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Apr 16, 2019

The LNG moment: How US production could change more than just markets

By Dr. Paula Stern

Adapted from comments given by The Honorable Paula Stern, Ph.D. at the Atlantic Council IN TURKEY Program’s “New Regional Gas Market Dynamics under LNG Expansion & the Shale Gas Revolution” conference on February 26, 2019, with contributions from Ben Perkins. Last March the Economist ran the headline, “Global powers need to take the geopolitics out […]

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Apr 1, 2019

Pakistan Army’s Covert Social Network

By Ben Nimmo and Kanishk Karan

Individuals linked to the Pakistan Army’s public-relations division ran a network of covert Facebook and Instagram pages until Facebook removed the pages.

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Feb 1, 2019

Looking Ahead: Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center in 2019

By Jason Marczak

Read the Publication (PDF) A note from our director Jason Marczak: One word will define 2019 for Latin America (and the world): uncertainty. Three new presidents in the region’s largest countries have jumpstarted their agendas. Juan Guaidó has assumed the interim presidency in Venezuela. The USMCA awaits next steps in Congress. China continues to increase […]

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Jan 17, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Likes from Afar in Oaxaca

By Fernando Meneses Romero, Kanishk Karan, and Jose Luis Peñarredonda

South Asian Facebook accounts artificially inflated the number of Facebook “likes” on social media content for and about the State of Oaxaca in México.

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2018 Elections in Latin America

Jan 17, 2019

#ElectionWatch: Cuentas de Asia que dan likes al gobierno de Oaxaca

By Atlantic Council

Un número inusual de cuentas provenientes del sureste asiático están reaccionando a publicaciones hechas en las páginas oficiales de Facebook de autoridades e instituciones mexicanas. El principal beneficiario de esta actividad aparentemente inauténtica es Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, gobernador del estado de Oaxaca en el sur de México. Estas reacciones sospechosas se pueden encontrar en la página […]

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Jan 16, 2019

SPOTLIGHT: Brazil’s anti-corruption fight: What lies ahead?

By Rodrigo Janot Monteiro de Barros

What are the five most important areas Brazil’s new administration must focus on to effectively fight corruption?

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Jan 14, 2019

Spotlight: 10 QUESTIONS FOR 2019

By Atlantic Council

10 questions for 2019: New presidents, new policies, new opportunities…What will be the biggest shock of the year? JOIN US AND VOTE! How do you think some of the biggest questions of 2019 will unfold? Will President Bolsonaro find success with his economic plan? What is the fate of the Maduro regime this year? Will […]

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Jan 10, 2019

MADURO: Fraud and six years of failures

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

The Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center's infographic depicts the illegitimacy of Maduro's new term, his first-term results, and options for the road ahead.

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Jan 7, 2019

Jair Bolsonaro’s first one hundred days

By Atlantic Council

In one of the most consequential presidential elections in the country’s recent history, Brazilians elected Jair Messias Bolsonaro their next president on October 28, 2018, after two highly contested rounds of voting that left Brazilians deeply divided. In this Spotlight, we ask: What are the four of the top action items President Bolsonaro might prioritize […]

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Nov 27, 2018

#MinskMonitor: Russian Escalation in Kerch

By Michael Sheldon

Russian escalation at the Kerch Strait ended in cannon fire and the capture of three Ukrainian vessels, with at least six Ukrainian sailors wounded.

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