US missile defense can put a stop to the Middle East arms race

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.
Conflict Crisis Management
US missile defense can put a stop to the Middle East arms race

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.
Conflict Crisis Management
US missile defense can put a stop to the Middle East arms race

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.
Conflict Corruption

Content

New Atlanticist

Oct 20, 2022

US missile defense can put a stop to the Middle East arms race

By Alex Elnagdy

Coupling missile-defense assistance with missile and bomb reductions can help the US break free of its short-sighted Middle East policies of the past.

Arms Control Crisis Management

Fast Thinking

Oct 16, 2022

Reading between the lines of Xi’s party congress speech

By Atlantic Council

How should the world interpret his rhetoric about Taiwan? What was conspicuously absent from the speech? Our experts weigh in.

China Crisis Management

Transcript

Oct 12, 2022

How the US can prepare to deter China and defend Taiwan in the 2020s

By Atlantic Council

Michèle Flournoy discussed how the United States can maintain a credible deterrent against China in the next decade and beyond as part of the Atlantic Council’s Forward Defense Forum.

China Conflict

Fast Thinking

Sep 30, 2022

Russia has again tried to change Europe’s borders by force. What’s next?

By Atlantic Council

Our experts map out what to expect after Putin's latest major escalation.

Conflict Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2022

Russia’s military isn’t ready for an escalation. Ukraine and its partners can exploit that.

By Irina Plaks

Russia’s current policies will inevitably lead to tensions within the country and problems with force quality.

Conflict Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Sep 28, 2022

The economic response that can match Putin’s escalation in Ukraine

By Brian O’Toole, Daniel Fried

The G7 and the wider West have done a solid job targeting the Russian economy. Now, they need to keep up the pressure.

Crisis Management Economic Sanctions

In the News

Sep 28, 2022

Kroenig in the Washington Post on possible response options to Russian nuclear use

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig in the Washington Post on how the Biden administration should respond to a possible nuclear use by Putin.

Crisis Management Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 28, 2022

Kroenig in Bloomberg on possible response options to a Russian nuclear use

By Atlantic Council

Matthew Kroenig on how the Biden administration should respond to a possible nuclear use by Putin.

Crisis Management Europe & Eurasia

In the News

Sep 28, 2022

Kroenig quoted by Lawrence Freedman on the impacts of possible Russian nuclear use

By Atlantic Council

Lawrence Freedman quotes Matthew Kroenig regarding the threat posed by a potential Russian nuclear use.

Crisis Management Europe & Eurasia

Fast Thinking

Sep 21, 2022

FAST THINKING: What to make of Putin’s nuclear threats

By Atlantic Council

Our experts weigh in on whether Putin's latest rhetoric is more bluster—or the beginning of a dangerous new phase in his war on Ukraine.

Conflict Crisis Management
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Stanislava Mladenova

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

Fellow

Diana Rayes 

Nonresident Fellow, Syria Project

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Civil Society

Fellow

Vytautas Leškevičius

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Arms Control Crisis Management

Fellow

Chung-Yu Chou

Visiting Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Conflict

Fellow

Narushige Michishita

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Defense Policy

Fellow

Victor Atkins

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Cybersecurity
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