Thomas Warrick
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Atlantic Council Nonresident Senior Fellow in Middle East Programs and Director, Future of DHS Project. Former State Department Senior Advisor, former DHS Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Policy. Reposts do not imply endorsement.
Great article by the @nytimes.com and Aaron Boxerman: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Israel's Election Could Unfold
No party is expected to achieve a clear victory, which means the election will likely only be the first step in determining who will form the next government. Here’s how that might unfold.
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Great article by the @nytimes.com Aaron Boxerman: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Israel's Election Could Unfold
No party is expected to achieve a clear victory, which means the election will likely only be the first step in determining who will form the next government. Here’s how that might unfold.
nytimes.com
I share my concerns with @politico.com that Embassy Jerusalem is right—it needs more staff to support the #IGSC and the Trump 20-point plan for Gaza. In fact, DOD needs to increase, not decrease, personnel at IGSC to support the needed 5,000 non-US troops in the ISF www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
Huckabee expresses doubt about viability of Board of Peace plans
A cable signed by the U.S. ambassador to Israel says the staffing plans for a key coordination hub are unclear and potentially insufficient.
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1 of 2: On Al-Jazeera just now, discussing President Trump’s saying the US is looking at response options to Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid airport. What’s needed now is not a tactical response, but rather a common strategy with KSA, the US, Türkiye and Pakistan.
This important article by two of the world's most notable diplomats, Eric Alter and Nickolay Mladenov, both with the Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, deserves to be read by everyone interested in the success of the #UnitedNations. nationalinterest.org/feature/how-...
How the UN Can Save Itself
If the UN is going to lose funding anyway, it should think long and hard about what it wants to preserve.
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(1 of 2) Much of what’s here is very good. Two important priorities: 1. The top priority for the Americans working for the BoP is to get 5,000 ISF troops deployed into Gaza, esp. east of the Yellow Line. 2. To start all the good projects ... www.axios.com/2026/09/23/t...
Scoop: Trump's Board of Peace to unveil $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan
The plan would require the cooperation of Israel and Hamas.
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Important words about Gaza by my Atlantic Council colleague Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...
Opinion | To Save Gaza, Resist Hamas
If Western supporters of the Palestinians want to help Gaza, denounce Hamas.
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#Strategicresilience is vital, and fresh water is one of the most important systems industrialized countries have—not just in the Middle East. New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance www.timesofisrael.com/new-masterpl... via @timesofisrael
New masterplan needed after desalination shutdown underlines dangers of tech overreliance
Experts blast complacency, urge reviving wells, natural buffers, and conservation to lower the 80% of drinking water that comes from coastal facilities
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Everyone concerned with strategic resilience should read this: wapo.st/3UuZKOr
Why more homeowners across the U.S. are turning to an insurance that offers less coverage
As traditional insurers retreat from areas most vulnerable to extreme weather, more Americans struggling to find coverage are seeking out surplus line plans.
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Important points from High Representative Nickolay Mladenov about the need for urgency on Gaza. x.com/AJEnglish/st...
Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) on X
Top envoy for the US-led Board of Peace says Gaza is at risk of being "gone for good" without reconstruction, Israeli withdrawal and demilitarisation in the territory. Nikolay Mladenov tells Al Jazee...
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Some quick thoughts on today's Iran sanctions announcement: www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/e...
Experts react: Will Trump’s Operation Economic Outcast isolate Iran?
Our experts weigh in on the US Treasury’s newest measures intended “to sever every remaining economic lifeline sustaining” to the Iranian regime.
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This is what #strategicresilience is: During the August 10 earthquake that struck Colombia, no one died in the city of Armenia, population 300,000. Read this story as a lesson! How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died wapo.st/4gmG0E4
How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died
A deadly temblor devastated Armenia in 1999, spurring a reconstruction that allowed the city to build back stronger. When disaster struck this time, it was prepared.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin talks about extreme weather in Michigan—but her advice applies to everybody everywhere. "Extreme weather" is becoming more common. You can take steps to protect you and your family. Listen to her advice! 1 of 2
Historic moment on Al-Jazeera tonight after @RealDonaldTrump’s post about the disarmament deal with Hamas. I was cautiously optimistic. What was announced was far from perfect, it was progress and should be credited as such. The other panelists were deeply skeptical and cynical.
