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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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Feb 25, 2025

Citrinowicz joins Yemen News to discuss Sana’a forces’ effect on the conflict with Israel

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Feb 25, 2025

Damon joins CNN to discuss Rubio’s meeting with Israeli officials

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Feb 25, 2025

Damon mentioned in Telegrafi on her experience in conflict in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Middle East

In the News

Feb 25, 2025

Fulton joins China-MENA Channel to discuss the protection of China’s interests abroad

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

In the News

Feb 25, 2025

Abdulbari quoted in Bloomberg on how a Sudan coalition delayed the signing of a parallel-government agreement

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Political Reform

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Feb 25, 2025

Mouton joins Squaring the Circle Podcast to discuss the Middle East and national security

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Middle East

Issue Brief

Feb 24, 2025

From Tunis to Baghdad: Can platform-based politics take root?

By Carrie Schenkel and James Storen

This paper is the fifth in the Freedom and Prosperity Center's "State of the Parties" series analyzing the strength of multi-party systems in different regions of the world.

Civil Society Corruption

MENASource

Feb 21, 2025

How Trump can deliver on disrupting Red Sea weapons smuggling by the Houthis

By Eleonora Ardemagni

As the Trump administration’s Yemen policy takes shape, it is clear that choking off the Houthis’ weapons routes is a central part of the president’s strategy, and US partners in Yemen are eager to play an active role.

Crisis Management Defense Policy

Testimony

Feb 21, 2025

Kimberly Donovan testifies to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission on the Axis of Autocracy

By Kimberly Donovan

On February 20, Economic Statecraft Initiative Director Kimberly Donovan testified to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission at a hearing titled, "An Axis of Autocracy? China's Relations with Russia, Iran, and North Korea."

China Economic Sanctions

MENASource

Feb 21, 2025

What the Middle East conflicts reveal about the future of terrorism

By Maayan Dagan

As policymakers turn to the future of Gaza and other political negotiations, they should also take note of the lessons learned over the past sixteen months.

Conflict Crisis Management
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Ala’a Kolkaila

Belfer Center Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Sloan Fellow - MBA'25, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Ahmad Sharara

Project Engineer, Consolidated Contractors Company

Millennium Leadership Program

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Adel Hamaizia

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Edward Brady

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