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Feb 10, 2014

Slavin Interviews Hadley on Israel and Iran Deal

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin interviews former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on Israel’s role in nuclear negotiations with Iran:

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Transcript

Feb 10, 2014

Transcript: A Mideast Watershed: The End of US Domination?

Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and current ambassador-in-residence at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, sat down with Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe for a discussion on the history and future of America’s role in the Middle East.

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In the News

Feb 7, 2014

Hof on Offshore Oil Fields in the Mediterranean Sea

By Frederic C. Hof

The Daily Beast quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on whether disputed gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea could spark war between Israel and its neighbors:

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Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, June 28, 2013

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Feb 3, 2014

Palestinian Leader Seeks NATO Force in Future State

By Jodi Rudoren, New York Times

Six months into peace talks dominated by discussion about security, President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority has proposed to Secretary of State John Kerry that an American-led NATO force patrol a future Palestinian state indefinitely

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In the News

Jan 28, 2014

Hof and LeBaron Speak at Middle East Policy Council Conference

Hariri Center Senior Fellows Richard LeBaron and Frederic Hof joined the Middle East Policy Council’s 75th Capitol Hill Conference to discuss Iran’s nuclear program and its policies in the region, the concerns of Gulf states and Israel, and how an agreement would affect the balance of power in the region.

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Allies concerned about a diminished US global presence

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Jan 23, 2014

Get Ready, the Indispensable Americans are Pulling Back

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

[T]he most important emerging theme in world politics is America’s slow retreat from its role as global policeman.

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NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow in Tel Aviv

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Jan 15, 2014

Turkey Reassured that NATO Missile Shield Not Designed for Israel

By Dan Williams, Reuters

Turkey has accepted assurances a planned NATO missile defense system in which it is playing a part is not designed to protect Israel as well, the alliance’s deputy secretary-general said on Wednesday.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2014

Ariel Sharon: Influential in Death

By New Atlanticist

“Written on every page of Israel’s history, in ink and in blood, is the name Ariel Sharon,” notes Michael Oren, Israel’s former ambassador to the United States. Even following Sharon’s death January 11, the former soldier and prime minister “will influence the future, as Israelis consider their options” in the event that US-led diplomacy fails […]

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Issue Brief

Aug 12, 2013

The Israeli experience in missile defense: Lessons for NATO

By Jean-Loup Samaan and Guillaume Lasconjarias

Jean-Loup Samaan and Guillaume Lasconjarias, research fellows at the NATO Defense College in Italy, outline in this issue brief for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security what NATO can learn from the Israeli experience in missile defense. Samaan and Lasconjarias identify five domains where Israel’s missile defense experience may offer both helpful lessons and […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 20, 2013

Coping with Netanyahu on Iran

By R. Nicholas Burns

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is back in the headlines on the subject of Iran. On CBS’s “Face the Nation,’’ Netanyahu complained that there was “no sense of urgency” by the global community about Iran’s advancing nuclear program. He went on to warn that Israel will “have to address this question of how to stop […]

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