Ellen Laipson op-ed in World Politics Review on women in the Middle East
The status of women in traditional Muslim societies, particularly Saudi Arabia, has long been an awkward source of cultural and political tension between the West and the oil-rich monarchies of the Arab world. Women’s roles are gradually changing as these states modernize, but more disruptive social change could well occur within a generation, as larger […]
Ellen Laipson cited in Kurdistan24 on her ten-year vision for tackling the challenges in A New Strategy for US-Iran Relations
WASHINGTON DC, United States (Kurdistan24) – The Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series recently held a conference in Washington, DC to discuss a newly released paper on US-Iran relations. Ellen Laipson, Atlantic Council distinguished fellow and president emeritus of the Stimson Center, presented her ten-year vision for tackling the challenges in A New Strategy for US-Iran Relations. […]
What Would Victory in Mosul Mean for Iraq’s Neighbors?
By Ellen Laipson: As the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State proceeds, the stakes for Iraq’s neighbors vary. Although victory is still a ways off, the outcome in Mosul will more likely entrench existing regional dynamics than change them. Read the full article in World Politics Review here. Photo credit: U.S. Army via […]
Ellen Laipson op-ed in World Politics Review on Mosul effect on Iraq’s neighbors
As the battle to retake Mosul from the Islamic State proceeds, the stakes for Iraq’s neighbors vary. Although victory is still a ways off, the outcome in Mosul will more likely entrench existing regional dynamics than change them. Last week, I looked at the possible upside for Iraq should it successfully recapture Mosul, as expected. There will […]
Ellen Laipson cited in Voice of America on advising the next president on Iran
The Washington foreign policy establishment is salivating at the thought of a Hillary Clinton presidency, which promises to be more interventionist than Barack Obama’s administration and more open to elite views than a Donald Trump White House would be. Think tanks are churning out papers on a variety of topics and pushing them under the noses of […]
Iranian and Saudi Perspectives on the Refugee Crisis
insights on how Saudi Arabia and Iran view the ongoing crises in the Middle East and how they believe Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen can be stabilized and how the escalating refugee crisis can be contained.
Ellen Laipson quoted in CommonDreams on Iran nuclear deal
Last week, I featured a new Atlantic Council report by former Stimson Center president Ellen Laipson in which she argued that the nuclear deal with Iran—and the opportunities for future cooperation with Tehran that it opened up—required “national security officials …to shed old thinking about the near permanence of U.S.-Iran enmity. It will take courage, […]
Politicizing Islam: Exploring Means and Objectives
Watch the event video below or click here. The role of Islam in government continues to be a pressing issue in many Muslim societies. Since the Arab Spring that began in 2010, the world has witnessed a volatile struggle in the Arab world in particular, as well as in other Muslim majority countries, to address popular […]