Frank Talbot
Frank Talbot is a nonresident senior fellow with the North Africa project at the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East Programs. Previously, he served in the Department of State supporting stabilization initiatives in the Middle East and North Africa.
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Africa
November 15, 2026
Washington Is Reshaping Security in North Africa. Congress Needs To Ask How.
On October 30, Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)....
Frank Talbot • Atlantic Council
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