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Alistair Taylor

@mideasteditor

Editorial Director, @MiddleEastInst. Editor, writer & analyst with a focus on #MiddleEast and #Turkey. Views are my own. T/RT≠ endorsement.

Washington, DC Katılım Ekim 2018
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Nadwa Dawsari@Ndawsari·
In my latest piece for the Middle East Institute, I examine why the #Houthis have so far stayed out of the conflict despite heavy U.S. & Israeli strikes against #Iran. mei.edu/publication/ir…
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Gönül Tol
Gönül Tol@gonultol·
My latest piece on Turkey and the Iran war: 1️⃣ NATO intercepted a second Iranian missile that entered Turkish airspace. Ankara warned Tehran, while Iranian officials denied responsibility and said they respect Turkish sovereignty. But Iran’s so-called “mosaic defense” strategy, which decentralizes decision-making, makes such assurances hard to rely on. 2️⃣ Disrupting regional trade and energy flows appear to be the unifying strategy in this decentralized structure. That poses serious risks for Turkey, which sits at the crossroads of key energy corridors. One vulnerable asset is the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which supplies roughly one-third of Israel’s oil imports. 3️⃣ Turkish officials I spoke with say Iran and its allies have tens of thousands of drones, missiles, and rockets, potentially enough to sustain the conflict for four to five months. For President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, that would be a nightmare scenario as he hopes to stabilize the economy ahead of possible early elections in 2027. 4️⃣ Most importantly, Ankara believes it has little leverage to shape the course of this war. 👉 Read the rest here:mei.edu/publication/tu…
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Alex Vatanka
Alex Vatanka@AlexVatanka·
I have a look here at the interim power council in Iran, what the game plan likely is and how Trump's next moves factor in Tehran's calculations mei.edu/publication/af…
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Middle East Institute
Middle East Institute@MiddleEastInst·
"What I will be looking for is momentum. Does this go beyond making big pronouncements, designing a logo, and moving on?" Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen tells @mideasteditor and Matthew Czekaj on this week's episode of Middle East Focus. mei.edu/podcast/ambigu…
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Charles Lister
Charles Lister@Charles_Lister·
"According to one high-level regional security official, several senior #SDF figures with deep roots within the #PKK — but not Mazloum Abdi — have consulted at length in recent days with Hikmat al-Hijri" in #Suwayda. My latest for @MiddleEastInst: mei.edu/publication/in…
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Julius Kim
Julius Kim@Julius_Kim·
JUST got home from dropping 20 off at O’Hare in Chicago. Got to the airport on time today around 2:30 pm, and his flight got delayed two hours. Ok, not a huge deal, but then his flight got cancelled and pushed back until tomorrow afternoon! This would cause him to miss all of his orientation meetings because he wouldn’t get to London for two days. Everyone on his flight was scrambling for alternate travel arrangements—including us, and we finally found a route that will get him to London by tomorrow evening. He just made it to Boston, and is sleeping in an airport for the first time lol. This is what it’s all about though, right? 😬🥳💪🏼 Say a prayer to keep him safe please.. 🙏🏼
Julius Kim@Julius_Kim

Can’t sleep. 20 leaves for London tomorrow evening for a semester abroad. I’m nervous and worried about his health and safety, but I haven’t been able to fairly tell him so because I too studied abroad my junior year of college—in London, and with far less safeguards like a cell phone, so I know he’ll be ok, but it’s just the distance. Still, I’m excited for him too knowing that he will have a transformational experience. Just going to lie here until I pass out in anxious exhaustion..

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Alistair Taylor@mideasteditor·
This week on Middle East Focus, I'm joined by Amb. David Hale to discuss the Trump administration's new National Security Strategy & what it means for US policy toward the Middle East. @MiddleEastInst mei.edu/multimedia/pod…
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Gönül Tol
Gönül Tol@gonultol·
Iraqis have just gone to the polls in a pivotal parliamentary election that could redefine the country’s political trajectory. What do the results tell us about the state of Iraqi democracy? What happens next? And is there still space for meaningful democratic reform? In this episode of Rethinking Democracy, I spoke with @renadmansour , Director of the Iraq Initiative at @ChathamHouse , to unpack the election’s aftermath, Iraq’s deeply fragmented political landscape, and the entrenched system of corruption, elite bargaining, and ethno-sectarian power sharing. Listen herehttps://www.mei.edu/multimedia/podcast/ballots-bargains-struggle-iraqi-democracy
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Alistair Taylor@mideasteditor·
This week on the podcast we're joined by @gonultol to discuss the latest on the crackdown on Turkey's opposition, the Kurdish process, Erdoğan’s efforts to further consolidate power with an eye to 2028, and US-Turkey relations. @MiddleEastInst mei.edu/multimedia/pod…
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Gönül Tol
Gönül Tol@gonultol·
My colleagues @mideasteditor and Matthew Czekaj hosted me on the latest episode of Middle East Focus to discuss Turkey’s domestic politics and the state of Turkish-American relations after Erdoğan’s White House visit. We explored Turkey’s deepening democratic backslide under President Erdoğan and how his crackdown on the opposition has reached new heights — with Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu and other opposition figures facing politically motivated charges. Listen here mei.edu/multimedia/pod…
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