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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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Shullman, Kendall-Taylor, and McCormick in War on the Rocks: Navigating Sino-Russian defense cooperation

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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Shullman, Kendall-Taylor, and McCormick in War on the Rocks: Navigating Sino-Russian defense cooperation

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Aug 5, 2020

Shullman, Kendall-Taylor, and McCormick in War on the Rocks: Navigating Sino-Russian defense cooperation

By Atlantic Council

On August 5, 2020, War on the Rocks published an article by Andrea Kendall-Taylor, David O. Shullman and Dan McCormick, “Navigating Sino-Russian Defense Cooperation.”

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Aug 5, 2020

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Aug 5, 2020

Jordan protests met with repression as government changes tactics

By Tuqa Nusairat

The Jordanian government must make a concerted effort to address the serious economic challenges and disparities that have marginalized a majority of Jordanians with little options left but to strike or protest the conditions they face.

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Aug 5, 2020

Ullman in UPI: 30 years ago, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait

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Aug 4, 2020

Three years after the Caliphate, Iraq’s Christians find little incentive to return

By Paul Gadalla

The region’s few remaining Christians find themselves caught between Iran-backed Shia militias and an Iraqi government that, nearly twenty years after the American invasion, is politically paralyzed and still unable to provide basic security and services—let alone protect the country’s embattled minority populations.

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Aug 4, 2020

Carpenter in Politico: 5 ways to fix America’s broken ties with Europe

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Aug 3, 2020

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Aug 2, 2020

Mack in The National: Thirty years on from the invasion of Kuwait, what have we learnt?
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Aug 2, 2020

Mack in The National: Thirty years on from the invasion of Kuwait, what have we learnt?

When Saddam Hussein gave the order for Iraqi forces to enter Kuwait on August 1, 1990, he set off a chain of diplomatic, military and economic responses. The result was a decade-long peak of US presence and influence in the Middle East. In most respects, it was a period of positive accomplishments for the US […]

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