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In the News

Jul 26, 2018

Ooi Quoted in the Christian Science Monitor on Malaysia’s New Government

By HuiHui Ooi

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In the News

Jul 25, 2018

Manning in Nikkei Asian Review: Trump adopts wrong response to China’s tech threat

By Robert A. Manning

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China

In the News

Jul 24, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in VOA on the US-South Korea Alliance and Denuclearization

By Alexander Vershbow

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Korea

IranSource

Jul 24, 2018

Trump’s Twitter War Unites Iranian Factions and Bolsters Rouhani

By Holly Dagres

As is so often the case with the current occupant of the White House, a presidential tweet muddied the message of the rest of the Trump administration. Iranians had been focusing on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s “Supporting Iranian Voices” event at the California-based Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library. But shortly after Pompeo finished […]

Iran

FutureSource

Jul 24, 2018

Tech Revolt: Why Are Silicon Valley Employees Fighting Government Contracts?

By Giulia Neaher

We live in an increasingly technological world—Fitbits monitor our health, Alexa organizes our homes, and social media guide our social lives. Global efforts to develop and implement artificial intelligence (AI) are escalating into what some call an arms race, and cybersecurity is becoming a central security concern as hacking of governments and tech companies occurs […]

In the News

Jul 23, 2018

Manning in Global Times: Misjudging China ends US policy consensus

By Robert A. Manning

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China

IranSource

Jul 23, 2018

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump, in a late-night, all-caps tweet on July 22, threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before” if Iranian leaders continued to threaten the United States with war. Trump’s tweet was an apparent response to a comment by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Iranian diplomats […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2018

Trump’s Angry Iran Tweet

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump, in a late-night, all-caps tweet on July 22, threatened Iran with “consequences the likes of which few throughout history have suffered before” if Iranian leaders continued to threaten the United States with war.

Iran

In the News

Jul 23, 2018

Kroenig Quoted in Vox on Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

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Iran
A poster and flag bearing Lebanese Hezbollah's logo in Baalbek, Lebanon. (Wikimedia Commons)

IranSource

Jul 20, 2018

Tehran struggles with terrorism financing bill

By Nader Uskowi

The Supreme Leader and hardliners will have a choice to make: continue supporting and commanding the armed militia groups and accepting questionable cash flow out of the country, or take action for the sake of their government’s future.

Iran Terrorism

In the News

Jul 19, 2018

Vershbow Joins CNBC to Discuss Trump’s Inviting of Putin to the White House

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russia

In the News

Jul 19, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the New York Times on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russia

In the News

Jul 18, 2018

The Global Innovation Sweepstakes Report Mentioned in US News: China Climbs in Global Innovation Ranking

By Atlantic Council

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China
An Iranian woman attends a viewing of the Iran-Portugal World Cup match on June 25, 2018 in Tehran's Azadi Stadium (Wikimedia Commons/Fars News)

IranSource

Jul 17, 2018

After the World Cup, Will Iranian Women Still Be Able to Watch Soccer?

By Owen Daniels & Phoebe Amend

The 2018 World Cup is over after a whirlwind month of matches, with France claiming the title. There was no shortage of engrossing stories from the tournament, with political drama undergirding the action. In Iran, for example, beyond the national team’s relatively impressive display, the country grabbed headlines off the pitch for allowing women to […]

Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Iranian people on Youtube (Israeli Prime Minister's Office/YouTube)

IranSource

Jul 17, 2018

Netanyahu’s New Iran Approach: YouTube Diplomacy

By Ehud Eiran

Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership style always includes dramatic warnings about threats to Israel. For more than a decade now, Israel’s prime minister warns that Iran—in particular its nuclear program—are the chief threat. In 2015, a glaring Netanyahu stared down the United Nations General Assembly in silence for almost a minute. The gesture was to protest what […]

Iran Israel

In the News

Jul 16, 2018

Vershbow and Fried Join Politico to Discuss the NATO Summit

By Alexander Vershbow and Daniel Fried

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NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 16, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Hill on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Jul 16, 2018

Trump Picks Putin

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump on July 16 appeared to believe Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials over the US intelligence community’s assessment that Russia meddled in the 2016 elections, saying he saw “no reason why” Moscow would have acted in that way. Speaking at a joint press conference following his first summit with Putin in […]

Russia United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2018

Trump-Putin Summit: Expect the Unexpected

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Just in the past few months, US President Donald J. Trump has blown up the G7 summit in Canada, berated the United States’ NATO allies, criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May on her handling of Brexit, described Germany as a “captive” of Russia, characterized the European Union as a “foe,” and directed the Pentagon to […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 15, 2018

Vershbow Quoted in the Daily Express on the Trump-Putin Summit

By Alexander Vershbow

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Ukraine
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