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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

Sep 14, 2020

Wechsler quoted in AP on Trump’s string of diplomatic wins

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 13, 2020

Hunter calls for Biden to undo Trump administration’s support for Saudi blockade of Qatar

By Atlantic Council

Middle East Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Wechsler quoted in AFP on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Fontenrose quoted in the New York Times on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 11, 2020

Wechsler quoted in USA TODAY on Israel-Bahrain normalization

Israel Middle East

MENASource

Sep 11, 2020

Experts react: US brokers another deal in Middle East with Israel and Bahrain

By William F. Wechsler, Kirsten Fontenrose, Marc J. Sievers, Jonathan H. Ferziger, Barbara Slavin, Carmiel Arbit, Michel Duclos, Richard LeBaron, Mark N. Katz, Thomas S. Warrick, Sina Azodi, Joze Pelayo

Atlantic Council experts react to Bahrain agreement to normalize ties with Israel and what it means for the wider region.

Israel Middle East

In the News

Sep 7, 2020

Mack quoted in Al Jazeera on UAE-Israel normalization

Arabic Israel

In the News

Aug 29, 2020

Charai in the Jerusalem Post: Can Arabs and Israelis prosper together?

By Atlantic Council

The Arab world was strangely quiet in the wake of the United Arab Emirates’ announcement of peace with Israel. But the announcement is a strategic victory for both Israel and the UAE, with the potential to impact Arab-Israeli relations as far afield as Morocco. Read Atlantic Council Board Director Ahmed Charai's latest in the Jerusalem Post on the prospects for Arabs and Israelis to prosper together.

Israel Morocco

In the News

Aug 27, 2020

Fulton quoted in Bloomberg Businessweek on China-Gulf relations

China Chinese

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