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Sep 11, 2015

Cross-Straits Series: Implications of the Upcoming Taiwanese Elections to the Asia-Pacific

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The upcoming Taiwanese presidential election on January 16, 2016 has drawn increasing attention to Beijing and Taipei’s relationship. In Taiwan, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate, Tsai Ing-wen, has been projected to defeat the ruling Kuomingtang (KMT) Nationalist Party candidate in 2016 by different polling agencies. For eight years, KMT has taken a pro-China […]

China

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Sep 10, 2015

Benin’s Democratic and Developmental Progress: A Conversation with H.E. Thomas Boni Yayi and the Hon. Dana J. Hyde

By Africa Center

On September 10, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted H.E. Thomas Boni Yayi, President of the Republic of Benin, and the Honorable Dana J. Hyde, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The Atlantic Council’s event came on the heels of Benin signing a second MCC compact on September 9 with President Yayi and US […]

North & West Africa

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Sep 10, 2015

Conference Call: Special Update: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council members and guests were invited on September 10, 2015 to participate in a special conversation on the Council’s recently released task force report, Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership . Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), co-chaired […]

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Sep 9, 2015

Getting to $500 billion in US-India trade: A view from the Indian industry

By Ben Polsky

On September 9, business leaders representing some of the largest industries in India’s private sector convened at the Atlantic Council to discuss the state of the Indian economy. A week after it was announced that the Indian economy grew by 7%—tying China as the world’s fastest growing economy—the titans of Indian business addressed the potential […]

India Trade and tariffs

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Sep 3, 2015

Roundtable with Sudan’s National Assembly Speaker

By Africa Center

On Thursday, September 3, the Africa Center hosted a luncheon roundtable with H.E. Ibrahim Ahmed Omer, Sudan’s National Assembly Speaker. Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham gave a welcome and introduction, noting that the visit by the Speaker and those accompanying him—the highest-level Sudanese government delegation to come to Washington in a number of years—comes […]

Sudan

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Aug 19, 2015

US retaliation for OPM hack could set precedent in global cyberconflict

By Malena Carollo

After the recent string of high-profile breaches such as the one at the Office of Personnel Management, many experts and international policymakers are watching closely at how the US may retaliate against suspected hackers. When it comes to digital spying, international norms are noticeably absent; there’s little precedent for how nations should retaliate to each […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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Aug 19, 2015

Briefing on Stability and Human Rights in Guinea

By Africa Center

On Wednesday, August 19, the Africa Center hosted a briefing by Corinne Dufka, Associate Director of Human Rights Watch’s Africa Division, who spoke about her recent fact-finding mission to Guinea. The West African nation is scheduled to hold presidential elections in less than two months, and the pre-election period has seen a rise in sometimes-violent […]

Africa North & West Africa

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Aug 10, 2015

Social Entrepreneurship in the Americas

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, Ashoka, and The Skoll Foundation

Read the Spotlight Online (PDF) Can Latin America maintain the momentum of the past decade’s social transformations? The answer will depend on its ability to adopt innovative solutions to advance social progress. Considered the third arm of development by the World Bank, social entrepreneurship in Latin America has expanded dramatically in the past two decades […]

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Jul 31, 2015

Should the US engage in espionage for economic gain?

By Malena Carollo

Economic espionage is common across the world: Many countries use their intelligence apparatus to steal foreign trade secrets for the benefit of their own private sectors. The US, however, publicly opposes this kind of spying for economic gain on moral grounds and insists it does not participate. Should it? A panel of cybersecurity and legal […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Jul 31, 2015

The Mullah Omar Announcement: Implications for Afghanistan, the Taliban, and the Peace Process

With the announcement that the reclusive Mullah Omar, leader of the Taliban, had died somewhere between two to three years ago, and peace talks between the government in Kabul and the Taliban being postponed, many policymakers around the globe are attempting to grapple the implications of this news.

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