Iran, Syria, Russia Seen as Top Challenges in the Middle East

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Oct 2, 2024

What is Iran thinking now?

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Atlantic Council

Tehran launched nearly two hundred missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Atlantic Council experts consider the ways that the barrage—which was largely ineffectual—offers a window into Iranian thinking.

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Iran, Syria, Russia Seen as Top Challenges in the Middle East

IranSource
Oct 2, 2024

It’s time Iran’s artists be considered as human rights defenders

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Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston

International recognition of the acute risk creatives face in Iran is necessary to ensure their vital role in advocating for human rights continues.

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Iran, Syria, Russia Seen as Top Challenges in the Middle East

New Atlanticist
Sep 28, 2024

Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran?

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On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader had been killed in an Israeli air strike. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what might come next for the already war-torn region.

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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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Blinded Iranian activist Elaheh Tavakolian: ‘We lost our eyes on this path. Let us not lose sight of our goal’

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Holly Dagres sits down with blinded Iranian activist Elahe Tavakolian to share her story and discuss the situation in Iran and what the West needs to do.

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2025 will be a decisive year for Iran’s nuclear program

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Diplomatic deadlines and regional factors will force Iran to decide soon whether to strike a deal or seek a nuclear weapon. Either choice will have major ripple effects.

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If one looks closely, the ancient Persian sport of wrestling might have answers to understanding how to contain Iran

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New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2016

Iran, Syria, Russia Seen as Top Challenges in the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Iran, Syria, and Russia together pose the biggest challenge in the Middle East today, and any notion that there can be an alignment of the interests of Tehran and Washington is unrealistic, three former US officials said at the Atlantic Council on February 16. “We have an Iran-Syria-Russia problem right now in the Middle East,” […]

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In the News

Feb 16, 2016

Stein and Kroenig Join The American Interest to Discuss Turkey’s Many Wars and the Iran Deal’s Future

By Matthew Kroenig and Aaron Stein

Listen to the full story here.

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In the News

Feb 15, 2016

Alami Writes for Asharq Al-Awsat on the Impact of the Iran Nuclear Deal on the Country’s Foreign Policy

By Mona Alami

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Iran

In the News

Feb 15, 2016

Vakhshouri Joins University of Houston Annual Energy Symposium to Discuss Energy Impacts of the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

Watch the full panel here.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

President Hassan Rouhani’s Defense Policy

By Abbas Qaidaari

A study of the tensions between the United States and its allies in the region with Iran shows that both sides have misunderstood and miscalculated their defense policies and strategies in the Middle East. Many Western critics do not understand the basis and distinguishing features of the Rouhani government’s strategy. Based on general policies of […]

Iran

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Kroenig in The American Interest: How to Unwind the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Matthew Kroenig

Read the full article here.

Iran

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Bloomberg View Features Atlantic Council Iran Conference

By Atlantic Council

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Iran

In the News

Feb 10, 2016

Slavin in Voice of America: Have Russia and Iran ‘Won’ in Syria?

By Barbara Slavin

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Event Recap

Feb 9, 2016

Great Rifts: Political and Economic Ramifications of the Iran-Saudi Divide

By South Asia Center

Over a month after the Saudi execution of a prominent Shi’ite leader and the subsequent Iranian despoiling of the Saudi embassy, the rift between the two major Middle Eastern powers continues to roil regional diplomacy. On February 9, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative hosted a discussion about the impact of the rift […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2016

Saudi Offer to Deploy Troops to Syria ‘Turns the Tables’ on the United States

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Plan seen taking heat off Gulf Arab states over role in war on ISIS, putting onus on the United States to do more Saudi Arabia’s offer to deploy ground troops to fight the Islamic State in Syria is seen as putting pressure on the Obama administration—which has been urging its Arab Gulf partners to ramp […]

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Alan Pino

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Britt Gronemeyer

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

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Carmiel Arbit

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Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Danny Citrinowicz  

Nonresident Fellow

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