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May 5, 2025

How China turned the Red Sea into a strategic trap for the US

By Fatima Abo Alasrar

Beijing’s proxy warfare turns global trade routes into battlefields that the United States struggles to defend.

China Economy & Business

MENASource

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
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Mar 18, 2025

The Gaza cease-fire is over. What’s next from Israel, Hamas, and the US?

By Atlantic Council experts

In the early hours of March 18, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza, ending the two-month cease-fire. Atlantic Council experts answer pressing questions about the resumed conflict.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2025

Beyond the Houthis: The US needs a comprehensive Yemen policy

By Osamah Al Rawhani

Recent air strikes mark a new chapter in the US approach toward the Houthis. But to be successful in reducing threats in the region, Washington will need policies that address Yemen as a whole.

Conflict Middle East

In the News

Mar 18, 2025

Nia joins Voice of America to discuss Iran’s human rights violations

By Atlantic Council

Human Rights Iran

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Mar 18, 2025

Panikoff quoted in CBC News on Trump’s approach to Hamas

By Atlantic Council

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Mar 18, 2025

Panikoff quoted in Reuters on Trump’s caution to Hamas regarding hostages

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

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Mar 18, 2025

Panikoff quoted in The Financial Times on Trump’s warning to Hamas

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Mar 18, 2025

Rayes in British Medical Journal: quantifying the effects of attacks on health facilities on health service use in Northwest Syria: a case time series study from 2017 to 2019

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Mar 18, 2025

Özkizilcik in Dirilis Postasi: are the Druze Israel’s new excuse?

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Mar 18, 2025

Amin in Al-Monitor: inside Egypt’s Arab summit plan to use leverage to thwart Trump’s Gaza plan

By Atlantic Council

Conflict Crisis Management

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Mar 18, 2025

Tabaqchali in London School of Economics: the empire strikes back: Trump 2.0 and Iraq’s dollar accounts at the federal reserve

By Atlantic Council

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