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Jan 3, 2020

Kadhim quoted in the The Atlantic on the death of Soleimani

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Blanford quoted in the Washington post on Hezbollah’s relationship with Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Fontenrose interviewed on BBC UP All Night discussing protests at US embassy in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

Interview begins at 01:07:10

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In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Warrick quoted in The Intercept discussing Tehran’s retaliation for the death of Soleimani

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Bryza joins A News to discuss US airstrikes in Iran and Syria

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Slavin joins CGTN to discuss killing of Iranian general, Qasem Soleimani

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian warning of semi-unpredictable strikes from Iran

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

In the News

Jan 3, 2020

Ullman in UPI: Don’t provoke a ‘Bay of Goats’ in Iran

By Harlan Ullman

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Jan 3, 2020

Slavin interviewed on Bloomberg discussing the assassination of Qassim Soleimani in Iraq

By Atlantic Council

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Jan 3, 2020

Iran’s “living martyr” was ready to die, but blindsided oil markets must face new uncertainty

By Sara Vakhshouri

The immediate market reaction indicates that the common sense about this incident is that the US operation did not make the world and the Middle East region—which is responsible for significant volumes of global oil and gas production—a safer place but rather increased the instability and insecurity in the region.

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Britt Gronemeyer

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

Former Researcher

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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Carmiel Arbit

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative GeoEconomics Center

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Danny Citrinowicz  

Nonresident Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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