Middle East

Wechsler and Fontenrose in The Washington Post: How US allies in the Gulf can help prevent an Iranian October surprise

As the 2020 US presidential election ramps up, the Atlantic Council's Kirsten Fontenrose and William Wechsler write in The Washington Post on the threat of an October surprise from Iran.

Frandrup quoted in the National on naval operations in the Gulf area

By Atlantic Council

Mezran and Cristiani in The National Interest: Trouble in Tripoli: Why Europe must respond to the ambitions of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar

Every time there is a European conference on Libya, the dominant feeling is the same: the Europeans seem to be more interested in the process—the mere act of bringing stakeholders together to talk—than the outcome. It is less clear whether this talk is actually conducive to any solution that can stop the spiral of violence […]

Durakoglu quoted in the Boston Globe about the state of a US hostage in Lebanon

Slavin joins PRI to discuss Iran’s parliamentary elections

By Atlantic Council

Nia in Just Security: For Free Expression in Iran, the U.S. Can Act to Keep the Internet On

By Atlantic Council

Slavin quoted in CNBC on Iran’s parliamentary elections

By Atlantic Council