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Feb 24, 2015

Social Innovators in Latin America: A Disruptive Force for Change

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

An emerging class of social entrepreneurs and social impact investors across Latin America are driving innovation, growth, and poverty alleviation. These pioneers have brought about huge quality-of-life changes for millions of citizens through innovations ranging from pay-as-you-go solar power to new farming practices. Today, the private sector provides governments with new and innovative policies to […]

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Feb 23, 2015

The Fall of Debaltseve: Implications for European Security

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

On Friday, February 20, the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center hosted a conference call on recent developments in Ukraine with retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and current Atlantic Council Board member.

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Feb 21, 2015

Pakistan’s Youth: Advocates for Change

By Huma Haque

The 2012, 2013, and 2014 Emerging Leaders of Pakistan Fellows gathered in Islamabad for a reunion over a jam packed weekend in mid-February.

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Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Feb 20, 2015

Cyber Risk Wednesday: Breaking the info-sharing logjam

By Brent Scowcroft Center

At the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Risk Wednesday, White House cybersecurity czar Michael Daniel said effective cybersecurity information sharing hinges on new relationships between Washington and the private sector. On the heels of President Obama’s executive order to promote information sharing between federal agencies and businesses worried about hackers, the White House cybersecurity czar said the […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Feb 19, 2015

Winning the generational struggle with Putin

By Nicholas Burns

HE INVADED Crimea a year ago and then formally annexed it in a brazen, illegal act of aggression not seen in Europe since the Second World War. He sent thousands of Russian soldiers across the border to tilt the balance of Ukraine’s civil war in favor of pro-Moscow separatists and then refused to own up […]

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Feb 17, 2015

Opinion: Effort to Thwart Iran Deal Won’t Have Intended Effect

By Barbara Slavin

Friction between the United States and Israel is not uncommon. On issues ranging from the 1956 Suez war to the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, the leaders of the U.S. and Israel have often clashed in ways that reflected different perceptions of their national interests. Still, there is something particularly disturbing and […]

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Feb 16, 2015

A Journalist’s Journalist – Arnaud de Borchgrave

By Harlan Ullman

This morning, a legend and giant in journalism died. There will be no more like him. Arnaud de Borchgrave would have been eighty-nine this Fall. And his career was the stuff of Hollywood movies not the least of which was marrying his stunning and glamorous wife Alexandra with more than enough of the “right stuff” […]

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Feb 13, 2015

Nigeria, Boko Haram, and Election Delays

By J. Peter Pham

Bottom Line Up Front: • On February 7, Nigeria’s election commission announced a six-week postponement of the country’s tightly-contested presidential election (along with other federal and state polls); the decision came after the Nigerian military warned that it could not guarantee voter security in the four northeastern states hit hardest by the Boko Haram insurgency

Politics & Diplomacy

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Feb 12, 2015

EU-Cuba Negotiations: Lessons for the United States

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

“Clear vision, steady nerves, and tons of patience.” This was the formula Christian Leffler, Managing Director of the Americas for the European Union offered when recommending how to negotiate with the Cuban government. As chief negotiator in the EU-Cuba trade talks, Mr. Leffler was well qualified to offer an in-depth look at the talks and […]

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Feb 11, 2015

Lead Mr. Obama, Please Lead

By Harlan Ullman

The White House’s National Security Strategy (NSS) was unveiled last Friday, the first since 2010. Against the backdrop of crises abroad and economic uncertainties at home, the NSS will attract little attention beyond Beltway policy aficionados. Despite the recurring mantra of American leadership, the NSS is long on ambition and citing lofty aims and very […]

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