This week, Lobo Institute experts were active across multiple storylines heading into the UN General Assembly. Co-Founder Mick Mulroy made several appearances on ABC News to break down the Trump-Xi summit and the wars in Iran and Ukraine, Distinguished National Security Fellow Michael Ratney weighed in on President Trump’s Iran calculus for Al Arabiya English, and Distinguished National Security Fellow Carrie Filipetti joined a group of leading U.S. think tank experts for a meeting in New York with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
ABC News / Good Morning America | September 22, 2026
Mulroy joined ABC News to preview President Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly, saying the audience of world leaders will be “very skeptical” given the ongoing war in Iran.
Al Arabiya English | September 23, 2026
“I think at the end of the day, he prefers option one. He wants a negotiated settlement.”
Ratney, former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told Al Arabiya English he believes President Trump favors a negotiated Iran deal over renewed conflict.
ABC News | September 23, 2026
Mulroy discussed what Iran’s president needs to address in his UN speech amid the ongoing war.
ABC News | September 24, 2026
Mulroy analyzed how a prolonged war could benefit China, as President Trump met with China’s President Xi Jinping.
Office of the President of Ukraine | September 24, 2026
Filipetti joined a group of American think tank leaders in New York for a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the war and prospects for peace negotiations.
