Politics & Diplomacy

Dagres quoted in Washington Post on internet freedom in Iran

By Atlantic Council

Ashford in Inkstick: The “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it” intervention in Kazakhstan

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, Ashford published an opinion piece on the Russian intervention in Kazakhstan. “The blink-and-you-might-miss-it intervention nonetheless provided some important reminders about security in Central Asia. Russia, for example, still has substantive interests and influence across Central Asia. Meanwhile, it appears that China is largely willing to stay hands-off on security matters in the […]

Manning in The Hill: What Kazakhstan says about the autocracy question

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, Robert Manning published his weekly column in The Hill on the events in Kazakhstan and how they demonstrate the inherent weakness in autocracies. Manning made the point that there is widespread discontent among populations ruled by autocrats, but that the challenges facing the US internally undermine protestors in autocracies from turning to […]

Khoury quoted in L’indro on Iran and Saudi Arabia relations in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Schuman in The Atlantic: China is watching Ukraine with a lot of interest

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, 2022, Michael Schuman published a story in The Atlantic, “China Is Watching Ukraine With a Lot of Interest.” The piece analyzes how “Biden’s handling of Putin may tell Xi Jinping how resolutely the US would defend Taiwan.”

Slavin quoted in L’Orient-Le Jour on negotiations between Washington and Tehran

By Atlantic Council

Ashford in The New York Times: “It will certainly produce more militarization of the alliance’s eastern flank.”

By Atlantic Council

On January 13, Emma Ashford was quote in the New York Times on the Russia-Ukraine standoff. “It will certainly produce more militarization of the alliance’s eastern flank,” Emma Ashford, a researcher at the Atlantic Council research group wrote of NATO’s likely response to Russia’s threats against Ukraine. “Just because we think it’s a stupid, self-defeating […]