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Jun 26, 2014

Itani: The United States Has “Little Leverage” with Key Figures in Iraq

By Faysal Itani

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Iraq in order to help resolve the conflict there: 

Iraq

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Jun 26, 2014

Brzezinski: Putin’s Goal is to Reassert Russian Hegemony Over Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

CNBC qutoes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on the draft law submitted by Ukraine’s president to parliament  suggesting that the country drastically change its gas storage and transportation system:

Russia Ukraine

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Jun 26, 2014

Saab: Assad’s Priority is to Fight Rebels in His Own Country

By Bilal Y. Saab

The Associated Press quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the Syrian government aircraft bombing of Sunni militant targets inside Iraq:

Iraq Syria

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Jun 25, 2014

Pham: Is the World Losing Interest in Boko Haram?

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Fox’s Happening Now to discuss the latest abduction of Nigerian women by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

Nigeria

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Jun 25, 2014

Wilson on the Importance of NATO Expansion

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson cowrites for CNN’s Global Public Square on why expanding NATO would be a deterrent for Russia and stabilize Europe as a whole:

NATO Russia

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Jun 25, 2014

Saab: Lebanon’s Presidential Crisis Hangs on Saudi, Iranian Rivalry

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for World Politics Review on why the power struggle between Iran and Saudi Arabia is the root cause of the failure to elect a new Lebanese president:

Iran Middle East

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Jun 25, 2014

Defense News: US Sending Body Armor to Ukraine

By Atlantic Council

Defense News’ Intercepts cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Derek Chollet, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs:

In the News

Jun 25, 2014

Mardini on Potential Successors to Maliki

By Ramzy Mardini

The Wall Street Journal quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Ramzy Mardini on the five potential successors to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki:

Iraq

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Jun 25, 2014

Pham: “The US Needs to Assert Better Control of its Aid [in the SADR]”

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by Foreign Policy on extremism in the Western Sahara:

North & West Africa

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Jun 24, 2014

Nawaz: Pakistan’s Taliban Offensive Will Fall Short

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz writes for Foreign Policy‘s South Asia Channel on the Pakistani military offensive on Taliban and allied Islamist forces in North Waziristan:

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