Ashford quoted in Foreign Affairs: Should US foreign policy focus on great-power competition?

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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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Ashford quoted in Foreign Affairs: Should US foreign policy focus on great-power competition?

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.
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Ashford quoted in Foreign Affairs: Should US foreign policy focus on great-power competition?

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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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Oct 13, 2020

Ashford quoted in Foreign Affairs: Should US foreign policy focus on great-power competition?

By Atlantic Council

Emma’s response is part of a survey of experts considering whether US foreign policy going forward should be shaped around great-power competition. More about our expert

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Oct 13, 2020

Azodi quoted in Media Line on US sanctions on Iran
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Oct 13, 2020

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Oct 13, 2020

What Greece has learned (and Brussels should too) from the EastMed crisis

By Leon Levy

Greece has learned plenty about the way the world works these last few months. We’re about to find out what Brussels has learned as well.

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Oct 13, 2020

Kroenig: US foreign policy should focus on revitalizing a rules-based system

By Atlantic Council

On October 13, Foreign Affairs published a Q&A with experts on whether great-power competition should be the central organizing principle of US foreign policy. Scowcroft Center deputy director Matthew Kroenig argues the United States should focus on revitalizing and adapting a rules-based international system. Defending that system from great-power competitors should be part of a […]

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Oct 11, 2020

Lipner quoted in JPost on Strategic Affairs Ministry
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Oct 11, 2020

Fontenrose interviewed on NPR about Iran policy under the Trump administration
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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.

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Bryza joins BBC World Service Radio to discuss relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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Oct 9, 2020

Topic overview | Space: The next frontier for innovation, economics, accessibility, and infrastructure

By Borja Prado

Space is quickly becoming the new frontier to be explored by national governments and private sector actors. In the process, the different parties prepare themselves for an environment that will bring to space the competition and collaboration behaviors that are typical on Earth, that will require new or updated regulations and international norms, and that will unleash new opportunities for multiple industries and technologies – spanning from transportation and satellite communication to data sharing, artificial intelligence or national security.

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Laura Updegrove

Nonresident Senior Fellow, GeoStrategy Initiative

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Lukasz Lisicki

Policy Assistant to the Director-General for Energy, European Commission

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Rza Aliyev

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