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MENASource

May 5, 2025

How China turned the Red Sea into a strategic trap for the US

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Beijing’s proxy warfare turns global trade routes into battlefields that the United States struggles to defend.

China Economy & Business

MENASource

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
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Through our Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, the Atlantic Council works with allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.

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Content

In the News

Jul 15, 2022

Shapiro quoted in France24 on Saudi opening their airways to Israel

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 15, 2022

Shapiro quoted in the New York Times on the new Palestinian leader

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 15, 2022

Panikoff quoted in BBC on Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia

By Atlantic Council

Politics & Diplomacy Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Jul 15, 2022

Experts react: What’s next for the Middle East after Biden’s big visit?

By Daniel B. Shapiro, Barbara Slavin, Ariel Ezrahi, Thomas S. Warrick, Shalom Lipner, Carmiel Arbit, Nadereh Chamlou, Sina Azodi, Mark N. Katz, Andrew L. Peek

The trip focuses on repairing relationships across the region in an effort to foster regional stability and advance normalization with Israel. Atlantic Council experts react to the trip and what it means for the wider region.

Israel Middle East
A view of a damaged building and a car at the site of a Russian military strike in Vinnytsia, Ukraine, July 14, 2022. (Source: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

New Atlanticist

Jul 15, 2022

Russian War Report: Russian missiles strike Vinnytsia

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Russian forces launched a missile attack on the Ukrainian town on Vinnytsia, Russia's public death toll grows, and Iran's coverage of the war.

Conflict Disinformation

In the News

Jul 14, 2022

Slavin quoted in Alhurra on Israel’s declaration to Iran

By Atlantic Council

Arabic Iran

In the News

Jul 14, 2022

Azodi quoted in The World on the US and Israel signing a joint declaration on Iran’s nuclear program

By Atlantic Council

Iran Israel

In the News

Jul 14, 2022

Fontenrose quoted in Ahval News on the US perception of MENA countries in contrast to Russia

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 14, 2022

Lipner quoted in Jerusalem Post on Biden’s understanding of the Torah in his recent visit to Israel

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jul 14, 2022

Lipner mentioned in Jewish Telegraphic Agency on Biden’s reference to the Torah

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy
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Experts

Fellow

Itai Melchior

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Artificial Intelligence Economy & Business

Fellow

Reem Goussous

Nonresident senior fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Americas Arabic

Fellow

Robert Fardi

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Economy & Business Israel

Active affiliation

Nic Adams

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Energy & Environment Middle East

Staff

Ellie Sennett 

Editor

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic Middle East

Fellow

Mark Mowrey

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Atlantic Council in Turkey

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
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