Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

New Atlanticist Mar 18, 2025

The Gaza cease-fire is over. What’s next from Israel, Hamas, and the US?

By Atlantic Council experts

In the early hours of March 18, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza, ending the two-month cease-fire. Atlantic Council experts answer pressing questions about the resumed conflict.
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Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

New Atlanticist Mar 17, 2025

Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead.

By Benjamin L. Schmitt, Richard L. Morningstar, and Daniel Fried

Since Russia appears content for negotiations to move slowly, the Trump administration should turn up the pressure with new sanctions.
Conflict Economic Sanctions
Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

Issue Brief Mar 13, 2025

Present without impact? How the Middle East perceives China’s diplomatic engagement

By Jonathan Fulton

Despite economic advancements and high-profile diplomatic engagements, China’s influence remains largely economic rather than political, Jonathan Fulton argues.
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Feb 23, 2022

Aboudouh quoted in Inside Arabia on US-China rivalry in the Gulf region

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Feb 23, 2022

Kadhim joins Alhurra Iraq to discuss Iraq’s economy and developing foreign policy in the region

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Feb 23, 2022

What I heard in Munich: A lot of bold words, but little bold action

By Anna Wieslander

As long as there are doubts about who belongs to Europe (and how), that means weakness and vulnerability for all.

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In the News

Feb 23, 2022

Fried in Foreign Affairs: Putin’s long game in Ukraine

Putin believes that time is on his side—that if he continues to squeeze Kyiv but avoids a large-scale invasion, the United States and Europe will eventually grow weary of a protracted struggle for Ukraine's freedom, write the Atlantic Council's Daniel Fried and CEPA's Alina Polyakova.

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Feb 23, 2022

Emily Weinstein quoted in MIT Technology Review: The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?

By Atlantic Council

On February 23, 2022, Weinstein was quoted in MIT Technology Review’s article “The US government is ending the China initiative. Now what?” “The China Initiative was going after problems in academia that academia hadn’t even realized were issues yet,” says Weinstein. “There needs to be some type of olive branch,” she added. “Just fixing the […]

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Feb 23, 2022

US-China vaccine diplomacy: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

By María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila, Bosco Marti, Riyad Insanally and Claudia Trevisan

The implications of diverging COVID-19 responses, notably at the onset of the pandemic’s rise in the region, will reverberate beyond the health sector. What might the differing US and China pandemic approaches portend for future influence in the region? 

Caribbean China

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Feb 23, 2022

Friedlander quoted in Yleisradio on US sanctions against Russia

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Feb 23, 2022

O’Toole quoted in Washington Examiner about US sanctions actions

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Feb 23, 2022

Ambassador Fried quoted in WSLS on economic consequences in Ukraine

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Feb 22, 2022

Friedlander quoted in ABC News on sanctions escalation

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