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Jun 11, 2014

Pham Testifies on the Ongoing Struggle Against Boko Haram

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham testified before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on the ongoing struggle against Boko Haram:

Nigeria

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Jun 10, 2014

Ukraine Can Take Inspiration from Poland’s Post-Soviet Transformation

By Lee Feinstein

It is fitting that President Obama’s first meeting with newly elected Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko occurred today in Warsaw. The formal reason for Obama’s trip is to mark the 25th anniversary of Poland’s first post-communist election. Obama’s trip to Warsaw, the first stop in a three-country Europe swing, is intended to reassure Poland and other […]

Ukraine

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Jun 10, 2014

Conversation with former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov

On Tuesday, June 10th, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center welcomed former Prime Minister of Bulgaria Boyko Borisov for an off-the-record roundtable discussion.

Southern & Southeastern Europe

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Jun 9, 2014

National Security and Digital prosperity after Snowden: A discussion with David Ignatius.

Edward Snowden’s revelations of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) extensive data collection programs last year sparked an intense debate on the future of electronic surveillance in the United States and globally. As the extent of electronic surveillance has moved to the forefront of the American political discourse, the effects of Snowden’s revelations on the future […]

Cybersecurity
National Security

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Jun 7, 2014

Conversations Center on Poland’s Progress and Ukraine’s Challenges

Wrocław Global Forum: Day 1 The Wrocław Global Forum debated issues of transatlantic security and economic partnership in the opening day of a conference spotlighted by this week’s visit to Poland of US President Barack Obama. The fifth annual forum, in the 1,000-year-old Polish cultural center of Wrocław, found speakers debating how the US and […]

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Jun 7, 2014

Conversations on the Transatlantic Partnership, a Europe Whole and Free, and a New Ukraine

Wrocław Global Forum: Day 2 On the same day that Ukraine swore in President Petro Poroshenko, attention at the Wrocław Global Forum turned to concrete proposals for the transatlantic community to support Ukraine’s new government and deter further aggression by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Jun 6, 2014

What Europe Means

By Nicholas Dungan

Today, June 6th, 2014, veterans and national leaders gather in Normandy to commemorate the Allied landings seventy years ago that began the liberation of France and the western half of Europe. Later this year, on November 9th, the world will observe the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of […]

Europe & Eurasia

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Jun 5, 2014

Discussion with the Burkinabé minister of human rights and civil promotion

By Africa Center

In 2012, the West African nation of Burkina Faso created a Ministry for Human Rights and Civic Promotion to promote physical security, economic prosperity, and access to health and education for all Burkinabé citizens. Since its inception, the ministry has actively promoted gender equity, a focus that is consistent with Ouagadougou’s priorities: a 2009 law […]

Africa
Civil Society

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Jun 5, 2014

Saab Contributes Chapter to New Book on Middle East Security

By Bilal Saab

Resident Senior Fellow at the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Bilal Saab has contributed a chapter to a forthcoming book on the challenges to security in the Middle East:

Middle East

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Jun 5, 2014

Pakistan’s Polio Fight

We have the money, science, and political will but the [polio eradication] program design is flawed.” A majority of the world has overcome polio, a once highly prevalent disease, yet Pakistan is one of just three countries where the disease remains endemic—and it poses a threat to polio-free countries around the world. After nearing almost […]

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