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Mar 12, 2015

Leadership Covers Atlantic Council Event on Nigeria

By Atlantic Council

Leadership covers an Atlantic Council event on Nigeria and highlights the discussion on the postponed Nigerian elections:

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Mar 12, 2015

Pham on the Efforts to Locate Boko Haram’s Leader

By J. Peter Pham

NBC News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the efforts to capture Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau:

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Mar 12, 2015

Slavin: Europeans Worry Senate Letter Gives Iran Edge in Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on how European partners in the Iran talks feel the letter signed by forty-seven GOP senators this week has made the negotiations with Iran more difficult:

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Mar 11, 2015

AFP Quotes Atlantic Council Event on Boko Haram

By Atlantic Council

Agence France-Presse quotes the Head of Nigeria’s National Intelligence Agency Ayodele Oke on areas Boko Haram still controls in Nigeria from an Atlantic Council event on the security situation in Nigeria and the campaign against Boko Haram:

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Mar 11, 2015

Chiu on UK Defense Spending

By Daniel Chiu

The Telegraph quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Daniel Chiu on whether the United Kingdom plans to increase its defense spending and US reaction:

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Mar 11, 2015

Ward: Arming Ukraine: Insights from the Spanish Civil War

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for War on the Rocks on how President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s debate over whether to send weapons to the Spanish Republic as it fought Generalissimo Francisco Franco and his force provides a parallel to President Obama’s decision today over whether to arm Ukraine:

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Mar 11, 2015

Washington Times Highlights Atlantic Council Event on Boko Haram

By Atlantic Council

Washington Times highlights an Atlantic Council event on Boko Haram and the security situation in Nigeria:

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Mar 11, 2015

Foreign Policy Covers Atlantic Council Event on Boko Haram

By Atlantic Council

Foreign Policy covers an Atlantic Council event on Boko Haram and the security situation in Nigeria:

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Mar 10, 2015

Pham: Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance to ISIS: What it Means

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham writes for CNN on why Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS is not entirely unexpected:

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Mar 10, 2015

Stephan: Develop Non-Military Options to Empower Communities Against Violent Extremism and Its Drivers

By Maria Stephan

Strategic Foresight Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Maria J. Stephan writes for Political Violence @ a Glance on how local populations can challenge corruption and institutionalized repression using nonviolent means:

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