Atlantic Council Middle East Programs

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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Mawlid al-Nabi mubarak! Wishing you a joyous Mawlid al-Nabi filled with peace and affection.

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

🔴 LIVE NOW | Join us and our @AC_TRprogram as we break down the Mecca Joint Defense agreement with @Rabs_AA, Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, @muratyesiltas, and Bilal Saab.

🔗Watch here⬇️
https://t.co/vJUf8VTbVT

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LIVE NOW | The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement and the future of regional security https://t.co/r6pnXm7VXg

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

📅 TOMORROW | 🕘 9:00 a.m. EST

Join us and our @AC_TRprogram as we break down the Mecca Joint Defense agreement!

The discussion will feature @Rabs_AA, Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, @muratyesiltas, and Bilal Saab.

🔗Register here⬇️
https://t.co/vJUf8VTbVT

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

📅 Monday, August 17 | 🕘 9:00 a.m. EST

Join us and our @AC_TRprogram as we break down how the Mecca Joint Defense agreement complements long-standing US objectives of greater burden sharing across partners while creating pathways for expanded defense and institutional cooperation among the three countries.

The discussion will feature @Rabs_AA, Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, @muratyesiltas, and Bilal Saab.

🔗Register here⬇️
https://t.co/8l0JhL1Xur

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

📅 Monday, August 17 | 🕘 9:00 a.m. EST

Join us and our @AC_TRprogram as we break down how the Mecca Joint Defense agreement complements long-standing US objectives of greater burden sharing across partners while creating pathways for expanded defense and institutional cooperation among the three countries.

The discussion will feature @Rabs_AA, Dr. Abdulaziz Alghashian, @muratyesiltas, and Bilal Saab.

🔗Register here⬇️
https://t.co/8l0JhL1Xur

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

💡📈 "What the market needs to more fully move on from Iran war-related risks is, number one, clarity on the basic security framework. Two, Gulf country business models need to be cemented or changed; UAE’s service-oriented economy and Saudi Arabia’s heavily financialized (i.e., financing-dependent) system are key examples of new unanswered questions generated by the Iran war," writes @EricFine123 in his new analysis on the GCC economies' response to the Iran war.

🔗 Read his full analysis below ⬇️
https://t.co/T23qgl6arY

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🎉 We are pleased to welcome Morgan Tadych as our newst nonresident senior fellow with our Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative!

Tadych is a former US Army intelligence officer who served across Europe and the Middle East.

🔗 Read more here ➡️ https://t.co/PNIMwUT3W0

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"مسألة نزع سلاح الفصائل المسلحة العراقية مرتبطة بنتيجة الحرب الأميركية الإيرانية الجارية حالياً. فإذا كان وجود النظام الإيراني نفسه مهدداً، أو لم توافق طهران على نزع سلاح هذه الفصائل، فإن قوى بارزة داخل الإطار التنسيقي لن تدعم الزيدي في الوفاء بوعده"
منقذ داغر يكتب منقذ داغر عن آفاق نزع سلاح الفصائل المسلحة العراقية قبيل انسحاب القوات الأميركية المرتقب في سبتمبر

⬇️ اقرأ تحليله الكامل🔗
https://t.co/OlhtlE2VTE

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💡"All bilateral relationships established by the Accords have withstood the enormous pressures of the last nearly three years," wrote @DanielBShapiro for his testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the future of the Abraham Accords and regional security integration.

🔗Read and watch his full testimony⬇️
https://t.co/j6EPlHzXKD

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

💡 🇮🇶 "The issue of disarming the Iraqi armed factions is tied to the outcome of the ongoing US-Iranian war. If the existence of the Iranian regime is at risk, or Tehran does not give its consent regarding the disarming of these factions, then important forces within the Coordination Framework will not support al-Zaidi in fulfilling his promise," writes @MUNQITHDAGHER on the prospects of disarming Iraqi armed factions ahead of the US troop withdrawal in September.

🔗Read his full analysis below⬇️
https://t.co/vIIyJYOQ8Y

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

💡🇮🇶 "Iraq’s economy—and particularly its financial sector—has changed dramatically since 2003, and the risks that come with that evolution cannot be properly understood, or addressed, through outdated assumptions," writes @AMTabaqchali in his new analysis that challenges the assumptions about the halt and resumption cash US dollar shipments to Iraq.

🔗 Read his full take here ⬇️
https://t.co/BMTuWYS5lB

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🔴 WATCH | “This number is the trade that could potentially use the corridor, it's not a forecast of what it will capture,” says @afaq1612 as he breaks down the $331 billion estimated amount of trade that could move across an integrated IMEC corridor system.

ICYMI Watch our Project for Middle East Integration’s event launching its new IMEC report➡️ https://t.co/01O9uYoL5s

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

🔴 WATCH | "All parties to the conflict are killing those journalists because they have a benefit in darkness," said @sarhangsalar as he quoted an Iraqi civil society leader discussing the state of press freedom in Iraq.

🔗 Watch the full event, co-hosted between our Iraq Initiative and the Adrienne Arsht National Security Resilience Initiative ➡️ https://t.co/qY3tOF46l6

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WATCH 🔴 | "Redundancy means enough parallel pathways that no single failure can bring the whole system down," says @KafafyMaisoon in a new interview with @dwnews where she breaks down how IMEC can be expanded into a network of corridors.

🔗 Watch her full interview here⬇️
https://t.co/ZGIY39ixbA

[Atlantic Council Middle East Programs @ACMideast]

💡🌍"Regional integration doesn’t replace the need for national resilience. It just makes that resilience more cost effective," writes Khalid Azim on the urgent need for deeper economic integration between the GCC in response to the Iran war.

🔗Read his full analysis here⬇️
https://t.co/EPPoSPMJWq

[Allison Minor @AllisonMinor_]

Trump seems ready to make concessions to Iran, but he's looking for quick wins rather than a long term strategy that can salvage US interests and strengthen its standing in the region. Sharing a new @ForeignPolicy article where Nate Swanson and I describe a better approach:

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"It could turn into a formal and legitimate channel for dissent as well as a venue for open debate. Whether it becomes that forum will depend on the laws it passes, the breadth and quality of its members’ outreach to various communities, and the space authorities give members to disagree," writes @NanarHawach on how Syria's new parliament can solidfy its new role.

🔗Read his full analysis below⬇️
https://t.co/AknEkz9OiM