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Apr 3, 2015

Framework for a Comprehensive Nuclear Agreement with Iran

By Refayat Haque

Following the landmark nuclear deal framework reached on April 2 between the P5+1 and Iran, the South Asia Center’s Iran Task Force hosted a conversation on April 3 to discuss the details and impact of the initial framework for Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action. Speakers included Clifford Kupchan, Chairman, Eurasia Group; Kelsey Davenport, Director for […]

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Apr 3, 2015

Opinion: Iran, US Finally Get to Yes in Landmark Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

There is much work to be done and much that can still go awry, but April 2, 2015 will go down in history as the day when the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States finally got to yes. After 36 years of mutual demonization, proxy wars and occasional direct conflict, the two old […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

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Apr 2, 2015

ISIS and al-Qaeda: Assessing Terrorist Threats to the Homeland and Beyond

By Larry Luxner

The Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) may have grabbed global attention with its brutal terror tactics, but al-Qaeda is still a grave threat to US interests, two national security analysts said April 2 at the Atlantic Council. Bruce Riedel, a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Bruce Hoffman, Director of Georgetown University’s […]

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Apr 2, 2015

Winston Spencer Ghani

By Harlan Ullman

Last month when Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu made his ill-advised plea to Congress to scuttle the nuclear negotiations with Iran, fringe Republican elements in Congress, along with right wing fellow travelers, called Bibi the 21st century’s version of Winston Churchill. Clearly they must have been referring to Churchill’s flip-flops to and from the Conservative […]

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Apr 2, 2015

Breaking the Mold in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front:  • On Tuesday, retired military dictator General Muhammadu Buhari surged to victory over incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s most hotly contested presidential contest since the end of military rule • Buhari’s win stunned observers: it is the first time that an incumbent has been defeated in Nigeria’s history • Perhaps […]

Nigeria Politics & Diplomacy

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Apr 1, 2015

UN Official on Renewable Energy

Worldwide investment in renewable energy is growing exponentially—confounding experts who said it would never happen—says Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Steiner, a German development expert who has run UNEP since 2006, spoke April 1 at an event sponsored by the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center. His conversation with the […]

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Mar 30, 2015

Briefing from Ukraine’s Front Lines

By Wesley Clark

General Wesley K. Clark (Ret.)Former NATO Supreme Allied CommanderMarch 30, 2015 Background  The Kremlin has been waging a covert, hybrid war against Ukraine since February of 2014. In this war, Moscow has used a combination of local separatist forces, irregular volunteers, and Russian special forces and regular (conventional) forces. Since the original Minsk I ceasefire […]

Russia Ukraine

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Mar 30, 2015

General Wesley Clark: Exclusive Briefing from Ukraine’s Front Lines

Russian-backed separatists are planning a fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine that could come within a matter of months, retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, warned at an Altantic Council forum on March 30, 2015. “What is happening now is preparations for a renewed offensive from the east,” and this could take […]

Europe & Eurasia NATO

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Mar 27, 2015

US-German Next Generation Project Launched

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The US-German Next Generation Project, a project the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security launched in February 2015 to strengthen the transatlantic partnership through stronger US-German ties, hosted an opening reception on March 25. The event provided an opportunity to introduce the twelve young American and German Next Generation Fellows, who will be at the […]

Europe & Eurasia Germany

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Mar 27, 2015

US-Africa Enhanced Commercial Cooperation: Keeping the Momentum in 2015

By Africa Center

In an era of globalization and expanding commercial ties, Africa offers countries and private industry considerable opportunities for trade and investment. Last August, the White House hosted the inaugural US-Africa Leaders Summit, a gathering of heads of state and government from across the continent. The purpose of the summit was to strengthen and broaden economic […]

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