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Sep 27, 2025

Charai in The National Interest: The Last Chance for Peace in the Middle

By Atlantic Council

English
Middle East

In the News

Sep 27, 2025

Rich Outzen joins TRT to discuss Trump Administration foreign and national security policies

Defense Policy
National Security

MENASource

Sep 26, 2025

For an increasingly isolated Netanyahu, it’s money time with Trump

By Shalom Lipner

Amid growing international criticism, the Israeli Prime Minister is playing his ace—or rather, his Trump—card in Washington.

Israel
Middle East

New Atlanticist

Sep 26, 2025

Dispatch from Chișinău: Will Russia’s political pincer move put Moldova’s EU hopes in jeopardy?

By John E. Herbst

Ahead of parliamentary elections in Moldova on September 28, Moscow appears to be throwing its weight behind two political parties to pull support from the party currently in power.

Elections
European Union

MENASource

Sep 26, 2025

The Saudi-Pakistan defense pact highlights the Gulf’s evolving strategic calculus

By Eleonora Ardemagni

In Riyadh’s multi-aligned policy, signing a mutual defense deal with Pakistan is complementary, not alternative, to US security guarantees.

India
Indo-Pacific

In the News

Sep 26, 2025

Pınar Dost joins Turkiye Today to discuss the Erdoğan-Trump meeting at the White House

Europe & Eurasia
Middle East

New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2025

Experts react: What’s next for US-Turkey ties after Erdoğan’s White House visit? 

By Atlantic Council experts

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, marking the Turkish leader’s first White House visit in six years.

Defense Policy
Economy & Business

UkraineAlert

Sep 25, 2025

Trump called Russia a ‘paper tiger’ because he believes Putin is losing

By Peter Dickinson

US President Donald Trump now says Ukraine can defeat Russia. His dramatic change in tone reflects growing recognition that Putin's invasion is not going according to the Kremlin plan, writes Peter Dickinson.

Conflict
Disinformation

In the News

Sep 25, 2025

Daniels weighs the consequences of the US-China AI Race on Network 20/20

By Atlantic Council

On September 17, Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Owen Daniels was featured on the Network 20/20 Virtual Briefing Series alongside Janet Egan and Sam Winter-Levy.

Artificial Intelligence
China

UkraineAlert

Sep 25, 2025

Ukrainians believe there can be no lasting peace without security

By Yaroslava Shvechykova-Plavska

Ukrainians are acutely aware that Russia remains determined to erase Ukraine and understand that the war will not truly be over until the Kremlin has been decisively deterred from pursuing its imperial ambitions, writes Yaroslava Shvechykova-Plavska.

Conflict
Freedom and Prosperity

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