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Mar 3, 2020

Cameron Hudson in Foreign Policy

“By allying itself with the country’s civilian leaders, Sudan’s military leaders may well be playing the strategic long game that marginalizes the Rapid Support Forces, secures their survival under a new political dispensation, and advances the revolution’s overall goal of reforming the state and coming in from the cold.”

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Mar 3, 2020

Diego Area on Univision

“Rosneft is among the two largest oil companies on the planet, and the consequences will not only be seen in Venezuela, but we will see how the world’s forces move around this sensitive issue.” “Rostnef está entre las dos compañías petroleras más grandes del planeta, y las consecuencias no solo se verán en Venezuela, sino […]

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Mar 3, 2020

Jason Marczak on CNN

[On US sanctions against Rosneft related to Venezuela] “It is an important step […] I don’t expect Rosneft just to go off into the night. I think the next step is going to be how Rosneft seeks to get around those sanctions — what kind of new companies might be set up, what kind of […]

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Mar 3, 2020

Abbas Kadhim in the Associated Press

The Iranians “don’t want another al-Sistani … They don’t want somebody who is strong, who overshadows their own supreme leader,” said Abbas Kadhim, director of the Iraq Initiative at the Atlantic Council. While none of al-Sistani’s potential successors are “in Iran’s pockets,” Tehran can benefit from a weak figure. “If this person is silent and […]

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Mar 3, 2020

William Wechsler and Kirsten Fontenrose in the Washington Post

” The Iranian regime believes it prevented a U.S. president’s reelection in 1980 and likely assesses that it can do so again. The consequences of such an attempt in 2020 are unpredictable and dangerous, as political considerations might preclude a sober assessment of interests. “

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Mar 2, 2020

Jamil in The American Interest: Climate Refugees and International Law

By Atlantic Council

Climate Change & Climate Action Human Rights

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Mar 2, 2020

Jamil in Asia & The Pacific Policy Society: Gift basket diplomacy in nuclear South Asia

By Atlantic Council

International Norms Nuclear Deterrence

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Mar 2, 2020

Lindsay in Fast Company: How to design a smart city

By Atlantic Council

Civil Society Digital Policy

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Mar 2, 2020

Cohen in Forbes: The EIA’s 2020 Energy Outlook Predicts Rising US LNG Exports

By Atlantic Council

Energy & Environment Geopolitics & Energy Security

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Mar 2, 2020

Shaffer in Foreign Policy: The United States Needs to Declare War on Proxies

By Atlantic Council

Defense Policy Politics & Diplomacy
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