Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

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
Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

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
Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

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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Jan 28, 2020

Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2020

Trump’s new Middle East peace deal: A real path or dead on arrival?

By Daniel J. Samet

"The sad irony is that the peace process desperately needs new ideas, even if the ideas revealed today and the means by which they were developed and announced were not ideal," William Wechsler says. "And given the longstanding positions taken by the current Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the only credible source for those new ideas is the United States."

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Congressional Relations

Jan 28, 2020

Congressional Hearing – “Life Under Occupation: The State of Human Rights in Crimea”

By Atlantic Council

Melinda Haring, deputy director at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, testifies before an Helsinki Commission hearing on Kremlin's human rights violations on the Crimean Peninsula since its illegal annexation in 2014.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

UkraineAlert

Jan 27, 2020

PACE risks becoming a watchdog with no bite

By Oleksiy Goncharenko

Ukraine's return to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is in danger of being overshadowed by efforts to make it much more difficult to impose sanctions similar to the measures aimed at Russia over the 2014 invasion of Ukraine. Will Europe's human rights watchdog lose its bite?

Europe & Eurasia International Organizations

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jan 27, 2020

Arbit in Foreign Policy: In Israel’s endless elections, female candidates have been the biggest losers

By Atlantic Council

Israel Political Reform

UkraineAlert

Jan 27, 2020

Is Putin preparing a new Ukraine strategy?

By Anders Åslund

The departure of Vladimir Putin's gray cardinal Vladislav Surkov and his replacement as Ukraine policy curator by Dmitry Kozak has led to speculation that Russia could be planning a change in its Ukraine strategy.

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 27, 2020

Livingston quoted in E&E News on EU carbon tariffs

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Europe & Eurasia

IranSource

Jan 27, 2020

Why mediation between Saudi Arabia and Iran keeps failing

By Banafsheh Keynoush

Mediating between Saudi Arabia and Iran means changing the balance of power in a way that pleases both countries.

Iran Middle East

UkraineAlert

Jan 24, 2020

Rumors of Ukraine’s death on Capitol Hill are greatly exaggerated

By John E. Herbst

Ukraine's role at the heart of the Trump impeachment process has raised concerns that bipartisan support for the country could suffer but John E. Herbst argues that US backing for Ukraine remains strong.

Politics & Diplomacy Ukraine

MENASource

Jan 24, 2020

China’s Persian Gulf strategy: Keep Tehran and Riyadh content

By Julia Gurol and Jacopo Scita

The current tensions between Washington and Tehran have been a major stress test for China’s Persian Gulf strategy.

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