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Aug 25, 2014

Financial Times: Advice for Mexico Over Energy Drive

By Atlantic Council

Financial Times cites a new Atlantic Council report, Mexico’s Energy Reform: Ready to Launch:

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Aug 25, 2014

Fortune: Mexico Poised for an ‘Energy Renaissance’ Following Reforms

By Atlantic Council

Fortune cites a new Atlantic Council report, Mexico’s Energy Reform: Ready to Launch:

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Aug 25, 2014

LeBaron on Qatari Foreign Policy

By Richard LeBaron

The National quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron on Qatar’s role in securing the release of American journalist Peter Theo Curtis from Syria:

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Aug 25, 2014

Hansen: Defining Victory in Ukraine

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for New Eastern Europe on why the cycle of violence and chaos in Ukraine is likely to continue unless the country defines what victory looks like: 

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Aug 25, 2014

Pavel on the Defense Department’s Ongoing Missions

By Barry Pavel

Foreign Policy quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the Pentagon’s top five “forgotten missions”:

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Aug 24, 2014

Reuters: The Big ISIS Problem in One Sentence

By Atlantic Council

Reuters cites an Atlantic Council blog post which originally appeared in MENASource:

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Aug 23, 2014

Hof on Possible Airstrikes in Syria

By Frederic Hof

CNN quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on whether President Obama is moving toward the use of airstrikes in Syria: 

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Aug 23, 2014

Itani: Sunni-Led Effort is Needed to Defeat ISIS

By Faysal Itani

The National quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on what is needed to help defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

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Aug 23, 2014

Pham: “Boko Haram Controls an Area the Size of Maryland”

By J. Peter Pham

NBC News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on successes and gains in Nigeria made by the terrorist organization Boko Haram: 

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Aug 23, 2014

Mardini on the Kurdish Fight Against ISIS

By Ramzy Mardini

The Pittsburgh Tribune Live quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on Kurdish Peshmerga’s attempts to counter the threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham in northern Iraq:

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