Does the United States need an embassy in Baghdad?

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.
Conflict Israel
Does the United States need an embassy in Baghdad?

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
Does the United States need an embassy in Baghdad?

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.
China Economy & Business

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MENASource

Sep 29, 2020

Does the United States need an embassy in Baghdad?

By David Mack

Iraq remains a country of great importance to the United States and it would be foolish to deprive Washington of a tool for assessing and hopefully influencing conditions in Iraq.

Iraq Middle East

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

UkraineAlert

Sep 28, 2020

EU-Ukraine tensions mount ahead of annual summit

By Peter Dickinson

The EU-Ukraine Summit in Brussels on October 6 is likely to be dominated by concerns that President Zelenskyy is no longer committed to maintaining Ukraine's post-2014 path towards Euro-Atlantic integration.

Corruption Democratic Transitions

New Atlanticist

Sep 28, 2020

Pompeo’s trip highlights strong US-Greece relationship

By Katerina Sokou

Rather than being simply an effort to mediate among the parties in the Eastern Med, Pompeo’s trip has focused on the bilateral US-Greece relationship, on a strategic as well as a personal level

Energy & Environment Greece

Inflection Points

Sep 27, 2020

Election poses historic test for what Reagan called the US ‘miracle’

By Frederick Kempe

One can hardly imagine a more important year for the American democratic process to run smoothly, with China leading an authoritarian swing as its economy emerges first from Covid-19′s economic and social hit.

China Elections

In the News

Sep 26, 2020

Dagres quoted in Financial Times on “Tehran”
Iran Politics & Diplomacy

BelarusAlert

Sep 26, 2020

Lukashenka’s rapid decline is giving Putin nightmares

By Peter Dickinson

Belarus dictator Alyaksandr Lukashenka's worsening predicament is setting off alarm bells in the Kremlin, where events in neighboring Belarus are viewed as a possible blueprint for future unrest inside Russia itself.

Belarus Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Hudson quoted in the World Politics Review on Sudan’s efforts to be removed from the US state sponsors of terrorism list

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Hudson in Foreign Policy: The White House wants peace with Sudan. Congress wants Khartoum to pay.

By Atlantic Council

Africa Democratic Transitions

In the News

Sep 25, 2020

Culver in Australian Financial Review: Don’t assume Xi Jinping’s version of China will last forever

By Atlantic Council

On September 25, 2020, Global China Hub nonresident senior fellow John K. Culver pubished an article in Australian Financial Review, “Don’t Assume Xi Jinping’s Version of China Will Last Forever”. “Since 1949 the Party’s controls have waxed and waned. And there is evidence that people in China are now chafing under the new constraints and […]

China Politics & Diplomacy
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Why the UN’s Internet Governance Forum still matters twenty years on
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