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MENASource

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.

Israel
Middle East


MENASource

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.

Economic Sanctions
Iran


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.

Libya
Middle East

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In the News

Apr 8, 2019

Slavin Joins CGTN to Discuss the US Designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a Foreign Terrorist Group

By Barbara Slavin

Watch the full discussion here

Iran

IranSource

Apr 8, 2019

Silicon Valley preaches diversity and inclusion while excluding Iranians

By Mahsa Alimardani and Roya Pakzad

Soheila has a monthly routine. At the beginning of each month, she opens the Asan Pardakht app on her iPhone to make gas, phone, and water payments. But on this day, the bill paying application gives her the notification: “Unable to verify app.”

Iran

In the News

Apr 7, 2019

Mezran Quoted in World News Monitor on the Current Situation in Libya

By Karim Mezran

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Libya

In the News

Apr 7, 2019

Charai in Jerusalem Post: Who Will Lead During the ‘Deal of the Century’?

By Atlantic Council

Israel Middle East

In the News

Apr 6, 2019

Lipner quoted in The New York Times on Netanyahu’s plan to annex the West Bank

By Shalom Lipner

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Apr 6, 2019

Lipner quoted in Bloomberg on Netanyahu’s floating of settlement annexation plan
Israel Politics & Diplomacy
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MENASource

Apr 5, 2019

Algeria: A revolution without illusions

By Borzou Daragahi

For decades, Algeria was the staid, stolid giant of north Africa. With powerful and well-equipped armed forces, it has been a reliable security partner for the United States in fighting against Islamic extremist groups.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2019

Libya: Back on the brink of a civil war?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Khalifa Haftar orders his troops to mark on Tripoli.

Conflict Libya

IranSource

Apr 5, 2019

Something fishy is going on between Iran and China (and Pakistan)

By Fatemeh Aman

Two of Beijing’s close allies, Iran and Pakistan, have been increasingly impacted by China’s growing appetite for fish, both for domestic consumption and to supply its processed fish industry. Stricter regulations in Pakistan and an internal political fight in Iran could make it harder for China to expand its fishing industry into their waters.

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In the News

Apr 4, 2019

Lipner quoted in Jewish Insider on Israel’s elections
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