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid expresses support for the Trump 20-point plan for postwar #Gaza at the Atlantic Council on July 27:
This is interesting: www.timesofisrael.com/ex-idf-gener...
Ex-IDF generals appeal to Trump, warn of ‘calamity’ if PM doesn’t curb settler violence
Hundreds of retired security officials urge US president to force Netanyahu's hand in West Bank, say politics leave army 'severely constrained when it comes to Jewish terrorists'
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As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I urge everyone to read my Atlantic Council colleagues writing about "What America means to me": www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/w...
‘What America means to me’: Global perspectives on the country’s 250th anniversary
Atlantic Council fellows and staff not from (or not originally from) the United States share their reflections on the US semiquincentennial.
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The Board of Peace staff meeting in Cyprus needs to jumpstart Gaza's physical and social reconstruction. The highly respected Nickolay Mladenov leads experts working hard to make this a reality. Here are recommendations for their two most urgent priorities: jstribune.com/gazas-fate-h...
Gaza’s Fate Hangs in the Balance in a Crucial Three-Day Meeting in Cyprus – The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune
Essays – The fate of 2.1 million people in Gaza hangs in the balance this week as key officials working for the Board of Peace meet in Cyprus starting Tuesday for
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Expect an Iranian response to this: www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Iran says card-based banking hit by cyberattack on three lenders
Iran's state-owned banking technology provider said on Tuesday that cyberattacks had disrupted card-based banking services at Bank Melli, Bank Saderat and Bank Tejarat.
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Everyone should read this: www.hstoday.us/subject-matt...
Back to the Future: What the 1977 Terror Film Black Sunday Still Teaches About Homeland Security - HSToday
The recent theft of 15 crop-spraying drones in New Jersey—which scrambled federal authorities and triggered an investigation—has sharpened concerns about the misuse of commercially available aerial sy...
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President Trump wants the #IranWar to be a “win,” but if there is no deal, attacking Iran’s energy and water infrastructure is not a winning strategy for the US, because of Iran’s #PeculiarSenseOfSymmetry. Here's why. www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/a... Next week: A better strategy.
Attacking Iran’s energy and water infrastructure is not a winning strategy
The Iranian regime uses a peculiar sense of symmetry in how it conducts military campaigns that cuts against the proposed US plan.
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This piece by my Atlantic Council colleague Caitlin Thompson deserves to be widely read - www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res...
Federal agencies under pressure need smarter systems, not tougher people
Resilience is an important trait for national security practitioners, but it is not a solution for problems with agency and department design.
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1/6 Some extremely interesting points from Iranian FM Araghchi’s “Face the Nation” interview just now, but you have to watch it because their writeup misses some key points: www.cbsnews.com/news/iranian...
Iranian foreign minister says "we don't see any reason why we should talk with Americans"
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that "we don't see any reason why we should talk with Americans" as President Trump has claimed Iran is seeking a deal to end the war between the U.S. and ...
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I would like this sentence posted in a sign in every planning SCIF at DOD and State (tap the link!): www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/curse-m....
The Curse of Middle-Sized Wars
In Iran, Trump risks falling into a familiar trap.
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You must listen to Steve Witkoff on the Mark Levin Show to understand how we got into this war. You're listening to history here, and it's not what most people think. The misunderstandings, esp. on the Iranian side, are staggering and rival "Guns of August." rumble.com/v76l928-excl...
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Just released, Iran has now unified the world against them. First, there's this: www.state.gov/releases/off...
Joint Statement on Iran’s Missile and Drone Attacks in the Region - United States Department of State
The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates on the...
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Some believe it wasn’t the US A-bomb that caused Japan’s surrender, it was Russia joining the war against Japan on 8/8/45. Think about today’s announcement by UK, France, and Germany they would “destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source.” www.gov.uk/government/n...
Joint E3 Leaders’ Statement on Iran: 1 March 2026
Joint E3 Leaders’ Statement on Iran.
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On CTV (Canada) last night discussing the implications of the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamene'i. Worth a watch if you have 6 minutes. review.bellmedia.ca/view/265932503
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