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Nov 7, 2019

Haddad in the Economist’s “Emmanuel Macron on Europe’s fragile place in a hostile world”

By Atlantic Council

Europe & Eurasia
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Nov 7, 2019

Bel joins CBC News to discuss Macron’s view of NATO

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy
European Union

In the News

Nov 7, 2019

Shaffer in Middle East Institute: The fall of the other wall

By Atlantic Council

Iran
Middle East

SyriaSource

Nov 7, 2019

Journalists in northeast Syria fear the return of state security services

By Dan Wilkofsky

US President Donald Trump’s decision in early October to withdraw American troops from the Syria-Turkey border put the US’s local partner in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS, Daesh), the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in an unenviable position. Faced with an offensive by Turkey, NATO’s second largest military, the SDF struck a deal with […]

Conflict
Media

MENASource

Nov 7, 2019

Saudi-backed Yemeni government and separatists sign power-sharing agreement

By MENASource

On Tuesday, November 5, the Hadi government signed a power-sharing agreement with southern separatists in Riyadh. The separatists and Hadi-led Yemen Government are backed by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, specifically by the United Arab Emirates. Infighting between them further fractured the civil war in August when the separatists seized Aden from Saudi-led forces. It […]

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Nov 7, 2019

The United States cannot repeat its Syria withdrawal mistake in Afghanistan

By Fatima Salman

President Trump’s sudden withdrawal has opened opportunities for rival powers to exert greater influence in the Middle East and in Afghanistan. Russia and China are swooping in with strategic poise, while Trump’s approach amounts to letting others “fight a little bit.” This is not US leadership, nor will it make the United States safer in an increasingly complex world.

Afghanistan
Conflict

In the News

Nov 6, 2019

Marczak joins BBC World News to discuss violence in Mexico

By Atlantic Council

Conflict
Crisis Management

Insights & Impact

Nov 5, 2019

Report Launch: Present at the Re-Creation: A Global Strategy for a World at Risk

By Atlantic Council

How can the rules-based international system be re-created for the 21st century? Can and should the US re-build a liberal, rules-based international system? What goals should the US, and its allies, pursue in a changed world, where emerging risks and enduring challenges persist? Those were some of the key questions which animated the event Present […]

China
European Union

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Nov 5, 2019

Katz quoted by Foreign Policy in Review on Syrians’ perceptions of Russia

By Atlantic Council

Middle East
Russia

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Nov 4, 2019

Dagres joins The Monocle to discuss the Iran Nuclear Deal and Tehran’s withdrawals after sanctions

By Atlantic Council

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