Atlantic Council Middle East Programs

📅 March 24 | 🕙10:00 a.m. EST The Iran war has caused a significant loss of Iranian personnel and military equipment. How will Tehran's need to rebuild its own arsenal reduce support for regional allies? Join our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for an upcoming event on the future of Iran's axis of resistance. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4t0ZpPI

📅 March 26 | 🕙 10:00 a.m. EST 🛢️🇸🇾 Energy development is not only an economic issue — it is a stability issue. What role will energy play in unlocking Syria's recovery? Join us as #ACSyria, in partnership with the @USSyriaBC host a discussion on Syria’s evolving energy landscape featuring @YousefQiblawy, Hunter Hunt, Mohamed Badri, Jay Salkini, @VictoriaT_, moderated by Wa’el Alzayat. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4b3t2bo

🇪🇬 💡 "A financial disruption in Egypt would reverberate not only across the Middle East and North Africa but potentially across global markets as well," writes Khalid Azim. 🔗 Read his full analysis on the potential spillover from an economic crisis in Egypt ⬇️ bit.ly/4dpGuZZ

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🎉 We are pleased to welcome @GRVStansfield as our newest nonresident senior fellow with the Transatlantic Project and Iraq Initiative! Stansfield is an internationally recognized scholar on the politics of the Middle East, focusing on conflict causation and management, post-conflict rehabilitation, and the security dynamics of the Gulf countries. He has extensive fieldwork experience, including in Iraq and its Kurdistan Region, as well as in Syria and Afghanistan. 🔗 Read more here ➡️ bit.ly/47ra5i0

As the US-Israeli war against Iran reverberates across the Middle East and the globe, Atlantic Council experts answer twenty of the most pressing questions about the war. THREAD 🧵 atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/twe…

🌐💡"The deeper lesson is that military effectiveness cannot compensate for weak intervention design and understanding of politics," writes Frank Talbot on the lessons learned from NATO's 2011 intervention in Libya that can be applied to Iran today. 🔗Read his full take below⬇️ bit.ly/4b5dLbC

📅 April 20 | 🕝 2:30 PM ET 🇮🇶 🇸🇾 RESCHDULED: Join us as our Iraq Initiative and Syria Project host Congressman Joe Wilson for a discussion on the future of Iraq–Syria relations. Speakers include @JonWilksUK, @IbrahimAlAssil, and @LahibHigel, moderated by @Joyce_Karam. 🔗Register here ➡️ bit.ly/4sG4jBt

🌐💡"The Houthis’ involvement in the Gaza war elevated them on the international stage and allowed them to capitalize on broad support among Yemenis for Palestinians at a time when their population was growing restless. But Yemenis are much more reticent about supporting Iran," writes Allison Minor. 🔗 Read her full analysis on the potential of the Houthi's joining the Iran war ⬇️ bit.ly/3P1deyP

📅 March 26 | 🕙 10:00 a.m. EST 🛢️🇸🇾 Energy development is not only an economic issue — it is a stability issue. What role will energy play in unlocking Syria's recovery? Join us as #ACSyria, in partnership with the @USSyriaBC host a discussion on Syria’s evolving energy landscape featuring @YousefQiblawy, Hunter Hunt, Mohamed Badri, Jay Salkini, @VictoriaT_, moderated by Wa’el Alzayat. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4b3t2bo

With Mojtaba Khamenei emerging as the new supreme leader, how might Washington shape a post-war Iran? Ingrid Small and Nate Swanson outline three areas where the US and its allies can exert influence: atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/was…

🌐💡 "What begins as a geopolitical disruption in energy markets can gradually propagate through the broader global economy," writes Khalid Azim on the variables gripping the market reaction to the joint US and Israeli attack on Iran. Read his full analysis ⬇️ bit.ly/4lkQber

🎧 ICYMI: Check out our newest episode of the Guns for Hire podcast! Host @aliabrahimi and @dim0kq discuss the realities of drone warfare in Ukraine, as well as the ways in which mercenary forces change the nature and tempo of battle. 🔗 Tune in below ⬇️ bit.ly/4bzSNlb

📅 March 26 | 🕙 10:00 a.m. EST 🛢️🇸🇾 What would responsible investment in Syria’s energy sector require? Join us as #ACSyria, in partnership with the @USSyriaBC for a discussion on Syria’s evolving energy landscape featuring @YousefQiblawy, Hunter Hunt, Mohamed Badri, Jay Salkini, @VictoriaT_, moderated by Wa’el Alzayat. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4b3t2bo

🌐💡 "The prominence of Pahlavi’s name does not necessarily represent a universal agreement with his political vision, nor does it imply a collective desire for monarchy...it confirms the emergence of a visible figure capable of being a transitional leader," writes @MarjanKg in her new analysis on the friction between Reza Pahlavi and the Iranian opposition. 🔗 Read her full take below ⬇️ bit.ly/4sjUokA

🎉 We are pleased to welcome @mirzafir as our newest nonresident senior fellow with our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative. Miroslav most recently served as senior political advisor and liaison officer at the United Nations Special Coordinator’s Office for the Middle East Peace Process. 🔗 Read more here ➡️bit.ly/46Fr1RC

🔴 LIVE NOW | 🕘 9:00 a.m. EST Join our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for a discussion on the war with Iran, the death of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the geopolitical implications for the region. Featuring @SanamVakil, @JasonMBrodsky and @citrinowicz, and moderated by Nate Swanson. 🔗 Watch here ⬇️ bit.ly/4tYYv7o

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📅 TOMORROW | 🕘 9:00 a.m. EST Join our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative for a discussion on the war with Iran, the death of Supreme Leader Khamenei, and the geopolitical implications for the region. Featuring @SanamVakil, @JasonMBrodsky and @citrinowicz, and moderated by Nate Swanson. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4b5h5SG

📅 March 26 | 🕙 10:00 a.m. EST 🛢️🇸🇾 What role will energy play in Syria's recover? Join us as #ACSyria, in partnership with the @USSyriaBC for a discussion on Syria’s evolving energy landscape featuring @YousefQiblawy, Hunter Hunt, Mohamed Badri, Jay Salkini, @VictoriaT_, moderated by Wa’el Alzayat. 🔗 Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/4b3t2bo