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Apr 30, 2025

From Tripoli to Tehran: Lessons from Libya in US-Iran nuclear talks

By Yaseen Rashed

Twenty-one years later, the nuclear disarmament of Libya serves as a model for the United States in current nuclear negotiations with Iran.

Iran Libya

MENASource

Apr 29, 2025

Why the US must not let Syria slip away

By Luke Wagner

Reconsidering the uneasy US-Syria relationship amid reports that Trump and al-Sharaa will meet during the US president’s Saudi Arabia visit.

Economic Sanctions Middle East
Scenes of destruction at the UN Blue Line, Southern Lebanon.

MENASource

Apr 29, 2025

Dispatch from the UN Blue Line: Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in Lebanon

By Nicholas Blanford

If Hezbollah refuses to disarm, Israel would almost certainly escalate its attacks possibly to the extent of resuming the war in Lebanon.

Iran Israel
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Aug 5, 2022

Fulton in The International Spectator: Systemic change and regional orders – Asian responses to a Gulf in transition

By Atlantic Council

Indo-Pacific Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 5, 2022

Khoury interviewed on CGTN about recent developments in Lebanon

By Atlantic Council

Lebanon Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 4, 2022

Svetlova quoted in Jewish Insider about Jordan-Israel talks

By Atlantic Council

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MENASource

Aug 4, 2022

Russia is forming an alliance of pariah states in the Middle East. It might put Israel in an awkward situation in Syria. 

By Ksenia Svetlova

For lack of other options, Russia is opening to Iran and is preparing to establish a new alliance of pariah states with the Islamic Republic—to the detriment of Jerusalem.

Europe & Eurasia Israel

In the News

Aug 4, 2022

Svetlova in Times of Israel: Exiled oligarch in Israel – Putin doesn’t want to annex Ukraine, but to destroy it

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

IranSource

Aug 4, 2022

My brother was executed during the 1988 massacre. The Hamid Noury trial verdict is a victory for truth and justice.

By Lawdan Bazargan

Only the truth can heal Iran and the Iranian people’s collective pain and protect future generations from the danger of such crimes.

Human Rights Iran

In the News

Aug 3, 2022

Lipner in The National News: Is Israel warming up for a nuclear showdown with Iran?

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Aug 3, 2022

Svetlova in The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: The lost opportunity of Mahmoud Abbas

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Aug 3, 2022

Panikoff joins TRT World to discuss Biden’s visit to the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Aug 3, 2022

Slavin interviewed on Asharq about the status of the Iran nuclear deal

By Atlantic Council

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Amir Asmar

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Owen J. Daniels

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