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In the News

Nov 2, 2018

Manning Quoted in the Straits Times on Elections

By Robert A. Manning

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IranSource

Nov 1, 2018

Q&A: Ex-Mossad chiefs discuss the Iranian threat

By Holly Dagres

IranSource interviewed several ex-heads of Mossad, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, to ask their thoughts on Iran.

Iran Israel

In the News

Oct 29, 2018

Burrows Quoted in Vox on the Collapse of the Political Center

By Matthew Burrows

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In the News

Oct 29, 2018

Manning Quoted in Radio Free Asia on North Korea Nuclear Issues

By Robert A. Manning

Read the full article here.

Korea
US President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary James Mattis

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2018

This is what a post-Mattis Pentagon will look like

By Todd Rosenblum

It is not clear when Mattis will leave the Pentagon. What is clear is that his departure will usher in a more conforming leader compliant to this particular president’s unusual and impulsive leadership style. That’s not good.

Security & Defense United States and Canada

IranSource

Oct 26, 2018

Second Wave of Resumed Iran Sanctions Targets Banks, Petroleum, Shipping

By Holly Dagres

As part of the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the US Treasury Department will restore sanctions on a number of key Iranian sectors and activities on November 5. Here’s what you need to know about this second set of sanctions:

Iran

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2018

Trident juncture: NATO’s crisis response put to the test

By Clementine G. Starling

Military forces from thirty-one countries, including all twenty-nine NATO members, plus Finland and Sweden, are participating in Trident Juncture, a major demonstration and test of NATO’s collective response to a fictional armed attack against an allied member state.

Crisis Management NATO

In the News

Oct 24, 2018

Hasik Quoted in WSJ on Defense-Industry Contracts

By James Hasik

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In the News

Oct 24, 2018

Kroenig in The Hill: Withdrawal From Russia Nuclear Treaty is Right Move for America

By Matthew Kroenig

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Russia

In the News

Oct 24, 2018

Kroenig Joins KQED Discussing US Withdrawing From INF Nuclear Treaty

By Matthew Kroenig

Listen to the full discussion here.

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 22, 2018

Trump right to call out Russia, but is quitting an arms control treaty the answer?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Russians have “not only broken the INF Treaty, they have stomped all over it for well over a decade at least,” said Ellen O. Tauscher, a former US under secretary of State for arms control and international security.

Missile Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

Oct 22, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Vox on INF Treaty

By Matthew Kroenig

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Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

In the News

Oct 22, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Minneapolis Star Tribune on Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia

By Matthew Kroenig

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Saudi Arabia

In the News

Oct 22, 2018

Benitez Quoted in Defense News on NATO Allies Developing Unmanned Systems at Sea

By Jorge Benitez

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NATO Security & Defense

IranSource

Oct 22, 2018

Dealing With Saudi Arabia Requires Lessons From Iran’s Global Assassination Campaign

By Gissou Nia

Gruesome details of the possible premeditated killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi state actors are gradually being revealed. This has invited inevitable comparisons between the brutality of Saudi Arabia to its regional rival, Iran. While the comparisons have prompted a fair number of social media snipes and tu quoque arguments, the parallels here […]

Iran Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Oct 21, 2018

Trump to pull plug on arms control treaty with Russia

By David A. Wemer

White House officials, especially National Security Advisor John Bolton, have been pushing to abandon the treaty as they believe it is limiting Washington’s ability to counter China’s growing nuclear arsenal in East Asia.

China Missile Defense

IranSource

Oct 18, 2018

Iran’s Environmentalists Are Caught Up in a Political Power Struggle

By Tara Sepehri Far

The family of Kavous Seyed Emami, a prominent environmentalist and professor at Tehran’s Imam Sadegh University, broke the horrific news on February 10 that he had died under suspicious circumstances while in detention. Iranian authorities claimed he had committed suicide. Only a few weeks earlier, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) intelligence arm had arrested […]

Iran

In the News

Oct 15, 2018

Manning Quoted in Newsweek on China Influence Campaigns

By Robert A. Manning

Read the full article here.

China

IranSource

Oct 12, 2018

Iranian Crackdown on Corruption May Only Be Superficial

By Holly Dagres

Since the 1979 revolution, Azadi Square has been the beating heart for major demonstrations in Iran’s capital. So when the Iranian judiciary announced on September 24 that “financial corruptors” would be hung in the square—a first—it was seen as a dire warning to corrupt traders and government officials that they would be made an example of for […]

Iran

IranSource

Oct 11, 2018

Iran Can’t Fulfill Its Hopes of a Shia Corridor Without Iraq

By Avi Melamed

Since the Iranian regime seized power in 1979, its goal has been for Iran to become a regional power and to restore the Shias as the rulers of the Muslim world. A cornerstone of its strategy is to build and control a land corridor stretching from Iran to the Mediterranean Sea. To extend its power […]

Iran Iraq
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