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Reality Check #9: Ensure US security sector assistance serves US interests and values

Tue, May 11, 2021

Afghanistan: What now to avoid disaster?

Avoiding complete defeat for US goals after the military withdrawal will require swift, coordinated action from Washington. Five former top US diplomats to Afghanistan reveal how to do it.

New Atlanticist by James Cunningham, Hugo Llorens, Ronald E. Neumann, Richard Olson, and Earl Anthony Wayne

Afghanistan Conflict
Reality Check #9: Ensure US security sector assistance serves US interests and values

Mon, Jan 11, 2021

Experts react: The United States designates Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

On January 11, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the United States is designating Yemen’s Houthi rebel group Ansar Allah as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Atlantic Council experts react to the designation and what it means for the wider region.

MENASource by Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy
Reality Check #9: Ensure US security sector assistance serves US interests and values

Tue, Oct 20, 2020

Improving counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation between the United States and the Arab Gulf States

Thomas S. Warrick and Joze Pelayo present recommendations to improve and increase cooperation in civilian counterterrorism, law enforcement, border security, and aviation security between the United States and the Arab countries of the Gulf.

In-Depth Research & Reports by Thomas S. Warrick, Joze Pelayo

Defense Industry Defense Policy

Experts

Hamad Abbas

Assistant Director

Extremism Geopolitics & Energy Security

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Javid Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Terrorism Security & Defense

South Asia Center

Kyle Atwell

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Afghanistan Colombia

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Emadeddin Badi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Arabic Conflict

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Yelena Biberman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Terrorism Security & Defense

South Asia Center

Nicholas Blanford

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Arabic Conflict

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Wed, Aug 4, 2021

Reality Check #9: Ensure US security sector assistance serves US interests and values

The core assumptions underpinning US policy in the Middle East—ensuring oil flows, maintaining Israel’s security, preventing the rise of a dominant hegemon, and countering terrorism—have been upended by new realities.

Reality Check by Aude Darnal, Evan Cooper

Africa Conflict

Mon, Jul 26, 2021

FAST THINKING: Is the Iraq War over… again?

As the US military formally transitions to an advisory role with Iraqi forces, what’s next for the fights against ISIS and Iran-backed militias? Will anything really change? Our Iraq experts weigh in.

Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council

Conflict Defense Policy

Wed, Jul 14, 2021

FAST THINKING: The geopolitics of Iran’s kidnapping plot

How should the United States respond to a kidnapping plot on American soil? And what do the revelations mean for sensitive nuclear negotiations with Tehran? Our Iran experts are on the case.

Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council

Human Rights Iran

Fri, Jul 9, 2021

Atlantic Council mentioned in DefenseOne on an interview at the Council with Kevin Baron

In the News

Arms Control Conflict

Mon, Jun 28, 2021

FAST THINKING: What Biden’s airstrikes left behind

What does this mean for the future of drone warfare and the US military presence in Iraq? Our experts sort through the fallout.

Fast Thinking by Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Preble in Responsible Statecraft: Time to bring all U.S. troops home from the Middle East

On June 24, Christopher Preble’s “Demolishing tired assumptions about the US military posture” was featured in Responsible Statecraft’s symposium on withdrawing US troops from the Middle East. “Today, those who believe that ensuring the flow of Middle Eastern oil is a vital U.S. interest are prepared to expend considerable resources — and risk the lives […]

In the News by Atlantic Council

Defense Policy English

Thu, Jun 24, 2021

Reality Check #8: Rethinking US military policy in the Greater Middle East

The core assumptions underpinning US policy in the Middle East—ensuring oil flows, maintaining Israel’s security, preventing the rise of a dominant hegemon, and countering terrorism—have been upended by new realities.

Reality Check by Robert A. Manning, Christopher Preble

Conflict Defense Policy

Fri, Jun 18, 2021

Sales quoted in the Washington Times on the dangers of terrorist groups potentially controlling new territories in Afghanistan

In the News by Atlantic Council

Afghanistan Middle East

Thu, Jun 17, 2021

Warrick in DefenseOne: “The Domestic Counterterrorism Strategy Is a Good Start—But Needs More”

In the News by Atlantic Council

Extremism Security & Defense

Mon, Jun 14, 2021

Sales quoted in Le Point on Hezbollah and France

In the News by Atlantic Council

Defense Policy Extremism
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