Program Impact Stories

Bryza joins Pakistan’s Indus TV to discuss U.S. military operation to protect oil fields in northeast Syria

By Atlantic Council

Wechsler in Defense One: The US Has One Last Chance to Halt its Withdrawal from the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

How do external powers withdraw from the Middle East? Just as Hemingway described going bankrupt: gradually then suddenly. That was true for the Ottomans, for France, for Britain, and now potentially for America as well. Not long ago this was unthinkable. Now it is not only possible but increasingly likely, and both friends and foes are already actively hedging against this future. The next U.S. president will be our last chance to halt this process.

Warrick for NBC News: Another al-Baghdadi-style raid on ISIS militants could soon become mission impossible

By Atlantic Council

The U.S. special operations raid that killed the Islamic State militant group’s top terrorist Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Saturday was almost perfect. The military, the intelligence agencies, the American allies and Trump administration officials all deserve credit for this success, as well as the drone strike Monday that killed ISIS spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir. But the Trump administration’s recent actions […]

Slavin quoted in The Independent on Iranian access to humanitarian goods

By Atlantic Council

Pfaff quoted in VOA on Iraq’s economic woes

By Atlantic Council

Ullman in UPI: Halloween: the best of times in Trumpworld, scary for everyone else

By Harlan Ullman

Bell quoted in Smart Energy International on the new Siemens and the Ponemon Institute report, decarbonization, and vulnerabilities to cyberattacks.

By Atlantic Council

Shaffer quoted in Politico on Ukraine policy entering the U.S. arena

By Atlantic Council

Kadhim joins Albawaba News to discuss Al Baghdadi, Trump 2020 and US-Turkish relations

By Atlantic Council

Samet in The Diplomat: China, Not Iran, Is the Power to Watch in Iraq

By Atlantic Council