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Jan 12, 2015

Burrows: The Big Question for 2015

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writes for the Swedish Institute on International Affairs on what kind of world we can expect in the future: 

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Jan 12, 2015

Natural Gas Europe Cites Global Energy Center Event

By Atlantic Council

Natural Gas Europe cites an event hosted by the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center with Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs at the US Department of State, Amos Hochstein:

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Jan 12, 2015

Metzl: Would I Genetically Enhance My Own Children?

By Jamie Metzl

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security Jamie Metzl writes for SF Signal on the future of genetic enhancement:

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Jan 12, 2015

Kramer: Carter’s Critical Priorities

By Franklin Kramer

Atlantic Council Board Member and Scowcroft Center Distinguished Fellow Franklin Kramer cowrites for Defense News on what things Ashton Carter should take into consideration when thinking about how to respond to twenty-first century geopolitical challenges:

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Jan 12, 2015

Dungan on the “Storm in a DC Tea Cup”

By Nicholas Dungan

CNN quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on the United States not sending a high-ranking official to an anti-terror march in Paris sparked by the recent attack on the office of the newspaper Charlie Hebdo:

France

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Jan 11, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Use of Children in Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of young girls in carrying out terrorist attacks in Nigeria:

Nigeria

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Jan 11, 2015

Slavin: Novelist Chronicles Egypt’s Rough Revolutionary Road

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on a new book by Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany: 

North Africa

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Jan 11, 2015

Eljarh: In War-Torn Libya, It’s Life on the Edge

By Mohamed Eljarh

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh writes for Foreign Policy on ongoing developments in Libya:

Libya

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Jan 10, 2015

McFate in Economist Book Review

By Sean McFate

The Economist reviews a new book by Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Sean McFate, The Modern Mercenary: Private Armies and What They Mean for World Order:

Africa

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Jan 10, 2015

Pavel: “Europe Is Now a Theater of Insecurity”

By Barry Pavel

National Defense Magazine quotes VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the recent announcement of fifteen US base closures in Europe: