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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

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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.

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Aug 12, 2024

Goldwyn, Wald, and Shaffer quoted in S&P Global on Trump’s stance on oil sanctions

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Aug 12, 2024

Wald joins Bloomberg Surveillance and Bloomberg TV to discuss geopolitical energy risks

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Aug 11, 2024

Bakir quoted in Al-Monitor on Turkey approach towards Sinwar-led Hamas

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Aug 11, 2024

Chamlou quoted in BBC on laws barring Iranian women from the workplace

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Aug 10, 2024

Mezran quoted in ADN Kronos on Libya, truce between militias in Tripoli, and Haftar’s “test” in the southwest

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Aug 9, 2024

Bakir quoted in Breaking Defense on experts say Iran’s reasons to delay strike against Israel

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Aug 9, 2024

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Aug 9, 2024

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Aug 9, 2024

Panikoff joins BBC to discuss escalating tensions in the MENA region
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Aug 9, 2024

Ahmed Alkhatib quoted in Voice of America on Gaza ceasefire talks

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