UkraineAlert provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East. Inflection Points is a weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.
June was a month about pillars, the ones that hold systems up, and what happens when they wobble. In Moscow, the two assets underwriting Vladimir Putin’s war came under pressure at the same time. In London, Keir Starmer discovered that delivering the border control that voters demanded could not undo decades of forfeited trust. In Washington, JD Vance learned that inheriting a movement means inheriting its contradictions, as an Iran deal forced him to explain what the founder never had to. In Mar-a-Lago, the collateral damage of the president's twin wars turned up.
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On July 6, Atlantic Council vice president Matthew Kroenig was quoted in Jiji on the NATO Summit in Ankara. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East. UkraineAlert sources analysis and commentary from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community. Inflection Points is a weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.
The US and Iran exchanged fresh strikes overnight into Monday as they continued their tit-for-tat attacks. US Central Command said American forces carried out a new round of attacks to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated Monday with attacks on US allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond, targeting US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
Antonio Guterres expresses concern over the serious escalation and renewed military confrontation in the Gulf region, including Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and US strikes on Iran. He urges Iran and the United States to resume negotiations without delay, resolving outstanding issues through diplomacy.
UkraineAlert provides regular news and analysis on developments in Ukraine’s politics, economy, civil society, and culture. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East. Inflection Points is a weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.
June was a month about pillars, the ones that hold systems up, and what happens when they wobble. In Moscow, the two assets underwriting Vladimir Putin’s war came under pressure at the same time. In London, Keir Starmer discovered that delivering the border control that voters demanded could not undo decades of forfeited trust. In Washington, JD Vance learned that inheriting a movement means inheriting its contradictions, as an Iran deal forced him to explain what the founder never had to. In Mar-a-Lago, the collateral damage of the president's twin wars turned up.
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On July 6, Atlantic Council vice president Matthew Kroenig was quoted in Jiji on the NATO Summit in Ankara. MENASource offers the latest news from across the Middle East. UkraineAlert sources analysis and commentary from a wide-array of thought-leaders, politicians, experts, and activists from Ukraine and the global community. Inflection Points is a weekly column by Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe.
The US and Iran exchanged fresh strikes overnight into Monday as they continued their tit-for-tat attacks. US Central Command said American forces carried out a new round of attacks to degrade Iran’s ability to threaten shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran retaliated Monday with attacks on US allies in the Persian Gulf and beyond, targeting US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
Antonio Guterres expresses concern over the serious escalation and renewed military confrontation in the Gulf region, including Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and US strikes on Iran. He urges Iran and the United States to resume negotiations without delay, resolving outstanding issues through diplomacy.