UAE, Bahrain deals with Israel offer the Mideast a historic chance for positive change—if the region will build upon it

MENASource Aug 25, 2024

After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.
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UAE, Bahrain deals with Israel offer the Mideast a historic chance for positive change—if the region will build upon it

New Atlanticist Aug 21, 2024

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.
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UAE, Bahrain deals with Israel offer the Mideast a historic chance for positive change—if the region will build upon it

UkraineAlert Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
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Sep 20, 2020

UAE, Bahrain deals with Israel offer the Mideast a historic chance for positive change—if the region will build upon it

By Frederick Kempe

These deals present the region its best opportunity perhaps ever to bury its bloody, self-defeating past and embrace moderation and modernity. Yet that will only be true if the parties can work with international partners to protect the so-called Abraham Accords Peace Agreement from extremist assault and from Israeli hardliners bent on territorial expansion.

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Sep 18, 2020

Nawaz joins Ian Masters to discuss the potential US withdrawal from Afghanistan

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Sep 18, 2020

Kremlin control of Crimea and the occupied Donbas has been disastrous for many religious groups

By Atlantic Council

On September 16, Ambassador John Herbst, director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and former US ambassador to Ukraine, testified before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom on the alarming state of religious freedom in the Russian Federation.

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Sep 18, 2020

Wechsler in the National Interest: Tomorrow’s Middle East is Emerging Today
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Sep 18, 2020

Durkovich participates in panel on homeland security and transnational crime

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On October 12, Caitlin Durkovich, Forward Defense non-resident senior fellow and Future of DHS co-director, spoke on a panel hosted by the Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center (CINA), a DHS Center of Excellence led by George Mason University.

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Sep 17, 2020

Yemen: Enough of war

By Khaled H. Alyemany

After six years of war in Yemen, it looks like the world’s worst humanitarian crisis is being forgotten and treated with indifference. The international community is overstretched with many crises, and Yemen seems far from the highest priority.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2020

British foreign secretary: Post-Brexit Britain will pursue ‘distinct identity in the world’

By David A. Wemer

Amid continuing uncertainty about the exact economic and political relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab explained that the United Kingdom wants to “be masters of our own destiny, not just domestically, but [also] in terms of the approach we forge internationally.”

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Sep 17, 2020

Kroenig discusses Biden’s agenda for US national security policy

By Atlantic Council

On September 17, The Dispatch published a piece by Matthew Kroenig on how Biden would handle relations with geopolitical challengers like Russia, Iran, North Korea, and China.

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Sep 17, 2020

Preble in War on the Rocks: The Revenge of Ideology, Net Assessment

By Atlantic Council

On the September 17 Net Assessment podcast, Christopher Preble and co-hosts debate whether US-China competition should be framed mostly as an ideological competition, or rather as a competition over power in the Asia Pacific and globally. More about our expert

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Sep 17, 2020

Hu featured in World of Intelligence podcast on OSINT, disinfo, and ethics

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense nonresident senior fellow Evanna Hu joins the "World of Intelligence" podcast to discuss the timely topics of open-source intelligence (OSINT), disinformation, and ethics.

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