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Jan 23, 2015

Anti-trust in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Brenda Shaffer

Five years ago, significant deposits of natural gas were discovered off the coast of Israel, followed in 2011 by a minor natural gas discovery offshore of neighboring Cyprus. These discoveries have catalyzed explorations in the greater Eastern Mediterranean region generating expectations of enhanced regional energy security and economic and environmental payoffs, benefits Israel has already […]

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Jan 21, 2015

Opinion: Deepening Israel-Iran Conflict Likely to Bring More Violence

By Barbara Slavin

Two developments this week linked to the long-running conflict between Israel and Iran are likely to generate even more violence and uncertainty at a time when threats are already multiplying from Sunni Muslim extremists. On Sunday, a helicopter gunship operating in Syria near the border with Israel killed the son of Hezbollah’s former military commander, […]

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Jan 20, 2015

Boko Haram Continues to Stun Northern Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front: • Boko Haram continues to terrorize northeastern Nigeria; the group has been responsible for the deaths of more than 10,000 Nigerians last year, and according to some Nigerian officials, the group currently controls as much as 70 percent of Borno as well as parts of neighboring states—an area close to the size of […]

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Jan 15, 2015

“A US-India comeback?”

By Nicholas Burns

THE UNITED STATES has a major opportunity this month to return to a close security and economic partnership with India — a priority of the last three American presidents. The new Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, signaled he wants to get beyond the problem-ridden last few years between Delhi and Washington by inviting President Obama […]

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Jan 15, 2015

Shared oil interests can push Sino-US cooperation in Middle East

By Robert A. Manning

It went all but unnoticed, but in another milestone of its growing global role, in 2014 China surpassed the US as the world’s largest importer of oil. As the US and China struggle to define what a “new model of major power relationship” actually means, one measure of it would be for the world’s two […]

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Jan 14, 2015

Opinion: Some Exploiting France’s Tragedy

By Barbara Slavin

In the aftermath of last week’s tragic events in France, the world has witnessed great demonstrations of solidarity. Judging from the more than one million people who gathered in Paris – and others in smaller rallies in Europe and in Washington, D.C. — the murder of 17 journalists, police and shoppers in a Jewish market […]

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Jan 10, 2015

What Might the Kremlin’s Setback Bring in 2015?

By Elizabeth Pond

Economics Have Stalled Putin, But He Often Answers Reversals with Military Threats In the Ukraine crisis, soft economic power last month trumped hard military power for the first time. The threatened meltdown of the Russian economy could push Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial down his undeclared war on Ukraine in return for some easing […]

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Jan 8, 2015

Iraqi Kurds Retake Territory; Seek More Help to Free Mosul

By Barbara Slavin

No one is yet talking about victory in the war against the vicious group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS). Today’s shocking attack in Paris underlines the threat that terrorist fanatics pose to civilized society everywhere. But on the battlefronts of Iraq, IS has lost its edge. Iraqi Kurdish forces, backed by U.S. airpower, […]

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Jan 6, 2015

J. Peter Pham on US AFRICOM’s Development and Role in US Africa Policy

By Africa Center

Atlantic Council Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham authored an essay entitled “The Development of the United States Africa Command and Its Role in America’s Africa Policy under George W. Bush and Barack Obama” for the forthcoming issue of the Journal of the Middle East and Africa.

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Jan 5, 2015

Obama’s daunting new year

By Nicholas Burns

AS PRESIDENT Obama looks ahead, 2015 may be the most challenging and consequential year of his presidency on foreign policy. Here are some major global tests where he will need to marshal American diplomatic strength, leadership, and effectiveness this year.

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