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Jan 2, 2015

Fragmented Syria in Search of a Referee

By Barbara Slavin

As 2014 draws to a close, the war in Syria grinds on. The main combatants continue to pummel each other like punch drunk fighters, with no referee to make them stop.

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Dec 23, 2014

Column: Cuba Shift Could Help Break Iran Deadlock

By Barbara Slavin

President Barack Obama’s decision to transform the U.S. relationship with Cuba has obvious implications for the few remaining countries that lack normal diplomatic ties with the United States, especially Iran. While there are many differences between a resource-poor island of 11 million people 90 miles off the coast of Florida and a large, oil-rich nation […]

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Dec 23, 2014

Washington initiatives offer expanded frontier for great power cooperation

By David Koranyi

US involvement in Afghanistan has broadened and deepened diplomatic and economic relations with Central Asian countries. Yet soon-to-retire former US defense secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit to Afghanistan early this month reminded Americans and the world that large-scale US and NATO troop engagement in Afghanistan is nearing its end. The withdrawal of most US and coalition […]

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Dec 23, 2014

The peacemakerse of 2014

By Nicholas Burns

2014 was an annus horribilis in foreign policy, as the Ebola crisis, Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the rise of ISIS in a burning Middle East, and multiple civil wars in Africa attest. As the year ends, however, a closer look illuminates thousands of courageous men and women who work ceaselessly for the elusive hope of […]

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Dec 21, 2014

Time Is Not on His Side

By Robert A. Manning

To salvage the Russian economy, Putin should withdraw from Ukraine and accept a compromise. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s problem is that he was born on third base, but thinks he hit a triple. Putin’s tenure in office has, until now, been lubricated by high oil prices that account for 60 percent of Russian exports and, […]

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Dec 19, 2014

Libya: A Failed State Threatens the Region

By Africa Center

Bottom Line Up Front:•  Nearly three years after the collapse of Muammar Qadhafi’s regime, Libya has become a failed state, reaching levels of instability never before experienced in North Africa and the Sahel •  More than 1,700 competing clans, regional and Islamist militias are vying over control of what remains of the state; some radical […]

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Dec 17, 2014

Statement from Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of the Atlantic Council, on New US Policy Toward Cuba

By Atlantic Council

President Barack Obama’s executive order today dramatically alters Cuba policy in a manner likely to advance individual freedom and democratic change. In taking steps to pursue direct engagement with a country just 90 miles off our coast, the president’s actions will open access to information, increase exchanges, boost private enterprise, and accelerate democracy. Once walls […]

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Dec 17, 2014

Statement from Peter Schechter, Director Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, on New US Policy Toward Cuba

By Atlantic Council

In the last month, President Obama has used executive orders to address the two largest structural impediments to better US relations with Latin America; immigration, and Cuba. We commend his leadership on both counts. Today, nearly 55 years of ineffective Cuba sanctions policy has come to an end.

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Dec 17, 2014

Statement from Jason Marczak, Deputy Director Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, on New US Policy Toward Cuba

By Atlantic Council

The actions taken by President Obama today are the effective end of a policy that for nearly 55 years has failed to produce real, democratic change in Cuba. The embargo now exists in name only. The freeing of Alan Gross and an unnamed US intelligence asset has opened the door for relaxing restrictions on banking, […]

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Dec 16, 2014

Agenda for 2015: Work Harder to Resolve Middle East Conflicts

By Barbara Slavin

When it comes to the Middle East, things can always get worse and often do. But as 2014 limps to an end, there are reasons to question this mantra. On several fronts, there are glimmers of optimism about easing decades-long confrontations in ways that would strengthen the coalition against the group that calls itself the […]

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