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Jul 8, 2014

Hruby: How Obama Can Get the Africa Summit Right

By Aubrey Hruby

Africa Center Visiting Fellow Aubrey Hruby cowrites for the Huffington Post on how the Obama administration should navigate the upcoming Africa Summit in Washington:

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Jul 8, 2014

Roll Call: How the Defense Industry Might Become More Like the Automobile Industry

By Atlantic Council

Roll Call cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with William J. Lynn III, the CEO of Finmeccanica North America and DRS Technologies Inc.:

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Jul 8, 2014

Mardini on Iraq’s Fracturing

By Ramzy Mardini

CNN quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on the likelihood of Iraq splitting into three parts:

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Jul 8, 2014

McClatchy: NATO Head Says Europeans Must Spend More on Defense

By Atlantic Council

McClatchy cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: 

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Jul 8, 2014

AFP: NATO Looks at Combat Readiness After Russian ‘Aggression’

By Atlantic Council

Agence France-Presse cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen:

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Jul 8, 2014

Pham on the #BringBackOurGirls Campaign

By J. Peter Pham

US News and World Report quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on what the United States is doing in Nigeria to help rescue the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

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Jul 8, 2014

Mardini on ISIS in Mosul

By Ramzy Mardini

Reuters quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on ISIS extremists capturing former members of their organization in Iraq:

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Jul 7, 2014

Defense News: Rasmussen to Push Readiness Action Plan at NATO Summit

By Atlantic Council

Defense News cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen: 

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Jul 7, 2014

Daily Beast: State Department Says Assad’s ‘Machinery of Death’ Worst Since the Nazis

By Atlantic Council

The Daily Beast cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Stephen Rapp, the State Department’s ambassador-at-large for War Crimes and director of the Office of Global Criminal Justice:

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Jul 6, 2014

Pham on US Policy Toward Somalia

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham appears on CCTV’s Talk Africa to discuss US policy toward Somalia:

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