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Jul 11, 2014

Political Economy of Subsidy Reforms in MENA: Progress and Challenges

There is a growing consensus that there is urgent need for a number of countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to undertake subsidy reforms, mainly because of the costly and distortive nature of energy subsidies. On Thursday, July 10, 2014, in partnership with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Atlantic Council’s Rafik […]

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Jul 11, 2014

Carl Bildt at the Atlantic Council: Facing a Revisionist Russia

During his July 8 visit to the Atlantic Council, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt declared that “these are not easy times” for the transatlantic partners, as they face “a more assertive China,” new areas of terrorism threatening Africa, and a Middle East “engulfed by new sectarian divisions.” Speaking to a packed audience of foreign policy […]

Captains of Industry Series

Jul 10, 2014

The Globalization of the Defense Industry

How should the defense industry adjust to greater economic globalization, with novel regional and functional challenges? How is the private sector going to manage decreasing national defense budgets while maintaining high levels of innovation, research, and development?

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Jul 10, 2014

Ukraine’s Army Now Holds Two-Thirds of Donbas, Senior Security Official Says

Kyiv Official Thanks US for Food Rations and Vests, Says Ukraine Needs Sanctions on Russia Ukrainian troops now control two-thirds of the country’s Donbas region, a top Ukrainian security official says, nine days after they resumed their counter-offensive against Russian-backed insurgents. Ukraine’s military “will continue to tighten the containment” of the separatist militias, and will […]

Russia Ukraine

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Jul 9, 2014

Kerry’s Visit to Kabul Will Be Critical to Defusing Afghanistan’s Election Crisis

Zalmay Khalilzad, David Sedney Analyze Hopes for Resolving a Dangerous Dispute This weekend’s visit to Afghanistan by Secretary of State John Kerry will be a critical opportunity to defuse the dispute over Afghanistan’s presidential election that threatens the country’s stability, two former US top officials said. Kerry is to travel to Kabul as presidential candidates […]

Afghanistan Elections

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Jul 7, 2014

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen: The West’s Insurance Premium for Security ‘Just Went Up’

With Western economies improving slowly, and with security threats evolving from Africa to East Asia, the NATO alliance will press this year for Europe to increase its defense spending “in real terms for the first time since the end of the Cold War,” Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said today. The alliance will push its […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Jul 7, 2014

Armenia and the West: A New Vision for the Caucasus?

On Wednesday, July 2nd, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted an off-the-record workshop on Armenia’s relationship with the West and the future vision for the Caucasus. The workshop, organized jointly with Washington-based think tank Policy Forum Armenia (PFA), built upon the discussion that took place a year ago at the Atlantic Council (on Armenia-NATO relations), […]

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Jul 3, 2014

NATO in the Caucasus: The Case of Azerbaijan

On Tuesday, July 1st, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a public forum on the present and future relationship between NATO and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The panelists included H.E. Khazar Ibrahim, Head of the Azerbaijani mission to NATO; Dr. Brenda Shaffer, Visiting Researcher at CERES, Georgetown University; and Mr. Eric Rubin, Deputy Assistant Security […]

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Jul 3, 2014

Why the Way We Think About Social Entrepreneurship Needs to Change

Social entrepreneurship is changing the face and meaning of social work worldwide. Latin America is leading the charge in the development of new models of private involvement in social work and in the creation of a new class of socially minded innovators that is radically affecting the lives of those who need it most in […]

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Jul 3, 2014

Egypt’s Looming Energy Crisis: Short Term Responses for Energy Security

For the past two years, Egyptians have faced electricity shortages resulting in rolling blackouts across the country. Power outages have been hard on households and have also been detrimental to industry, which is operating at only 60 to 70 percent of capacity, constraining an already weakened economy. The issue is not the supply, but rather […]

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