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Sep 19, 2025

How Israel’s strike on Doha is forcing a Gulf security reckoning

By Giorgio Cafiero

The Gulf monarchies have displayed strong unity at a time when rethinking twenty-first-century Gulf security is no longer optional.

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Sep 19, 2025

Snapback sanctions threaten to further derail Iran nuclear deal hopes

By Rob Macaire

Now would be the best time for the West to negotiate a deal with Iran—but snapback sanctions threaten a derailing into further confrontation.

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MENASource

Sep 18, 2025

Libya’s stalled transition: When domestic spoilers meet foreign interests

By Luis Aleman and Karim Mezran

Libya’s stalled transition has not happened by chance; it has been deliberately engineered into paralysis by both domestic spoilers and foreign powers.

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Apr 9, 2019

Lipner in The Washington Post: Whether Israel annexes the West Bank could be up to Trump
Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 9, 2019

Slavin Joins ABC News to Discuss the US Designation of the IRGC as A Terrorist Group

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran

In the News

Apr 9, 2019

Dagres Quoted in The Washington Post on the designation of Iran’s Elite Revolutionary Guard as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

By Holly Dagres

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Iran

In the News

Apr 9, 2019

Slavin Quoted in S&P Global on Iran Oil Export

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran

In the News

Apr 9, 2019

Dagres Joins BBC to Discuss US Labels Iranian Military Unit as Terrorists

By Holly Dagres

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Iran

IranSource

Apr 9, 2019

I know you’re a terrorist, but what am I?

By Borzou Daragahi

The administration of President Donald Trump finally on April 8—countering the advice of the United States’ own military and intelligence mandarins—named Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organization.

Iran

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2019

Israel’s Latin America push

By Grace Wermenbol

Israel stands to benefit from closer economic ties with Latin America, not least due to its ability to leverage the demand for security and development technology.

Economy & Business Israel

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2019

Libyan conflict could worsen migrant plight, European commissioner warns

By David A. Wemer

Europe cannot keep its head in the sand while people suffer, Dimitirs Avramopoulos says.

Conflict Europe & Eurasia

IranSource

Apr 8, 2019

United States designates Iran’s IRGC a foreign terrorist organization

By Holly Dagres

The Trump administration on April 8 designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist organization—the first time a country’s military has received such a status.

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In the News

Apr 8, 2019

Slavin Quoted in VOA on the Factbox of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

By Barbara Slavin

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