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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.

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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.

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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.

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Nov 22, 2024

Panikoff quoted in Kurdistan 24 on the role of military victory and diplomatic leverage in achieving peace

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 22, 2024

Panikoff mentioned in Kurdistan 24 on MEPS 2024 Forum kickoff in Duhok

By Atlantic Council

Iraq Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2024

‘You cannot separate’ the ‘unholy alliance’ that is Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, warns Congressman Michael McCaul

By Katherine Golden

Ukraine is central to US interests because if Ukraine falls, it will embolden US adversaries, McCaul said at an Atlantic Council Front Page event.

China Conflict

In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Fulton in ISPI: Asia’s Expanding Footprint in the Middle East

By Atlantic Council

China Economy & Business

In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Citrinowicz quoted in Bloomberg: Israel Has a New Operational Freedom After Crippling Hezbollah

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

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Nov 21, 2024

Bakir in PRISME: Weapons of Influence, How Arms-Centric is the Turkey-GCC Countries Relationship?

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 21, 2024

Donovan and Nikoladze cited in the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report on the cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea

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In the News

Nov 20, 2024

Grossman quoted in Religion News on women leaders from the Abrahamic faiths convening in the UAE

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 20, 2024

Samaan quoted in the Washington Post on whether Lebanon’s army can secure the south

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

In the News

Nov 20, 2024

Plitsas quoted in ATN News on US sanctions on senior Hamas officials

By Atlantic Council

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Brett McGurk

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

English Middle East

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Amir Asmar

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative

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Owen J. Daniels

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

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Alexander Young

Project Assistant

Forward Defense Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Defense Industry Europe & Eurasia

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David H. Young

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Afghanistan Conflict

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Amina Mohamed

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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