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Oct 8, 2024

A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Jul 25, 2019

Uskowi quoted in the National Interest on Iran’s air force

By Atlantic Council

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IranSource

Jul 24, 2019

Will the UK’s new prime minister take Trump’s side on Iran?

By Giorgio Cafiero and Andreas Krieg

In recent months, a host of developments have fueled significant tension between the United Kingdom and Iran. The UK Parliament’s decision to classify Lebanese militant group Hezbollah “in its entirety” as a terrorist organization earlier this year, London siding with the Trump administration against Iran in the June 20 drone incident, and the tanker detainment episodes in Gibraltar and the Strait of Hormuz this month have driven this downward trajectory in UK-Iran relations.

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Jul 23, 2019

Slavin quoted in the Japan Times on Trump options regarding Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jul 23, 2019

Dagres interviewed in Monocle on Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jul 22, 2019

Cohen joins Bloomberg Radio to discuss escalations in Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jul 22, 2019

Cohen joins CNBC to discuss Iranian seizure of oil tanker

Economic Sanctions Iran

IranSource

Jul 22, 2019

Tensions in the Persian Gulf reflect power struggle inside Iran

By Noah Annan

Throughout the past four decades, US observers have disagreed about the nature of Iran’s factional politics and some have even questioned whether real differences exist. Rising tensions in the Persian Gulf seem to reflect Iran’s unified reaction to the US “maximum pressure” campaign.

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In the News

Jul 20, 2019

Daragahi quoted in the Washington Examiner on the risk of conflict with Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jul 20, 2019

Dagres interviewed in ABC Australia on Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Jul 19, 2019

Tehran seizes British ships as Gulf pressures intensify

By David A. Wemer

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it seized a British tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19, and a second British-owned tanker was boarded before being released, in the latest escalation over control of one of the world’s most vital energy trade waterways.

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