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Cyber Risk Wednesdays

Mar 19, 2014

Financial Sector Highlighted in Fifth Cyber Risk Wednesday

The fifth Cyber Risk Wednesday, a monthly series organized by the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, discussed the NIST framework’s impacts on the financial sector, the general risk environment, strengths and challenges, and mitigation methods currently in place. The discussion featured a well-balanced panel of speakers with experts from large financial institutions, small and community banking institutions, and government.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Mar 18, 2014

This is Egypt: New Voices, Untold Stories

Since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013, a wave of nationalist fervor has swept over Egypt. Calls for Defense Minister Abd al-Fattah al-Sisi to run for president grow while the state has largely silenced dissident political voices throughout the country. The Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a panel […]

North Africa

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Mar 18, 2014

Spotlight Chile | March 18

By Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Will Chile ratify a new constitution during the second Bachelet presidency? This months’ Spotlight explores three scenarios. President Michelle Bachelet of the Socialist Party-led New Majority coalition took office for her second four-year term on March 11. She has proposed a broad agenda of educational, electoral, and other constitutional reforms. Bachelet is also seeking to […]

Latin America

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Mar 17, 2014

Moscow’s Move to Absorb Seized Territories Detours Russia Further from Rule of Law

By Paul Goble

Every language contains words which say more than those who use them intend or even recognize.  One such word or better suffix in Russia is “podobny” which means “like” or “analogous to.”  Thus, Russians sometimes speak of something being “science-like” — that is, something that looks like science but really isn’t. That suffix should be […]

Russia Ukraine

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Mar 17, 2014

Securing the Transatlantic Community: NATO is Not Enough

By Stanley R. Sloan and Sten Rynning

Comprehensive Security Needs Extend Beyond NATO’s Mandate Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sharply interrupted a transatlantic debate over the utility of NATO amid the declared US “pivot to Asia” and the winding down of the alliance’s mission in Afghanistan. As NATO governments grapple for an immediate response to Russia’s aggression, they also must prepare in […]

NATO Security & Defense

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Mar 17, 2014

Crisis in Ukraine: The Energy Factor

To explore the role of energy in the recent developments in Ukraine, the Atlantic Council hosted a members’ conference call discussion to evaluate the crisis’ impact on European energy security.  The Patriciu Eurasia Center Acting Director David Koranyi was joined by Matthew Bryza, Eurasia Center nonresident senior fellow; Vladimir Milov, president of the Institute of […]

Ukraine

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Mar 14, 2014

Lebanon’s Neutrality Toward the Syrian Conflict

After weeks of debate that nearly collapsed the government, Lebanon’s cabinet approved a policy statement on March 14, 2014. The debate focused on Lebanon’s position on the conflict in Syria and the role and future of Hezbollah’s armed militia, over which the March 8 and March 14 alliances disagree. The conclusion of the debate and […]

Middle East Syria

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Mar 14, 2014

ENGO Network on CCS: Roundtable Discussion to Chart Policy Pathways Forward

In confronting the multi-dimensional challenge of climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is emerging as a pragmatic approach to mitigating global carbon emissions. On March 14th, 2014, experts from diverse, CCS-related backgrounds gathered at the Atlantic Council for the “ENGO Network on CCS: Roundtable Discussion to Chart Policy Pathways Forward.” Led by Global CCS […]

Energy & Environment

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Mar 14, 2014

Russia’s Return to Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Two Decades After Pullback, Russia Chases Gas Resources, Minerals and UN Votes Ukraine, Georgia and the Middle East are not the only places Vladimir Putin’s Russia has put a muscular foreign policy on display. Quietly, but with equal determination, President Putin has directed a robust strategic push into a region farther from Russia’s borders – […]

Africa China

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Mar 13, 2014

Working Group on Defense Industrialization in Saudi Arabia and the UAE

Saudi Arabia, which spends more on defense than any other nation in the Middle East (up to 10 per cent of its GDP, which amounts to $21 billion), is the world’s seventh biggest spender in military terms. The United Arab Emirates, the world’s fourth largest arms importer, fields an increasingly capable military, is a regional leader […]

Saudi Arabia The Gulf
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