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1 month ago | 
cnas.org | Eitan Danon |Jonathan Lord |Hamzeh Hadad |Delaney Soliday
From humanitarian co-operation in Gaza to stabilising northern Syria and managing shared water resources, both nations are expanding their regional footprint. Then there's the billion-dollar bet: the Development Road Project, a transport corridor linking the Gulf to Europe through Turkiye. Iraq's Prime Minister says it's among the region's most important projects. But are some countries looking to challenge it?
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Mar 12, 2025 | 
cnas.org | Rachel Ziemba |Andrea Kendall-Taylor |Hamzeh Hadad |Jonathan Lord
This month, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to mediate a new nuclear agreement between the United States and Iran after reportedly being asked to by U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call in February. In a meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio allegedly followed up on the president’s request in speaking with his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Trump has made clear he wants a new deal with Iran.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk | Jonathan Lord
2024 marked a pivotal period of legal reform, bringing notable changes in areas such as holidays, family-related leave, new regulations on tips, and measures to address sexual harassment. Additionally, it introduced several new statutory Codes of Practice which have laid the foundations for future changes around employment relations in the UK. On 10 October 2024, the UK government introduced the Employment Rights Bill, which introduced significant reforms aimed at enhancing worker protections.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jonathan Lord |Jake Epstein
The US military has carried out extensive airstrikes in Syria since the Assad regime collapsed over the weekend, and it's not the only country on the hunt for targets in this uncertain moment. American, Israeli, and Turkish forces have all been involved in bombing targets across Syria over the past few days in actions said to be in support of their respective national security interests. ...
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Jonathan Lord
An anti-government fighter steps on the head of a statue of late Syrian leader Hafez al-Assad in the Damascus district of Kafr Sousa on Dec. 9. Louai Beshara/AFP via Getty Images By the time you read this, the Syrian civil war might be over.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Richard Fontaine |Jonathan Lord |Daniel Silverberg
By the time you read this, the Syrian civil war might be over. The 13-year conflict, stuck in a bloody stalemate for the last three years, caught fire last week. What began as a small offensive push by opposition force Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) became a rout as the regime’s remaining forces collapsed and ended with the opposition marching through Damascus and Bashar al-Assad fleeing the country his family brutally ruled for more than five decades.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk | Jonathan Lord
On 10 October 2024, the UK government unveiled the Employment Rights Bill, which introduced significant reforms aimed at enhancing worker protections. The government has positioned this legislation as a ‘pro-business, pro-worker’ initiative with some of the key changes including:Employees will have the right to unfair dismissal protection from their first day of employment, eliminating the current two-year qualifying period.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Richard Fontaine |Jonathan Lord
Richard Fontaine is CEO of the Center for American Security, joins Call Me Back to assess the threat FROM Iran and the threat TO Iran.
Listen to the full episode on Call Me Back. Podcast October 24, 2024 Lost Decade - The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power with Richard Fontaine Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, joins Coffee & Conflict to discuss his book The U.S. Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk | Jonathan Lord
Whistleblowing in the UK is governed primarily by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA). This law provides protection to workers who “blow the whistle” on wrongdoing within their organisation.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
cnas.org | Jonathan Lord |Humeyra Pamuk |Simon Lewis
After weeks of intensive diplomacy aimed at securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants, the United States has settled on an altogether different approach: let the unfolding conflict in Lebanon play out. Just two weeks ago, the United States and France were demanding an immediate 21-day ceasefire to ward off an Israeli invasion of Lebanon. That effort was derailed by Israel's assassination of Hezbollah leader Syed Hassan Nasrallah, the Oct.
