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New Atlanticist

May 6, 2025

Experts react: India just launched airstrikes against Pakistan. What’s next? 

By Atlantic Council experts

Atlantic Council experts share insights on India's missile strikes on Pakistan, which came two weeks after a terrorist attack targeting Indians in Pahalgam.

Conflict Extremism

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2025

Is Merz’s double-take chancellor vote a sign of things to come in Germany?

By Jörn Fleck and Jurek Wille

It took two rounds of voting in the Bundestag to elect Friedrich Merz chancellor, a sign of division unprecedented in modern German history.

Defense Policy Elections

MENASource

May 6, 2025

A blueprint for a trilateral Morocco-Israel-US investment fund

By Aïssa Christophe Agostini

Amid instability in the Mediterranean, North Africa and the Sahel, a chance to deliver on the promise of the Abraham Accords.

Israel Middle East

MENASource

May 6, 2025

Beyond the bomb: Ideology as the engine of Iran’s nuclear doctrine

By Marjan Keypour Greenblatt

The US cannot overlook that Iran’s nuclear program is not simply about deterrence—it is a tool for advancing a revolutionary ideology.

Iran Middle East

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2025

Is China or Russia the bigger threat to the United States? There’s a clear answer.

By Richard D. Hooker, Jr.

The Trump administration’s apparent “China first” approach risks underappreciating the threat from Moscow and overestimating the current threat from Beijing.

China Russia

In the News

May 6, 2025

Lipner quoted in Kathinmerini on the state of the Gaza ceasefire

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

In the News

May 6, 2025

Lipner quoted in The Straits Times on Israel and the United States relations under Trump

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

In the News

May 6, 2025

Lipner quoted in ABC News Australia on Israel anticipating strong support from the United States

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

In the News

May 6, 2025

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Netanyahu’s desire to reconfigure Israel’s strategy under new commanders

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

In the News

May 6, 2025

Samaan joins Channel News Asia on the future of the Gaza ceasefire

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

Experts

Events