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Aug 29, 2025

Is the cautious China-Iran military cooperation at a turning point?

By Jean-Loup Samaan

With a new war between Iran and Israel still an immediate threat, China might need to ask itself: Is cooperation with Iran worth risking its diplomacy model in the Gulf?

China Iran

MENASource

Aug 28, 2025

The Gulf’s dark horse: Why Oman can seize a global trade realignment

By Nic Adams

While economic uncertainty is gripping many countries around the world, Oman has remained a steadfast defense and economic partner of the United States.

Defense Industry Defense Policy

MENASource

Aug 25, 2025

Dispatch from Syria’s Christian strongholds: A new government, a full political spectrum

By Gregory Waters

The conditions of Christian communities across the country remain varied, with the opinions of religious and community leaders deeply mixed.

Civil Society Democratic Transitions
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In the News

Oct 19, 2020

Azodi quoted in the Independent on the expiration of the arms embargo on Iran
Iran Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Oct 19, 2020

Duclos in Institut Montaigne: Trump or Biden: Rebuilding the Transatlantic Relationship
Elections Middle East

MENASource

Oct 19, 2020

Soccer for peace in the Middle East and North Africa

By Rabah Arezki

Although uniting around sport might be mainly symbolic, it could also be a confidence-building effort that could reduce tension and increase integration in a region that would mightily benefit from both.

Middle East North Africa

In the News

Oct 18, 2020

Slavin quoted by Mehr News Agency on Trump’s Iran policy
Iran Middle East

In the News

Oct 18, 2020

Slavin quoted in CNN on US sanctions on Iran
Iran Middle East

In the News

Oct 17, 2020

Hudson quoted in RFI on the announcement of Sudan’s normalization of relations with Israel

By Atlantic Council

Africa Israel

In the News

Oct 17, 2020

Slavin quoted in ABC on Iran’s “third wave” of COVID-19
Coronavirus Iran

In the News

Oct 16, 2020

Slavin quoted in Al Khaleej Today on Iran’s “third wave” of COVID-19
Coronavirus Iran

In the News

Oct 16, 2020

Mack quoted in Bloomberg on Middle East politics in a potential Biden administration
Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

IranSource

Oct 16, 2020

The Abraham Accords plays into Iran’s hands and opens the door for al-Qaeda

By Douglas London

President Donald Trump and the Gulf states might have fueled a more profound threat that extends Iran’s “axis of resistance” directly into their own houses, including a worrisome al-Qaeda component.

Iran Middle East
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Experts

Millennium fellow

Mohamad Sakr

Head of Commercial Operations, Crescent Petroleum

Millennium Leadership Program

Energy & Environment Middle East

Staff

Melanie Robbins 

Deputy Director, Realign for Palestine

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society Extremism

Fellow

Brett McGurk

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English Middle East

Fellow

Nathan Freier

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoStrategy Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Conflict

Millennium fellow

Nidal Azhary

Executive Director, L’Union Féministe Libre (UFL)

Millennium Leadership Program

Human Rights Middle East

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Alan Pino

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

Intelligence Iran
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US-Iraq security partnership after Operation Inherent Resolve
Iraq Security & Defense