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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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May 30, 2024

Lipner quoted in The Globe and Mail on the Iranian president’s death

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

May 30, 2024

Panikoff quoted in Aussiedlerbote News on Iran’s new foreign minister

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

May 30, 2024

Panikoff quoted in The Independent on Russia using Iranian drones to bomb Ukranian civilians

By Atlantic Council

Arms Control Conflict

In the News

May 30, 2024

Panikoff quoted in CNN on the new Iranian foreign minister

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

May 30, 2024

Panikoff joins Bloomberg TV to discuss presidential succession in Iran

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

May 30, 2024

Panikoff joins NBC News to discuss Iranian President Raisi’s death

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

May 30, 2024

Donovan and Nikoladze cited by the Wall Street Journal on oil trade between China, Russia, and Iran

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IranSource

May 23, 2024

The ‘Butcher of Tehran’ is dead. It won’t change a thing.

By Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

Despite his role in crimes against humanity, Ebrahim Raisi’s celebrated death will have no bearing on the Islamic Republic’s policy.

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Econographics

May 21, 2024

Russia Sanctions Database: May 2024

By Kimberly Donovan, Maia Nikoladze, Ryan Murphy, and Alessandra Magazzino

The Atlantic Council’s Russia Sanctions Database tracks the restrictive economic measures Western allies have placed on Russia and evaluates whether these measures are successful in achieving the stated objectives.

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Inflection Points

May 21, 2024

Netanyahu’s political survival rests on a strategic awakening

By Frederick Kempe

Growing threats to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival may have a greater immediate impact on the Middle East than the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.

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