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Jun 12
⚽️ Welcome to Geopolitics Behind the Ball, New Lines Institute’s new World Cup series on the politics, history, and power dynamics behind the biggest matchups of #WorldCup2026.
Episode 1: Mexico–South Africa, USA–Paraguay, France–Senegal, and Belgium–Egypt with @rlipschitz01.
Because the World Cup is never just football!
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New Lines Institute retweeted
Jun 12
As concerns grow over the security of global energy supplies amid tensions affecting the Strait of Hormuz, Syria is seeking to position itself as a major regional energy transit hub and an alternative route for oil and gas flows between Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
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🌍 Central Asia Roundup: May 2026
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: Balancing Russia, Turkic ties, and reform
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan: Building the infrastructure of a regional hub
🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan: Managing sanctions pressure without breaking from Moscow
🇹🇯 Tajikistan: Water diplomacy meets economic vulnerability
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan: Neutrality strained by China dependence and repression
⚖️ Takeaway: Central Asia is navigating a delicate mix of reform, connectivity ambitions, sanctions pressure, resource diplomacy, and competing great-power interests.
Read more here ⤵️
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Jun 12
🌍 Weekly Forecast | Jun. 6–12, 2026
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran/U.S.: Hormuz closed as strikes and diplomacy continued.
🇨🇳🇰🇵 China/North Korea: Xi visited Pyongyang.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Russia/Ukraine: Energy infrastructure remained a target.
⚡ Security and energy risks persist.
Listen to the Weekly Forecast podcast ↓
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New Lines Institute retweeted
Jun 12
Yesterday at the National Press Club in DC, I moderated a panel discussion titled “The Politics of the Four Seas Initiative” as part of @NewlinesInst launch of the Four Seas Initiative
Jun 11
📸 [#Photos] Launch of The Four Seas Initiative at the National Press Club
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📄 [#PressRelease] New Lines Institute has launched the Four Seas Initiative Policy Report with U.S. congressional and diplomatic support.
The report outlines a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor linking the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea.
Read more here ⤵️ newlinesinstitute.org/in_the…
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Jun 11
🎙️ Quote from the opening remarks delivered by Dr. @AzeemIbrahim during The Four Seas Initiative event at the National Press Club.
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Jun 11
🗓️ [#TODAY] Join us at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. for the launch of The Four Seas Initiative.
The event will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Maisoon Kafafy | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Few tickets left here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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New Lines Institute retweeted
Today at the National Press Club, @NewlinesInst launched the Four Seas Initiative - a new framework connecting the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and Black Sea through a Syria - Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
The goal is simple: transform geography into prosperity, strengthen European energy security, support Syrian reconstruction, and build a Western-led alternative to China's expanding infrastructure footprint.
Connectivity is strategy. Infrastructure is geopolitics.
See the full report here: newlinesinstitute.org/24/the…
#FourSeas #EnergySecurity #Syria #MiddleEast
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Jun 11
🎙️ Quote from remarks by @RepJoeWilson, read during the launch of the Four Seas Initiative Report at the National Press Club.
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Jun 10
🎙️ We are honored to welcome @RepJoeWilson as a keynote speaker at the launch of the Four Seas Initiative.
Join us on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the launch of this new policy framework centered on a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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Jun 11
📸 [#Photos] Launch of The Four Seas Initiative at the National Press Club
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Jun 11
🗓️ [#TODAY] Join us at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. for the launch of The Four Seas Initiative.
The event will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Maisoon Kafafy | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Few tickets left here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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New Lines Institute retweeted
Türkiye-Saudi transport MoUs signed yesterday. Syrian President endorsed alternative trade routes. Gulf investment flowing into Syria. The pieces of the #FourSeas corridor are falling into place! Tomorrow we wil be discussing in details the Four Seas project at 10am, National Press Club, Washington D.C.
@NewlinesInst
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Jun 11
🗓️ [#TODAY] Join us at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. for the launch of The Four Seas Initiative.
The event will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Maisoon Kafafy | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Few tickets left here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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Jun 10
🎙️ We are honored to welcome Syria's chargé d'affaires in the United States, Mr. Mohammad Qanatari and Syria's Deputy Minister of Energy, Mr. Ibrahim Al-Adhan as keynote speakers at the launch of the Four Seas Initiative.
Join us on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the launch of this new policy framework centered on a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
🗓️ [#Event] On June 11, New Lines Institute will launch the Four Seas Initiative Report at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The report proposes a Syria–Türkiye energy corridor linking the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.
The launch will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Mirette F. Mabrouk | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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🎙️ We are honored to welcome Senator @SenatorShaheen as a keynote speaker at the launch of the Four Seas Initiative.
Join us on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the launch of this new policy framework centered on a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
🗓️ [#Event] On June 11, New Lines Institute will launch the Four Seas Initiative Report at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The report proposes a Syria–Türkiye energy corridor linking the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.
The launch will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Mirette F. Mabrouk | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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Jun 10
Clarification: We are honored to feature remarks from @SenatorShaheen, which will be delivered by a senior member of her staff during the event.
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Jun 10
🔎Riley Sullivan and Kallie Mitchell examine the implications of the Trump administration’s expansion of the Mexico City Policy through the Protecting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance framework.
The analysis explores how new restrictions on U.S. foreign assistance pose security, public health, and economic threats.
Read more: newlinesinstitute.org/gender…
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Jun 10
🎙️ We are honored to welcome @RepJoeWilson as a keynote speaker at the launch of the Four Seas Initiative.
Join us on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the launch of this new policy framework centered on a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
🗓️ [#Event] On June 11, New Lines Institute will launch the Four Seas Initiative Report at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The report proposes a Syria–Türkiye energy corridor linking the Persian Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.
The launch will feature remarks from members of the U.S. Congress and Senate, U.S. ambassadors and senior regional officials, as well as two expert panels featuring:
@AzeemIbrahim | Themistoklis Asthenidis | Tim Callen | Mirette F. Mabrouk | @Karam__Shaar | @sultaan_1 | Wa'el Alzayat | @Charles_Lister | @defnesadiklar | @DaniaArayssi.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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New Lines Institute retweeted
Jun 9
In light of the news of the Saudi-Turkish MOU on railway cooperation, join the launch event of New Lines Institute’s Four Seas Initiative this Thursday at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
The initiative proposes a Syria-Turkey corridor linking the Gulf, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean, and Black Sea.
To RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/launch-of-t…
🎙️ We are honored to welcome Senator @SenatorShaheen as a keynote speaker at the launch of the Four Seas Initiative.
Join us on June 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., for the launch of this new policy framework centered on a Syria–Türkiye energy and transit corridor.
🎟️ Register here: bit.ly/NLIFourSeas
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