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Jun 15, 2015

Kroenig: Why Democracies Dominate: America’s Edge over China

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for the National Interest on why the United States maintains an edge over China:

China Politics & Diplomacy

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Jun 15, 2015

Humayun: Defeating Complexity through Simplicity

By Ahmed Humayun

South Asia Center Nonresident Fellow Ahmed Humayun wrties for 3 Quarks Daily about simple solutions in a complex world: 

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Jun 15, 2015

Slavin: Wrestling’s Curby Cup Next Move in US-Iran Sports Diplomacy

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor about wrestling as a US-Iranian public diplomacy tool:

Iran

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Jun 15, 2015

Kroenig: Why Is Obama Abandoning 70 Years of US Nonproliferation Policy?

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Tablet on why the nuclear deal with Iran is faulty and dangerous: 

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

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Jun 14, 2015

Washington Post Features EgyptSource Report

By EgyptSource

The Washington Post features data included EgyptSource’s article, One Year On: Security Under Sisi, in a discussion of the increasing violence and volatile security situation in Egypt under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi:

North Africa

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Jun 14, 2015

Metzl: Doomsday: The Coming Collapse of North Korea

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for the National Interest on why North Korea’s regime is close to collapse:

Korea

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Jun 12, 2015

Rakisits: Pakistan’s Pivot to China

By Claude Rakisits

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Claude Rakisits writes for Australian Strategic Policy Institute on Pakistan-China relations in light of the $46 billion Chinese investment in the China Pakistan Economic Corridor: 

China Pakistan

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Jun 12, 2015

Manning on China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

By Robert A. Manning

US News & World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Senior Fellow Robert Manning on the implications of the sentencing of China’s former security chief, Zhou Yongkang:

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Jun 12, 2015

Manning on Oil Exports

By Robert A. Manning

US News & World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security Senior Fellow Robert Manning on using oil exports as a tool of US foreign policy:

In the News

Jun 11, 2015

Hof on the Nusra Front

By Frederic C. Hof

The Wall Street Journal quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on the Nusra Front, an al Qaeda affiliate, as a potential ally in the fight against ISIS:

Syria