Program Impact Stories

Euronews Highlights MEST Launch

By MEST

Euronews highlights the launch of the Atlantic Council’s New US Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) in a bid to find new solutions to tackle ISIS:

Zogby: Finally, a Think Tank that Thinks of Arab Opinion

By MEST

The National features the launch of the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) in an article by one of its panelists, James Zogby:

Huffington Post Features MEST

By Atlantic Council

James Zogby, Managing Director at Zogby Research Services, writes for the Huffington Post on the Rafik Hariri Center’s Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) launch and his presentation during the event, highlighting the importance of understanding Arab public opinion concerning the various challenges facing the Middle East:

New York Times Features Atlantic Council Panel on Iran

By South Asia Center

The New York Times features an Atlantic Council panel on the Iranian negotiations in an article about the French Ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud : 

Montanino: Athens Needs a Ten-Year Plan

By Andrea Montanino

Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino writes for Corriere della Sera on why it is necessary to agree on a ten-year program to radically transform the Greek economy:

Rakisits on Pakistan’s Defense Budget

By Claude Rakisits

Defense News quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits on Pakistan’s double digit defense budget increase:

Hawthorne on US Aid to Egypt

By Amy Hawthorne

Al Monitor quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne on the foreign aid bill that provides for a gradual weakening of human rights restrictions on aid to Egypt: 

Stein on the Turkish Election

Bloomberg Business quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Aaron Stein on the serious tensions over political identity that divide the Turkish people along religious lines:

Pham on the Rise of al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

US News and World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the rise of al-Shabaab:

Pham on Human Rights Violations in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CNN International to discuss Amnesty International’s report on human right violations in Nigeria: