Four scenarios for the future of multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention

Experts react Oct 26, 2024

Experts react: Israel has hit back at Iran with airstrikes. Is this the road to war or an off-ramp?

By Atlantic Council experts

Our experts share their insights on what Israel’s retaliatory strikes against Iran could mean for the prospect of further Israeli-Iranian escalation.
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Four scenarios for the future of multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention

New Atlanticist Oct 1, 2024

Four questions (and expert answers) about Israel’s ground operation in Lebanon

By Shalom Lipner

Shalom Lipner, a former advisor to seven consecutive Israeli prime ministers, answers the burning questions about Israel’s strategy and what the US should do.
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Four scenarios for the future of multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention

New Atlanticist Sep 19, 2024

The Sudan crisis has become a magnet for foreign malign influence and strategic corruption

By Andrea Currie-Edwards

To help bring about an end to the war in Sudan, the United States should stem the illicit activities of foreign actors fueling the conflict.
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Nov 30, 2023

Four scenarios for the future of multilateral peacebuilding and conflict prevention

By Peter Engelke, Anca Agachi, Imran Bayoumi

The scenarios on this page explore four alternative, plausible narratives envisioning the world in the mid-2030s, guided by dynamic interactions of drivers and trends highlighted in the larger The Future of Multilateral Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention report.

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New Atlanticist

Nov 27, 2023

Spillover from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine may spread to the Western Balkans, warns Albanian prime minister

By Katherine Golden

Western Balkans countries must “work day and night to keep the conflict out of the borders of our region,” Prime Minister Edi Rama said at the Atlantic Council.

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In the News

Nov 24, 2023

Jo quoted in BBC on suspension of ROK-DPRK military pact

On November 22, IPSI nonresident senior fellow Bee Yun Jo was quoted in a BBC article on South Korea’s partial suspension of a 2018 military pact with North Korea following Pyongyang’s recent spy satellite launch. On November 23, Jo was quoted in another BBC article on North Korea’s promise to fully suspend the pact, explaining […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2023

The post-October 7 US strategy in the Middle East is coming into focus

By Daniel E. Mouton

While the conflict has increased the urgency for the United States to engage in the region, it is just one of several developments that require renewed US leadership.

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In the News

Nov 20, 2023

Nusairat in LA Times: What Biden’s staunch support for Israel’s war in Gaza will cost America

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Nov 17, 2023

David Petraeus on how the US should manage a world of overlapping crises

By Katherine Golden

Petraeus discussed how conflict and deterrence have changed—and what those changes mean for Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.

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In the News

Nov 14, 2023

Report by Garlauskas and Gilbert in Reuters and BNN

On November 13, IPSI’s recent report on deterrence in Korea by Markus Garlauskas and Lauren Gilbert was referenced in a Reuters article on the updating of US-South Korea deterrence strategy. The report was also highlighted in a BNN article discussing the implications of geopolitical shifts for global tourism markets.  

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New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2023

What Colombia’s ambitious new anti-drug plan means for US relations

By Lucie Kneip and Geoff Ramsey

The Colombian government recently unveiled a new ten-year drug strategy, attempting to break from a half-century of policies that have failed to curb coca production.

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In the News

Nov 10, 2023

LeBaron in Semafor: Middle East braces for long, violent war

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 10, 2023

LeBaron on CBS News: Americans are trying to help family escape Israel following Gaza “complete siege” order

By Atlantic Council

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Michel Duclos

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