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Mar 8, 2015

Huntsman on Chinese President Xi’s Public Persona

By Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.

The AP quotes Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. on Chinese President Xi Jinping’s public persona and leadership style:

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Mar 8, 2015

Pham on the Internationalization of the Boko Haram Threat

By J. Peter Pham

The AP quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS could internationalize the crisis in Nigeria:

Nigeria

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Mar 7, 2015

Mardini on ISIS’s Expansion Strategy

By Ramzy Mardini

The Sydney Morning Herald quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on ISIS’s expansion in areas with weak or non-existent state institutions and what that means for the fight against them:

Iraq Syria

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Mar 7, 2015

Pham: “This is a Group that Has Shown its Ability to Evolve at an Almost Dizzying Pace”

By J. Peter Pham

NPR quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram reportedly swearing its allegiance to ISIS and what it means for its future:

Nigeria

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Mar 7, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance to ISIS

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC’s Newshour to discuss Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS:

Nigeria

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Mar 6, 2015

Schechter on a New Cuban Ambassador

By Peter Schechter

Foreign Policy quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on the Obama administration’s potential choice for a new Cuban ambassador:

Cuba

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Mar 6, 2015

Slavin Hosts VOA’s Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin hosts VOA’s Issues in the News discussing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress about downfalls of a possible nuclear deal with Iran, the Iraq-ISIS fight over Tikrit, the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account for government business, and Boris Nemtsov’s assassination:

Iraq Israel

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Mar 6, 2015

Schechter on the United States and the European Union Normalizing Relations with Cuba

By Peter Schechter

Agence France-Presse quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on the competition between the United States and the European Union in normalizing relations with Cuba:

Cuba European Union

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Mar 6, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram Abducting Children

By J. Peter Pham

Dutch newsweekly Elsevier quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s child abductions:

Nigeria

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Mar 6, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Increasing Use of Children in Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Foreign language newspaper DeMorgen quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s increasing use of children to conduct attacks:

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