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Counterterrorism Study Group

The Counterterrorism Study Group is a forum for former counterterrorism officials to review the latest threats, to understand emerging trends and future predictions, and to explore creative new proposals for improving the effectiveness of current policies and operations.


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Listen to the latest episode of the China-MENA podcast, featuring conversations with academics, government leaders, and the policy community on China’s role in the Middle East.


Gulf Security Task Force

The Gulf Security Task Force is revisiting the question of how to best protect US interests in this sensitive, always relevant region. Our goal is to provide US decision-makers with an updated, fact-based strategy for protecting US interests in the air and maritime domain from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea, and ensuring Gulf partners’ ability to assume this responsibility, with the assistance and leadership of the United States.

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In the News

Feb 12, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in the Guardian on whether the UK will follow the US in ending support for the Saudi-led offensive in Yemen

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MENASource

Feb 12, 2021

A historic opportunity for peace in Yemen

By Nabeel Khoury

There is a hard and complex road ahead, but the Biden administration has taken a major first step in the right direction.

Politics & Diplomacy
Yemen

In the News

Feb 11, 2021

i24 covered the Atlantic Council’s event with Oman’s Foreign Minister

Middle East
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 11, 2021

Reuters covered the Atlantic Council’s event with H.E. Sayyid Badr AlBusaidi

Middle East
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 10, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Vox on policy-making differences between Biden and Trump

Politics & Diplomacy
The Gulf

In the News

Feb 6, 2021

Bloomberg covered the Atlantic Council’s event with Oman’s Foreign Minister

Middle East
Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Khoury quoted in VOA on ending the war in Yemen

Conflict
Middle East

In the News

Feb 5, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Bloomberg on the future of the US-Saudi alliance

Middle East
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In the News

Feb 4, 2021

Kroenig appears on CNN International to discuss President Biden’s foreign policy speech

By Atlantic Council

On February 4, Matthew Kroenig appeared on CNN International where he discussed President Biden’s speech on foreign policy that he delivered at the State Department. Topics for discussion included 1) whether allies would be less likely to rely on the United States moving forward; 2) the president’s announcement that the United States will not support offensive […]

China
Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Feb 4, 2021

The big takeaways from Biden’s first foreign-policy speech

By Atlantic Council

President Joe Biden campaigned on a promise of renewed American engagement with the world after the era of “America First”—and the president’s remarks were designed to show that this shift is already underway.

China
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