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Feb 2, 2022

Katz quoted in Asia Times on Russia-Iran relations

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Feb 2, 2022

Eftimiades in Teller Report on Chinese espionage

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Nicholas Eftimiades' analysis on Chinese espionage at the Winter Olympics features in the Teller Report.

China Cybersecurity

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Feb 2, 2022

Polymeropoulos in the Washington Examiner on espionage

By Atlantic Council

Marc Polymeropoulos explains the difference between real-world espionage and the movies.

Intelligence United States and Canada

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Feb 2, 2022

Schuman in The Atlantic: These Beijing Olympics send a much darker message

By Atlantic Council

On February 2, 2022, Michael Schuman published an article in The Atlantic, “These Beijing Olympics Send a Much Darker Message.” The article explores how “the China of 2022 is not the China of 2008, and the Olympics are making that all too clear.”

China Politics & Diplomacy

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Feb 2, 2022

Tran quoted in the South China Morning Post on the implications of a stronger strategic alliance between Russia and China

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China Economy & Business

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Feb 2, 2022

Charai in the Hill: The Iranian nuclear talks offer Biden much-needed bipartisan consensus

By Ahmed Charai

President Biden should apply pressure on non-nuclear fronts rather than signal a willingness to offer concessions, Charai argues. Read Charai’s latest in The Hill on the Iranian nuclear talks. Ahmed Charai is a Moroccan publisher and an Atlantic Council Board Director. He is also an international counselor of the Center for a Strategic and International […]

Iran Middle East

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Feb 2, 2022

Katz quoted in Asia Times on Iran-Russia diplomatic relations

By Atlantic Council

Economy & Business Iran

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Feb 2, 2022

Slavin quoted in L’Oreient Le Jour on significance of US-Iran nuclear talks

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Financial Sanctions and Economic Coercion French

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Feb 2, 2022

Asat quoted in Al-Jazeera on Chinese exiles boycotting Winter Olympics about Uighur genocide

By Atlantic Council

China Human Rights

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Feb 1, 2022

Speckhard in The Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs: Putin’s obsession with Ukraine

Why does Putin care so much about Ukraine, and what is he trying to achieve with the saber rattling and a potential invasion when it comes with such great risk and potential cost to Russia? While I can’t get inside Putin’s head, I think the answer revolves around four key areas – political, security, economic, […]