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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

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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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Feb 11, 2015

A Visit to Tehran: Former Congressman Shares his Outlook for US-Iran Relations

By Adhiraj Singh

The Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted former Rep. Jim Slattery on February 9, 2015, to hear his thoughts on the US-Iran relationship following his recent trip to Tehran. The discussion, which was moderated by the Council’s Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin, often countered popularly held misconceptions about Iran.

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Feb 11, 2015

Opinion: Former US Congressman Makes Historic Visit to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

With little fanfare, another taboo in U.S.-Iran relations has shattered. Jim Slattery, a former six-term Democratic Congressman from Kansas, late last year became the first former or current American legislator to visit the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Tehran to attend a conference on countering violent extremism, Slattery encountered a largely friendly reception from both […]

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Feb 11, 2015

Rearticulating NATO’s Strategy Toward Georgia

By Mariam Tirkia

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s remark that the NATO summit in Chicago in 2012 should be “the last summit that is not an enlargement [one]” raised expectations in Georgia that were already quite high. Georgia is seeking the elusive Membership Action Plan (MAP), which is NATO’s program of advice, assistance, and practical support tailored to the individual […]

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Feb 9, 2015

Inside the US Military’s Battle against Ebola

By Africa Center

The World Health Organization recently announced that the Ebola epidemic—which has killed nearly 9,000 people in the affected West African nations of Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia—is subsiding. 

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Feb 9, 2015

The Ukraine Crisis: Withstand and Deter Russian Aggression

By Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center

The Atlantic Council hosted a panel discussion on February 2 to introduce a report produced in collaboration with Brookings Institution and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. The report, Preserving Ukraine’s Independence, Resisting Russian Aggression: What the United States and NATO Must Do, notes that the US must provide lethal defensive military assistance to raise […]

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