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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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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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Mar 29, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Kushner’s Middle East peace plan
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Mar 28, 2019

Environmental challenges plague Iran and the rest of the Middle East

By Masoud Mostajabi

In the wake of record floods in Iran that have killed more than two dozen people, new attention has focused on the environmental challenges facing the Middle East. The issues facing the region are complex and reflect a number of factors, according to experts who spoke on March 27 at the Atlantic Council. Among them are climate change, water scarcity, mismanagement, […]

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Mar 28, 2019

The folly of the Trump administration’s proclamations on Israel

By Frederic C. Hof

ently the White House and the Department of State released statements: one proclaiming American recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights; and the other commemorating the fortieth anniversary of the Israel-Egypt treaty of peace. Each, in its own way, revealed serious leadership dysfunction.

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In the News

Mar 26, 2019

Lipner quoted in USA Today on Trump-Netanyahu relationship

By Shalom Lipner

Israel Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 26, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Trump-Netanyahu collusion
Israel Politics & Diplomacy

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Mar 25, 2019

Charai in The National Interest: Afghanistan May Not Survive a U.S. Withdrawal

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Mar 25, 2019

Charai in The National Interest: Afghanistan May Not Survive a U.S. Withdrawal

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Mar 25, 2019

Lipner quoted In The Wall Street Journal on Israeli election
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New Atlanticist

Mar 24, 2019

Mr. Netanyahu goes to Washington

By Shalom Lipner

Netanyahu's arrival in the United States comes now — and not coincidentally — at precisely the moment when he needs to seize the agenda and pivot to his strengths.

Israel United States and Canada

In the News

Mar 22, 2019

Lipner quoted in The Washington Post on Trump’s recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights
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