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Mar 16, 2016

The Role of Transparency in Fighting Corruption and Preventing Illicit Activity in Financial Systems

By Global Business and Economics

On March 16, 2016 the Atlantic Council and Thomson Reuters launched of the “Power of Transparency” speaker series, featuring Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Daniel Glaser, to discuss the role of transparency in fighting corruption and preventing illicit activity in financial systems. Transparency is a fundamental element to fulfilling the Treasury’s mission of maintaining a […]

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Mar 16, 2016

Silencing Voices of Russian Opposition

By Eurasia Center

Russian opposition groups will continue to face threats and violence if Western powers remain on the sidelines amid a Kremlin crackdown on media and democratic processes, according to opposition actors. “I think there is nothing better that they would like us to do than to hide, to run away, to stop doing what we’re doing,” […]

Russia

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Mar 15, 2016

Why the Congo Matters

By Africa Center

On Tuesday, March 15, the Africa Center launched its newest issue brief, Why the Congo Matters. The study, authored by Senior Fellow Dr. Gérard Prunier, explores the escalating domestic political tensions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and makes the case for increased global engagement to prevent the descent of sub-Saharan Africa’s largest […]

South & Central Africa

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Mar 15, 2016

Autocracies Failed and Unfailed: Limited Strategies for State Building

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 from 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. the Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security released its third Atlantic Council Strategy Paper, “Autocracies Failed and Unfailed: Limited Strategies for State Building.”

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Marczak Testifies Before House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Trade with Cuba

By Jason Marczak

Read the full testimony here.

Cuba

Testimony

Mar 15, 2016

Six Ways the US Can Defeat Putin and Bolster Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

The transatlantic community has a significant stake in assuring Ukraine’s trajectory as a modern, democratic, and prosperous European state. A strategy to assist Ukraine in accomplishing that objective must impose greater economic and geopolitical costs on Russia for its aggression, enhance Ukraine’s capacity for self-defense, assist Kyiv’s efforts to reform its political and economic institutions, […]

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Mar 15, 2016

Herbst and Brzezinski Testify Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Ukrainian Reforms After Russia’s Invasion

By John Herbst and Ian Brzezinksi

Read testimony from The Hon. John E. Herbst here.

Russia Ukraine

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Mar 11, 2016

Japan’s Energy Priorities and Policies in the MENA Region

By Atlantic Council

On March 10, 2016 the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and Global Energy Center hosted a panel of distinguished Japan- and Washington-based experts for a discussion on “Japan’s Energy Priorities and Policies in the MENA Region.”

Japan Middle East

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Mar 10, 2016

Beyond Crimea: The New Russian Empire

By Eurasia Center

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal of restoring his country’s role in shaping the politics and policies of its near-neighbors—nations that were once part of the Soviet Union or the Russian Empire—is rooted in Tsarist “Russification policies,” according to Agnia Grigas, the author of a new book that takes a systematic look at the Kremlin’s policies […]

Russia Ukraine

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Mar 9, 2016

Lula’s Detention: Implications for President Rousseff and the Brazilian Economy Conference Call

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Hours before Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was charged in the midst of a corruption investigation, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center held a conference call on March 9 to discuss the increasing polarization in the country. The call featured Brazilian analysts Pedro Dias Leite, Politics Editor of Veja magazine; Gabriel […]

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