Ouhri, Kate Springs, and Yaseen Rashed

2024 was a year of consequence for the Middle East and North Africa, with metastasizing conflict, human tragedies, and major elections across the region.

Conflict Crisis Management

MENASource

Dec 13, 2024

To advance Saudi-Israeli relations, let the private sector lead

By Mark Donig and Tally Zingher

With the right policies in place, the US private sector can play a critical role in advancing US-Saudi-Israeli economic relations, creating a reality that will make normalization more achievable in the coming years.

Conflict Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Dec 12, 2024

Foreign troops help Putin avoid pitfalls of another Russian mobilization

By Katherine Spencer

Russia’s growing use of foreign troops in Ukraine is a dangerous trend that promises to prolong the war and has the potential to fuel international instability, writes Katherine Spencer.

Central Asia Conflict

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2024

Dispatch from Doha: Assad’s fall, Iran’s weakness, and the impact of unintended consequences

By Jonathan Panikoff

In just six months, Iran has slid from a position of strength to perhaps the weakest it has been since 1979.

Conflict Iran

Report

Dec 6, 2024

The threats posed by the global shadow fleet—and how to stop it

By Elisabeth Braw

Since 2022 the number of aging ships whose ownership, insurance status, and safety is unknown has exploded, prompted by Russia's reliance on this "dark fleet" to ship its oil in defiance of Western sanctions. What can be done about this environmental, economic, and safety threat on the high seas?

China Europe & Eurasia

Uncategorized

Nov 21, 2024

Bakir in PRISME: Weapons of Influence, How Arms-Centric is the Turkey-GCC Countries Relationship?

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 7, 2024

Elisabeth Braw in Foreign Policy on Russia supplying targeting data to the Houthis

By Elisabeth Braw

On November 7, Transatlantic Security Initiative senior fellow Elisabeth Braw wrote an op-ed in Foreign Policy discussing Russia’s transfer of sensitive targeting data to the Houthis.

Maritime Security Russia

IranSource

Nov 1, 2024

How the death of Abdul Malik al-Houthi could impact the Houthis and Iran

By Emily Milliken and Caitlin Miller Hollingsworth

While Abdul Malik al-Houthi is still alive today, his death in the near term would impact the Houthi's ability to operate and widen a leadership vacuum within Iran’s Resistance Axis.

Conflict Iran
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