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In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Pfaff in Defense One: The Saudi-Oil Attacks Aren’t Game Changing. They Show How the Game Has Changed

Iran Oil and Gas

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Slavin quoted in NPR on U.S. Satellites Detected Iran Readying Weapons Ahead Of Saudi Strike

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Bell quoted in WGME on Saudi oil attacks

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Middle East
Putin Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Sep 17, 2019

He’s serious: Putin offers to sell air defense missiles to Saudi Arabia

By Mark N. Katz

While Iran's president and foreign minister laughed at the Russian president's statement, Putin offer should been seen as a serious one.

Iran Missile Defense

In the News

Sep 17, 2019

Wald in Bloomberg: Aramco’s IPO Could Use a Breather Anyway

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Middle East

EnergySource

Sep 17, 2019

Fujairah and the encirclement of Saudi oil production by Iran

By Jean-Francois Seznec

The latest attacks on the Arab Gulf oil industry seem to be part of a strategy by Iran to warn the Gulf states that it can block all oil shipments, if it sees fit. One of the warnings was the attack on three tankers at anchor off Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman.

Geopolitics & Energy Security Iran

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose quoted in The Guardian on the Saudi oil attack and the possibility of escalation

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Saudi Arabia Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose quoted in The Wall Street Journal on US response to Saudi oil attack

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Saudi Arabia Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Fontenrose joins NPR’s Air Talk to discuss attack on Saudi oil facility

By Kirsten Fontenrose

Infrastructure Protection Oil and Gas

In the News

Sep 16, 2019

Cornell quoted in Bloomberg on the Saudi Aramco attack

By Phillip Cornell

Middle East Oil and Gas

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