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Dec 24, 2015

Manning: Managing Differences Remains the Main Focus of Sino-US Ties

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Robert A. Manning writes for Global Times on how the US-China relationship will be defined by the 2016 US presidential election, increased cooperation on climate change, and progress on the Bilateral Investment Treaty:

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Dec 23, 2015

Herbst on US-Uzbekistan Relations

By John E. Herbst

Reuters quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on how Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov’s relationship has been strained with the United States because of President Karimov’s troubled human rights record:

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Dec 22, 2015

Tanchum on Turkey and Israel’s Pipeline Plan

By Micha'el Tanchum

Trend quotes Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Micha’el Tanchum on why the proposed natural gas pipeline between Turkey and Israel is commercially viable and makes economic sense for both countries:

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Dec 22, 2015

Karatnycky: A Dilemma in the Crackdown on Corruption in Ukraine

By Adrian Karatnycky

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky writes for the Wall Street Journal on how the Ukrainian government should address economic corruption by ramping up anticorruption prosecutions against business leaders and make market system reform a core government priority:

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Dec 22, 2015

Hof on Kerry’s Syria Strategy

By Frederic Hof

NPR quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on Secretary of State John Kerry’s strategy for Syria:

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Dec 22, 2015

Eljarh on Libya Peace Negotiations

By Mohamed Eljarh

Foreign Policy quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh on the chief UN negotiators for the Libyan peace deal:

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Dec 22, 2015

Hof on Resolution 2254

By Frederic Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof writes for the Huffington Post on next steps for the Syria peace process following UN Security Council Resolution 2254:

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Dec 22, 2015

Alami: Almichzi and Divided Loyalties

By Mona Alami

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mona Alami writes for Asharq Al-Awsat on divisions among Iraq’s population mobilization forces, which lead to diverging agendas Read the full article here.

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Dec 22, 2015

Itani on ISIS’s Stronghold in Raqqa

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani joins CNN to discuss ISIS using civilians as shields in the city of Raqqa:  Watch the full interview here.

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Dec 22, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Growth

By J. Peter Pham

LA Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the growth of Boko Haram throughout Northern Africa: