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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.

Iran Libya

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.

Economic Sanctions Middle East
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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Sep 30, 2024

Beniamino Irdi featured on RAI Radio 1’s Zapping program

By Beniamino Irdi

On September 30, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Beniamino Irdi was featured on RAI Radio 1’s Zapping discussing regional implications of Hassan Nasrallah’s death.

Middle East Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2024

After Nasrallah, three quandaries shape the future of the war—and the Middle East

By Jonathan Panikoff

Hassan Nasrallah’s death creates interrelated quandaries for Hezbollah, Iran, and Israel that will determine if the region erupts in conflict and shape what it looks like for years to come.

Conflict Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Sep 28, 2024

Hezbollah is diminished, decapitated, and in disarray—but still dangerous

By William F. Wechsler

The death of Hassan Nasrallah leaves Hezbollah weakened, but as Israel’s history with the Iran-backed group demonstrates, decapitation operations are often necessary to win the battle but always far from sufficient to win the peace.

Conflict Iran

New Atlanticist

Sep 28, 2024

Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran?

By Atlantic Council experts

On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader had been killed in an Israeli air strike. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what might come next for the already war-torn region.

Iran Israel

New Atlanticist

Sep 26, 2024

US election security is seeing a rise in ‘complex’ threats—and it’s not just foreign actors, says Lisa Monaco

By Katherine Golden

Monaco, speaking at the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics, attributed the rise in complexity to the fact that “more threat actors” are “getting into the game."

China Economic Sanctions

MENASource

Sep 26, 2024

Member states can and should refer the situation of Syria to the ICC

By Yaser Tabbara and Nick Leddy

Until a few years ago, Syria's pathway to the ICC was closed. But in 2018 and 2019, two historic ICC decisions re-opened the door for Syria's situation.

Conflict Middle East

Transcript

Sep 26, 2024

How Russia, China, and Iran are working to sow distrust in US elections, according to US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco

By Atlantic Council

At the Transatlantic Forum, Monaco touched upon the DOJ’s work to stop adversaries from flouting laws, the use of sanctions, and the connection between national security and economics.

China Economic Sanctions

Podcast

Sep 26, 2024

“Borrowed servants”? Private military companies and sadism in Abu Ghraib

By Alia Brahimi

Host and Nonresident Senior Fellow Alia Brahimi is joined by international lawyer Katherine Gallagher to explore her litigation against a prominent PMC for war crimes at Abu Ghraib.

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Sep 26, 2024

Charai in The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune: Lebanon: A Country Held Hostage by Hizbullah, in Desperate Need of Liberation

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

In the News

Sep 25, 2024

Shaffer quoted in S&P Global on US maritime capabilities in addressing Houthi threats

By Brenda Shaffer

Conflict Defense Policy
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Newton Howard

Nonresident Senior Fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Artificial Intelligence English

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Hany Ghanem

Nonresident senior fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

Americas Arabic

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Thomas Storch

Distinguished fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Economy & Business Energy Markets & Governance

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Len Khodorkovsky

Nonresident senior fellow, N7 Initiative

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Arabic English

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Melanie Robbins 

Deputy Director, Realign for Palestine

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

Civil Society Extremism

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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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