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Apr 10, 2015

Opinion: Iran Advances Beyond ‘Third Tier’ Cyber Power

By Barbara Slavin

Even as Iran has applied the brakes to its nuclear program over the past 18 months and provisionally agreed last week to a deal lasting more than a decade, it has continued to advance its prowess in the field of cyber-attacks, experts say.

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Apr 7, 2015

Spotlight: Summit of the Americas

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey and Thomas Corrigan

In this month’s Spotlight, we ask: What will be the top headlines at the VII Summit of the Americas? The Summit of the Americas on April 10-11 is generating an unprecedented amount of attention, thanks in large part to the dramatic changes in the US-Cuba relationship. Though historic, the novelty of seeing Cuban President Raúl […]

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Apr 3, 2015

Opinion: Iran, US Finally Get to Yes in Landmark Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

There is much work to be done and much that can still go awry, but April 2, 2015 will go down in history as the day when the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States finally got to yes. After 36 years of mutual demonization, proxy wars and occasional direct conflict, the two old […]

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Apr 2, 2015

Winston Spencer Ghani

By Harlan Ullman

Last month when Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made his ill-advised plea to Congress to scuttle the nuclear negotiations with Iran, fringe Republican elements in Congress, along with right wing fellow travelers, called Bibi the 21st century’s version of Winston Churchill. Clearly they must have been referring to Churchill’s flip-flops to and from the Conservative […]

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Apr 2, 2015

Breaking the Mold in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front:  • On Tuesday, retired military dictator General Muhammadu Buhari surged to victory over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s most hotly contested presidential contest since the end of military rule • Buhari’s win stunned observers: it is the first time that an incumbent has been defeated in Nigeria’s history • Perhaps […]

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Mar 30, 2015

Briefing from Ukraine’s Front Lines

By Wesley Clark

General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.)Former NATO Supreme Allied CommanderMarch 30, 2015 Background  The Kremlin has been waging a covert, hybrid war against Ukraine since February of 2014. In this war, Moscow has used a combination of local separatist forces, irregular volunteers, and Russian special forces and regular (conventional) forces. Since the original Minsk I ceasefire […]

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Mar 26, 2015

Opinion: A Fourth Arab Country Melts Down

By Barbara Slavin

Reports on Wednesday that the president of Yemen has fled his country underline the latest crisis to strike the state system in the Middle East. Three other Arab nations – Libya, Syria and Iraq – are already fractured among religious, ethnic and tribal groups, with fighting exacerbated by outsiders bankrolling and arming proxies.

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Mar 19, 2015

OPINION: Bibi Win Promises More Friction With Washington

By Barbara Slavin

The voters of Israel have spoken, and their answer augurs more friction with the United States and Europe over issues ranging from Iran nuclear negotiations to creation of an independent Palestinian state. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, campaigning fiercely for his political life, led his Likud Party to an impressive victory, roaring past a somewhat reinvigorated […]

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Mar 16, 2015

J. Peter Pham Writes on President Obama’s Legacy in Africa

By Africa Center

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham authored an essay for the latest edition of the French-language magazine Pouvoirs d’Afrique. In the piece entitled “What Legacy will Barack Obama Leave in Africa?”, Pham writes, “With both U.S. political parties, Democratic and Republican, under pressure to demonstrate to the electorate ahead ofthe 2016 presidential election that they are […]

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Mar 13, 2015

A Weakened Caliphate Expands

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front: • The Islamic State accepted Boko Haram’s allegiance, or bay’at, pledged to the Iraq and Syria-based extremist group over the weekend • Given the recent military setbacks for Boko Haram and the Islamic State, and their increasing convergence, this development is unsurprising and a propaganda victory for both groups

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