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Sep 15, 2016

Iraqi Kurdistan oil and gas outlook

By John Roberts

As the war against ISIS renders borders increasingly malleable and further strains relations between Erbil and Baghdad, the likelihood of a declaration of independence from the Kurdistan region of Iraq increases. What are the options for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to capitalize on its oil and natural gas reserves, as well as options that would be available to an independent Kurdistan?

Energy & Environment
Iraq

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Sep 9, 2016

Reducing the risks from rapid demographic change

By Mathew J. Burrows

In Reducing the Risks from Rapid Demographic Change, Dr. Mathew Burrows explores how longer life expectancies, aging workforces, and high birthrates will affect the future economic growth and development of countries around the world.

Africa
China

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Aug 29, 2016

Industrial Development in Latin America: What is China’s Role?

By Dante Sica, Manuel Molano, and Jorge Guajardo

Read the Publication (PDF) – English Read the Publication (PDF) – Spanish Days ahead of the G20 summit in China, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center today releases Industrial Development in Latin America: What is China’s Role? The report frames the effects of Chinese exports on Latin American deindustrialization using economic modeling on […]

China
Latin America

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Aug 24, 2016

Completing Europe: Gas interconnections in Central and Southeastern Europe—an update

By John Roberts

What has been the progress made in the development of gas interconnectors, the single most important element in the creation of an effective energy union and in assuring energy security for Europe?

Central Europe
Energy & Environment

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Aug 23, 2016

Toward global water security

By Peter Engelke and David Michel

Toward Global Water Security, a report produced by the Atlantic Council and US Water Partnership, outlines a process for forging a stakeholder-driven, “Whole of America” water grand strategy.

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Aug 1, 2016

Hydrocarbon developments in the Eastern Mediterranean

By Charles Ellinas, with John Roberts and Harry Tzimitras

The Eastern Mediterranean’s hydrocarbon discoveries have massive consequences for the region, even though when considered on a global scale they are relatively small. What are the the technical and geopolitical obstacles to and opportunities for creating a vibrant hydrocarbon market in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Energy & Environment
Geopolitics & Energy Security

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Jul 19, 2016

Arming for deterrence

By Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff and Maciej Olex-Szczytowski

The Warsaw Summit was a watershed moment for the NATO Alliance. The twenty-eight member states had a unique opportunity to demonstrate NATO’s enduring relevance and ability to defend Europe and the transatlantic area by laying down a marker to build strong and effective conventional and nuclear deterrence. Poland, in particular, should play an important role […]

NATO
Security & Defense

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Jul 14, 2016

Oil & gas in Brazil: A new silver lining?

By Décio Oddone

Transformations in Brazil's energy sector could be critical to rebooting the broader economy. Today, with state-owned Petrobras still reeling from political scandal, one development welcomed by investors is a bill gaining steam in Congress to open offshore oil discoveries to greater private investment. Is this the beginning of more changes to come?

Americas
Brazil

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Jun 27, 2016

Frozen Conflicts: A Tool Kit for US Policymakers

By Agnia Grigas

“Since the 1990s, a number of separatist movements and conflicts have challenged the borders of the states of the former Soviet Union and created quasi-independent territories under Russian influence and control,” states Agnia Grigas, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, in the opening of her new report, Frozen Conflicts: A […]

Conflict
Crisis Management

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Jun 23, 2016

A foundational proposal for the next administration

By Chester A. Crocker, Daniel Levin, David C. Miller, Jr. and Thomas R. Pickering with Foreword by Brent Scowcroft and Jason T. Kirby, Chief of Staff

This foundational report serves as a point of departure for the next administration. It contains the essential elements for building the most effective national security structure in the small window between today and the first hundred days of the next administration.

Security & Defense
United States and Canada
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