Brooks in the Washington Post: Privatizing the United States Army Was a Mistake

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.
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Brooks in the Washington Post: Privatizing the United States Army Was a Mistake

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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Brooks in the Washington Post: Privatizing the United States Army Was a Mistake

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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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Feb 3, 2020

Brooks in the Washington Post: Privatizing the United States Army Was a Mistake

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Feb 3, 2020

Bryza joins Al Jazeera to talk about the Syrian government’s military attack on Turkish troops in northern Syria

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Feb 3, 2020

After Brexit: The road ahead

By David A. Wemer

With Brexit now technically achieved, the remaining questions about the future UK-EU relationship will continue to dominate both sides in the years to come. Atlantic Council experts offered their response to the formal exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union and what lies ahead for both the UK and Europe.

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Feb 3, 2020

Can Iraq’s new prime minister nominee navigate Baghdad’s political chaos?

By Atlantic Council

The next task for Allawi is to win the consent from two mutually exclusive spheres of influence inside Iraq: the protesters who forced the resignation of the current government at a high cost with nearly a thousand lives lost and more than twenty thousand wounded and the entrenched political actors who are still unwilling to give up all or part of their extraordinary privileges and take steps to curb corruption.

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Feb 2, 2020

Ellinas in Cyprus Mail: Gas is not the solution

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Feb 2, 2020

Hudson quoted in the New York Times on Sudan’s inclusion in US travel ban

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Feb 1, 2020

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Feb 1, 2020

Fried joins NPR All Things Considered to discuss Pompeo’s visit to Minsk

By Atlantic Council

Amb. Daniel Fried speaks to Michele Kelemen on NPR's All Things Considered regarding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Belarus, and the Trump Administration's quest to improve relations with the former Soviet republic.

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Jan 31, 2020

Morningstar interviewed in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs on energy and geopolitics in the Caspian region

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Jan 31, 2020

Fontenrose joins VOA (Farsi) to talk about the deployment of additional US troops and aircraft to the Gulf

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