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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 12, 2019

Slavin quoted in Heritage Florida Jewish News on Iranian uranium enrichment

By Atlantic Council

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

Jul 11, 2019

Iran’s strategy to tackle sanctions: pre-selling oil

By Sara Vakhshouri

Iran’s vice president, Eshaq Jahangiri, announced July 8 that any powerful country that is willing to work with Iran can pre-purchase Iranian oil. Iran is actively trying to convince its traditional costumers to purchase its oil for future deliveries in return for investment, goods or services in advance.

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Jul 9, 2019

Iran’s troubled quest for food self-sufficiency

By David Michel

Modern Iran has been shaped by a long history of chronic food insecurity. In 1917-1918, during World War I, drought ravaged harvests while occupying British, Ottoman, and Russian troops requisitioned much of remaining food supplies.

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In the News

Jul 8, 2019

El-Gamal quoted in Vox on a US-Iran war

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Jul 8, 2019

El Gamal Quoted in Express on a US-Iran War

By Jasmine El Gamal

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MENASource

Jul 3, 2019

Women’s World Cup 2019: Where is the Middle East?

By Sheva Tabatabainejad and Rana Abdulhadi

With all the excitement these past months have generated, it is hard not to notice a glaring discrepancy in representation. There is not one team from the Middle East that qualified.

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In the News

Jul 2, 2019

Slavin joins WBUR to discuss Russia’s urge to Iran to fulfill nuclear deal obligations

By Atlantic Council

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

Jul 2, 2019

Hezbollah won’t stand down in a US-Iran conflict

By Nicholas Blanford

On January 28, 2015, a colleague and I were driving north in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley to report on the latest developments involving the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS), which was then occupying a desolate mountain range straddling the Lebanon-Syria border. Shortly before midday, we received news that Hezbollah had just launched an ambush against an Israeli military convoy on Lebanon’s southeast border.

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In the News

Jul 1, 2019

Slavin quoted in Jewish News Syndicate on Iran breaching nuclear limits

By Atlantic Council

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

Jun 28, 2019

Slavin joins CGTN America to discuss the Iran nuclear deal

By Atlantic Council

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

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