The @AtlanticCouncil’s Middle East Programs promote peace and security and work to unlock the human potential of the MENA region.
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💡🇮🇹 This week, our North Africa Program launched a new collaboration with the @centrostudiusa in Rome with the panel “From the Red Sea to the Atlantic: Transatlantic Policy and the Greater North African Security Complex.” From the region’s shift toward the Red Sea to the renewed importance of the Mediterranean and the growing role of middle powers, the discussion explored where transatlantic policy fits across North Africa and featured @MezranK and @KafafyMaisoon.
Check out the highlights below⬇️
💡🌐 Washington should stop expecting the Gulf to speak with one voice. Eight months into the Iran war, all six GCC states were hit by the same adversary, yet they're drawing very different conclusions. US policy needs to catch up.
🔗 Read @jozemrpelayo's new analysis on US policy towards the Gulf here⬇️
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💡🌐 Last week, our MENA Futures Lab hosted a roundtable with Viaka on building and scaling ventures in the MENA region. The event convened investors and entrepreneurs who explored the challenges with capital access, and the role of innovation and AI in scaling regional startups.
Check out the highlights below⬇️
💡"Institutions and representation mechanisms—if carefully designed—can contribute to broad inclusion beyond narrow religious or ethnic categories, encompassing political affiliation and diverse social groups," write @MarieForestier and Arthur Quesnay in their new report on how Syria can avoid sectarian violence.
🔗Read their full report below⬇️ atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth…
LIVE NOW | Our North Africa Program, co-hosts with the Center for American Studies, "From the Red Sea to the Atlantic: Transatlantic Policy and the Greater North African Security Complex." From the Maghreb to the Red Sinai, the Mediterranean is expanding beyond its traditional borders, this discussion will analyze the emergence of a greater North African security complex amid ongoing tensions in the greater Middle East.
Speakers include @HannahRaeArms; Caterina Roggero; @ckasapoglu1; @KafafyMaisoon!
🔗Join the event here⬇️ bit.ly/4k5hoTC
💡 🇸🇦 Last week, our MENA Futures Lab, @Barclays and @DLA_Piper convened senior executives, investors and policymakers for their event on Vision 2030 at Ten: Building the Kingdom’s Next Decade, exploring the Vision's achievements, challenges and the future of KSA's investment ecosystem.
Check out the highlights below⬇️
💡🇮🇶 "Yet the militias within this parallel army show little sign of behaving as responsible, professional forces accountable to Baghdad. Instead, they increasingly act as proxies at the IRGC’s disposal" writes @HamdiAMalik in his new analysis on the future of Iraq's militias following the US withdrawal.
🔗Read his full piece here ⬇️
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🔴LIVE SOON | Join us as @brett_mcgurk and @IgnatiusPost discuss "Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages".
🔗Watch the conversation here⬇️
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📆TOMORROW | 🕓 4:00 p.m. EST
Join us as @brett_mcgurk and @IgnatiusPost discuss "Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages".
McGurk will discuss the book and his firsthand account of the diplomacy and decision-making that followed Hamas’s October 7 attack, including the war in Gaza, the US-Israel relationship, Iran, and the future of US policy in the Middle East.
🔗Register to watch here⬇️
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.@PMAuthority Governor Yahya Shunnar says he would “be supportive of CBDC issued in shekel" at our #IMFWBAM26 studio in Bangkok, Thailand.
LIVE NOW | Lebanon’s Finance Minister Yassine Jaber joins @ACGeoEcon's Charles Lichfield in Bangkok to discuss economic volatility, fiscal reforms, and the path toward greater resilience in Lebanon. @MOFLebanon #IMFWBAM26 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1AKEmvrXm…
LIVE NOW | Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury joins @MichaelKugelman in Bangkok to discuss plans, policies, and reforms for Bangladesh's financial future. #IMFWBAM2026 xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1XGygwDpm…
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The results are in: @MUNQITHDAGHER breaks down what nationwide polling reveals about US favorability among Iraqis.
Watch the full event at the link: atlanticcouncil.org/event/ho…
💡🇹🇷🇮🇱 "In both cases, this profound sense of uncertainty has created a perpetual perception of encirclement, vulnerability, and isolation, leading both countries to undertake military actions in their respective neighborhoods before threats reach their borders," writes @alissa_pavia in her new analysis on the events shaping Türkiye and Israel's strategy.
🔗 Read her full piece on the similarities and differences between the two countries here⬇️
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💡🇦🇪 Our MENA Futures Lab is proud to partner with @ADFinanceWeek for the fourth year in a row! The partnership will support the #WomenInFinance and inaugural #HealthInnovation summits, that will bring together the investors, innovators, policymakers, and business leaders shaping the region’s future.
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💡🇮🇱 "But this election goes to something deeper: the bottomless trauma that the October 7 attack inflicted on Israeli society and Israelis’ self-image," writes @DanielBShapiro in his new piece on the issues driving Israel's upcoming election.
🔗Read his full analysis marking three years since the October 7 attack here⬇️ bit.ly/4ATggZ9
💡🇦🇪 Last week, our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative, co-hosted with the @agdauae and @kasonline, the State of Play dialogue. From the contest over maritime chokepoints to technology competition to the limits of multi-alignment in the Gulf, the dialogue fostered a day of rich discussions in Abu Dhabi.
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