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Oct 3, 2016

Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On October 3, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “Banding Together: How the World Bank, Humanitarian Community, and Private Sector Support Refugees,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring the US executive director for the World Bank, Dr. Matthew T. McGuire, the associate vice president of the Center for Middle East and […]

Defense Industrialist

Oct 3, 2016

One Huey replacement or two?

By James Hasik

The timing of the USAF’s RFI for new helicopters begs questions about its requirements and its relationship with industry. As Phillip Swarts reported for Air Force Times, on September 9 the US Air Force posted its request for information (RFI) for replacing several squadrons of UH-1N Hueys. As Jim McAleese related from the Air Force […]

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EUSource

Sep 30, 2016

EU Source: EU puts TTIP on hold; investors drop Deutsche Bank

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS Deutsche Bank sinks lower in investors’ confidence CETA set for signing while TTIP trails behind Fox speech heavy on confusion, light on Brexit details

Economy & Business European Union

Bremain vs Brexit

Sep 28, 2016

Private Roundtable with Mr. Crispin Blunt, MP

By Susan Haigh

On September 28, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Future Europe Initiative hosted a private, invitation-only roundtable with Mr. Crispin Blunt MP, chairman of the UK House of Commons’ Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. Members of Washington’s foreign policy and business communities discussed the future of the United Kingdom’s role in Europe and the world, and the […]

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Sep 27, 2016

Beyond the MAD-ness of the Airbus-Boeing rivalry

By James Hasik

In the long run, military requirements and funding may matter more than trade disputes. In a 574-page report last week, the World Trade Organization ruled that the European Union and several of its member states had failed to adjust their behavior on their subsidies to Airbus, after its last mammoth ruling on their subsidies to […]

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Sep 26, 2016

Applying an investor’s mindset to military aid

By James Hasik

Restricting US military aid may affect more than Israeli industry and the IDF. As has been widely reported, the United States and Israeli governments have come to a new ten-year understanding of how the former will subsidize the latter’s military spending. The new amount that the Obama Administration promises to submit annually to the US […]

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EUSource

Sep 23, 2016

EU Source: US Dept of Justice hits Deutsche Bank with $14bn fine in tit-for-tat measure

By Future Europe Initiative

THIS WEEK’S KEY TAKE-AWAYS US Department of Justice hits Deutsche Bank with USD 14 billion fine  Competition Commissioner Vestager has tense US visit CETA marches forward as public protests heighten

Europe & Eurasia European Union
Amb. Frederic Hof, Ms. Geneive Abdo, and Dr. Nathan Brown speaking at the event

Event Recap

Sep 21, 2016

Islam and Politics in the Age of ISIS: A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism – Launch of MEST Religion Working Group Report

By Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East

On September 21, 2016, the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center hosted “A Smarter Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism,” a Middle East Strategy Task Force (MEST) event featuring nonresident senior fellow Geneive Abdo and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies of George Washington Nathan J. Brown discussing their newly released report on the role […]

In the News

Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force Featured by Foreign Affairs on How to Unlock Refugees’ Potential

By Middle East Strategy Task Force

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Report

Sep 21, 2016

Middle East Strategy Task Force: Religion, identity, and countering violent extremism

By Geneive Abdo and Nathan Brown

In recent decades, Muslims have been debating political and social aspects of their religious teachings in new ways.

Corruption Extremism

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