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Sep 10, 2014

Iran Negotiations Update: Verification vs. Breakout Capacity

By The Atlantic Council

A tradeoff does not exist between Iran’s enrichment capacity and more intense verification measures placed on Iran’s nuclear program. Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, and Michael Singh, managing director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, agreed that each are significant to a final agreement independently. Iranians have argued that […]

Iran

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Sep 10, 2014

Transition Seminar for Incoming Head of African Union Mission in Somalia

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted a transition seminar for H.E. Maman Sidikou, incoming African Union (AU) special representative for Somalia and head of the AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), on Tuesday, September 9.

Somalia

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Sep 8, 2014

NATO’s Summit: Transformation for the Future, ‘Serious Failure’ in the Moment

By James Rupert

Alliance Leaders Shape a ‘NATO 4.0’ But Fail to Focus on Moscow’s Challenge to Europe After more than a decade dominated by its work in Afghanistan, the NATO alliance re-shaped itself last week into a new, “4.0” version to address rising challenges both in Europe and worldwide, Atlantic Council analysts say. But as it revitalized […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Sep 5, 2014

Mexico’s Telecoms Reform: Its Impact Has Been Underestimated, Experts Say

By The Atlantic Council

Government, Business, Academic Leaders Speak at Atlantic Council Forum in Mexico City Six weeks after President Enrique Pena Nieto signed Mexico’s telecommunications reform law, hundreds of government, business, and academic leaders met in Mexico City to discuss its likely impact at the International Forum on Telecommunications Reform, organized by the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin […]

Mexico

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Sep 4, 2014

Transcript: Future NATO and Dynamic Transformation

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit: Future NATO and Dynamic Transformation Welcome:Barry Pavel,Vice President and Director ofBrent Scowcroft Center on International Security,Atlantic Council Moderator:Martin Michelot, Program and Research Officer,German Marshall Fund’s Paris office Speaker:General Jean-Paul Palomeros,Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Location: 2014 Wales NATO Summit Time: 9:25 a.m. BSTDate: Wednesday, September 4, 2014 Transcript by Federal News […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Sep 4, 2014

Challenges to India’s Nuclear Doctrine

By The Atlantic Council

In a discussion with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, Vijay Shankar, a retired vice admiral of the Indian Navy, defended India’s “No First Use” doctrine calling it a pillar of India’s nuclear policy. In his remarks, Vice Admiral argued that India’s nuclear program was designed as a political tool and remains a deterrent to […]

India Nuclear Nonproliferation
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Article

Sep 4, 2014

Joshua Meservey on The Flechas: Insurgent Hunting in Eastern Angola

By Joshua Meservey

Atlantic Council Africa Center Assistant Director Joshua Meservey authored a book review of The Flechas: Insurgent Hunting in Eastern Angola, 1965-1974 for the forthcoming issue of the Journal of the Middle East and Africa.

Africa

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Sep 4, 2014

In Wake of US Drone Strike, Atlantic Council Hosts Discussion with Senior Somali Counterterror Adviser

By The Atlantic Council

On Monday, the United States launched a military strike in southern Somalia against Ahmed Abdi Godane, head of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab group, and other leaders. While details of the operation are still emerging, it is evidence of continued US interest neutralizing the threat posed by al-Shabaab within Somalia as well as to neighboring countries.

Africa Somalia

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Sep 4, 2014

Column: Israel’s Settlement Push Damages Peace Chances

By Barbara Slavin

Barely a week after reaching a semi-durable cease-fire in a seven-week war that killed more than 2,000 Palestinians and prompted virulent new expressions of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe, the Israeli government announced that it was seizing nearly 1,000 acres of land near Bethlehem for expansion of Jewish settlements. If carried out, the confiscation […]

Israel

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Sep 3, 2014

Building a Pluralist Future for the Internet

By Alexander Klimburg

This Week’s Internet Conference in Istanbul Follows an Historic Debate at Brazil’s NETmundial  “History,” John W. Gardner reputedly said, “never looks like history when you are living through it.” Maybe that is why one of the recent years’ biggest events in shaping the future of the Internet got so little attention recently. Global news media […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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