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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.

Iran Israel
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Nov 13, 2024

Integrated strategic competition: A new approach to US national security

By Daniel Elkins

In this evolving landscape, there is a pressing need for a renewed and coherent multi-agency approach that truly integrates the instruments of national power.

China Conflict

Inflection Points

Nov 13, 2024

Trump is inheriting a more dangerous world

By Frederick Kempe

China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are coordinating in unprecedented ways, posing new challenges to the incoming US president.

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Nov 12, 2024

Citrinowicz in the Institute for National Security Studies: Iranian Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference During the Swords of Iron War

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Iran

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Nov 12, 2024

Charai in The National Interest: How Trump Could Restore America’s Influence and Inspire Global Youth

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Nov 12, 2024

Samaan in Institut Montaigne: Trump II—What are the consequences for the Middle East?

By Atlantic Council

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Nov 10, 2024

Alkhatib in Jewish News: I’m tired of Palestinians being linked to the behavior of non-Palestinians abroad

By Atlantic Council

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Nov 9, 2024

Alkhatib joins i24 to discuss Hamas saying that Trump must work to stop the war in Gaza

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Israel

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Nov 9, 2024

Alkhatib quoted in the Daily Mail on Hamas torture footage

By Atlantic Council

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Nov 8, 2024

Elliot Ackerman on Defense One Radio on the anniversary of the second battle of Fallujah

On November 7, Elliot Ackerman, non-resident senior fellow at Forward Defense, appeared on an episode of Defense One Radio to speak about the twentieth anniversary of the second battle of Fallujah and his experiences there.

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Nov 8, 2024

Panikoff quoted in the Deccan Herald on Trump’s influence on US foreign policy well before taking office
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