Middle East Programs in the News

Fontenrose joins VOA (Farsi) to talk about the deployment of additional US troops and aircraft to the Gulf

By Atlantic Council

Ambassador Marc J. Sievers joins Atlantic Council as nonresident senior fellow

By Atlantic Council

Washington, DC—January 31, 2020—The Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs today announced the addition of Marc J. Sievers as a nonresident senior fellow. Sievers recently retired as a career member of the senior foreign service with the rank of minister-counselor, after having most recently served as US ambassador to Oman. Sievers brings to the program deep […]

Arbit in The Forward: There actually is an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that’s working — in Gaza

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Wechsler quoted in The New York Times on the Trump administration’s peace plan

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Slavin joins Foreign Affairs Inbox to discuss Iran’s response to death of Soleimani

By Atlantic Council

Barbara Slavin of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council joins George Washington University’s Foreign Affairs Inbox to explore future paths in US-Iran relations after the death of Soleimani.

Wechsler in ISPI: The United States, China and the Middle East: Three Transitions and Four Futures

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Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

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Arbit in Foreign Policy: In Israel’s endless elections, female candidates have been the biggest losers

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China-Middle East expert Jonathan Fulton joins Atlantic Council as nonresident senior fellow

By Atlantic Council

Washington, DC—January 27, 2020—The Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs today announced the addition of Jonathan Fulton as a nonresident senior fellow. Fulton specializes in the increasingly important field of Chinese policy toward the Middle East and last year wrote an Atlantic Council report on the subject. “Jonathan has already made notable contributions to the debate […]

Lipner quoted in Jewish Insider on Trump’s invitation to Netanyahu and Gantz

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