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Through our Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, the Atlantic Council works with allies and partners in Europe and the wider Middle East to protect US interests, build peace and security, and unlock the human potential of the region.

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In the News

Jan 30, 2020

Arbit in The Forward: There actually is an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that’s working — in Gaza

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

IranSource

Jan 30, 2020

Iranian civil society is our North Star: We should let them guide us

By Gissou Nia

One accurate window into which way the country will trend is to track the demands of Iranian civil society. They are leading with their chants in the streets and letters from prison. And their message to the people of Iran is clear: don’t abandon your self-respect and human dignity. Enough is enough.

Democratic Transitions Iran

In the News

Jan 29, 2020

Wechsler quoted in The New York Times on the Trump administration’s peace plan

By Atlantic Council

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Jan 29, 2020

Slavin joins Foreign Affairs Inbox to discuss Iran’s response to death of Soleimani

By Atlantic Council

Barbara Slavin of the Future of Iran Initiative at the Atlantic Council joins George Washington University’s Foreign Affairs Inbox to explore future paths in US-Iran relations after the death of Soleimani.

Iran Middle East

SyriaSource

Jan 29, 2020

The uncounted: Life after war for Syria’s living martyrs

By Gregory Waters

For all Syrians, honoring the men who died fighting for their side’s cause is a central social event. But while martyrs are immortalized in life-sized posters on every street corner, wounded fighters, known as “living martyrs,” risk becoming outcasts in their communities.

Conflict Syria

In the News

Jan 29, 2020

Wechsler in ISPI: The United States, China and the Middle East: Three Transitions and Four Futures

By Atlantic Council

China Middle East

MENASource

Jan 29, 2020

Let’s make a deal of the century

By Shalom Lipner

Hopes for an immediate breakthrough toward a peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians remain bleak.

Israel Middle East

In the News

Jan 28, 2020

Fontenrose joins BBC Newsnight to discuss President Trump’s Middle East plan

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jan 28, 2020

Trump’s new Middle East peace deal: A real path or dead on arrival?

By Daniel J. Samet

"The sad irony is that the peace process desperately needs new ideas, even if the ideas revealed today and the means by which they were developed and announced were not ideal," William Wechsler says. "And given the longstanding positions taken by the current Israeli and Palestinian leaders, the only credible source for those new ideas is the United States."

Israel Middle East

In the News

Jan 27, 2020

Arbit in Foreign Policy: In Israel’s endless elections, female candidates have been the biggest losers

By Atlantic Council

Israel Political Reform

Experts