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Oct 6, 2014

What Happened Yesterday in Brazil?

By Atlantic Council

Election 2014: The Road to the Runoff The first round of the Brazil’s presidential election turned into a rollercoaster of an election: its ups and downs yielded an unexpected second round scenario. The consolidation of a third player the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), following the death of Eduardo Campos, threatened to break the regular bipartisan […]

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Oct 2, 2014

Combating the Ebola Outbreak

By Atlantic Council

The Ebola epidemic, currently affecting multiple countries in West Africa, seized the US news cycle on September 30 when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the first case of Ebola in the United States. The epidemic has already claimed more than 3,300 lives, and the CDC last week reported the possibility of […]

Africa

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Oct 2, 2014

Short-Term Crisis or Long-Term Transformation? South Sudan’s Civil War in Focus

By Atlantic Council

Exactly one year ago at an Atlantic Council forum, Africa Center Senior Fellow Gérard Prunier outlined the political dynamics in Sudan and South Sudan and predicted that tensions in the latter would soon lead to open conflict. Two months later, he was unfortunately proven correct: in December 2013, South Sudan began its rapid descent into […]

Article

Oct 2, 2014

Sarkozy: the French Paradox

By Nicholas Dungan

Nicolas Sarkozy’s return to politics is fraught with uncertainties, not least about the man himself. In French, “retour” can mean a return, or it can signify a comeback. If Sarkozy attempts a personal comeback, to avenge his defeat by François Hollande in 2012, he may well lose. If his return genuinely means a new man […]

France

Article

Oct 2, 2014

Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Barbara Slavin

There are still nearly two months to go before the deadline for an Iran nuclear agreement, but already both sides are preparing for the possibility that talks might fail. In New York last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a group of U.S. media executives and senior correspondents that while, “Everything is based on the […]

Iran
Middle East

Art of Future Warfare

Oct 1, 2014

The future of unknown conflict

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council introduced Dave Antony as a nonresident fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on October 1st, where he will be working on the “Art of Future War” project. The event, moderated by August Cole, the project’s director, featured everything from 3D printers to flying drones which served as the backdrop […]

Conflict
Security & Defense

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Sep 30, 2014

Pakistan Importing Americas Federalism

By Atlantic Council

Asif Memon, an associate fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, looks at federalism in Pakistan because of constitutional and legislative changes undertaken by the South Asian country in recent years. Specifically, in 2010 Pakistan adopted the 18th amendment, bringing substantive change in organization of the government and transformed the policy landscape. The National Finance […]

Pakistan

Article

Sep 30, 2014

Spotlight Brazil Elections

By Ricardo Sennes

How will the Brazilian presidential election unfold? Brazilians go to the polls on October 5 in the first round of voting for presidential, congressional, and state elections. If no presidential candidate secures 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be held on October 26. The upcoming elections are likely to bring major changes […]

Latin America

Article

Sep 29, 2014

A second chance with India

By Nicholas Burns

Obama’s opportunity with India and its new leader When the new Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, visits the White House this week, President Obama should seize the opportunity to revive and rebuild an important relationship with a key Asian partner that has fallen on hard times in recent years. In strategic terms, there are few […]

India

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Sep 26, 2014

Roundtable with UK Minister of State for Europe David Lidington

By Atlantic Council

On Wednesday, September 17, the Transatlantic Relations program hosted an off-the-record discussion with UK Minister of State for Europe David Lidington. The conversation was moderated by Fran Burwell, vice president and director of transatlantic relations at the Council.

Europe & Eurasia
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