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New Atlanticist

Oct 10, 2020

Don’t abandon peace for Afghanistan

By James Cunningham, John Negroponte, Ronald Neumann, Hugo Llorens, Richard Olson, and Earl Anthony Wayne

An accelerated US withdrawal will effectively mean abandoning the fruits of two years of determined US diplomacy with the Taliban, Afghan partners in Kabul, our allies, and regional and international partners to get the Afghan parties to the negotiating table.

Afghanistan Conflict

In the News

Oct 6, 2020

Samad joins the Middle East Institute to discuss the Prospects for the intra-Afghan talks in Doha

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Conflict

Elections 2020

Sep 29, 2020

Five big questions as America votes: Middle East

By Middle East Programs

In every US presidential election since the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Middle East and North Africa has been a top foreign policy issue. The 2020 presidential election is no different.

Conflict Crisis Management

Inflection Points

Sep 20, 2020

UAE, Bahrain deals with Israel offer the Mideast a historic chance for positive change—if the region will build upon it

By Frederick Kempe

These deals present the region its best opportunity perhaps ever to bury its bloody, self-defeating past and embrace moderation and modernity. Yet that will only be true if the parties can work with international partners to protect the so-called Abraham Accords Peace Agreement from extremist assault and from Israeli hardliners bent on territorial expansion.

Conflict International Norms

MENASource

Sep 17, 2020

Yemen: Enough of war

By Khaled H. Alyemany

After six years of war in Yemen, it looks like the world’s worst humanitarian crisis is being forgotten and treated with indifference. The international community is overstretched with many crises, and Yemen seems far from the highest priority.

Conflict Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Sep 16, 2020

Ferziger in Foreign Policy: For Netanyahu, Normalization Deals Are a Long-Awaited Vindication

Israel Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Wechsler quoted in AFP on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Fontenrose quoted in the New York Times on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Wechsler quoted in USA TODAY on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

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