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Nov 5, 2019

Ellen Walsh in Reuters

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"Even getting Exxon or another major oil company to develop Syrian oil would be a “hard sell” given its relatively limited infrastructure and small output"

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Nov 5, 2019

John Herbst in the Washington Post

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John Herbst, another former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine who has known Taylor for years, said Taylor’s opening statement probably was strategic. “His testimony knocked my socks off because of the detail,” he said. “I can only surmise that he included so much because he wanted to make sure the policy stayed in the right direction.”

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Nov 5, 2019

Soft infrastructure development in Central Asia 2020

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The resource-rich and geographically strategic region of Central Asia is continuing to evolve. Once isolated and impoverished, the Central Asian republics have broken free from their Soviet legacies to pursue new economic development strategies.

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Nov 5, 2019

Report launch: Prospects of the Russian protest movement

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After two decades under Vladimir Putin’s rule, Russians are taking to the streets in growing numbers to voice their opposition to the Kremlin and its increasingly unpopular policies. Russian youth now stand out as some of the loudest voices calling the Kremlin to account. As authorities have attempted to control, distract, and repress this wave […]

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Nov 5, 2019

Abbas Kadhim in the New York Times

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“This was just a spark that unleashed all built-up grievances,” he said. “Many of the grievances are not about Adel Abdul Mahdi’s government,” he added, referring to Iraq’s prime minister. “But when you are the prime minister, you have to pay for your mistakes and those of previous leaders.”

Richard Stengel and Michelle Kosinski

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Oct 16, 2019

A Conversation on Information Wars with Richard Stengel

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In a conversation hosted by the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab on October 16, 2019, Richard Stengel explained the threat disinformation poses to democracy and what we can do about it.

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Oct 10, 2019

The Atlantic Council In September

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Spotlight of the Month The Atlantic Council celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Global Citizen Awards in New York this week on the eve of the opening of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, where global leaders convened to address seismic shifts in our global order—from the emergence of a new era […]

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Oct 2, 2019

Media Mention: Anders Åslund in POLITICO

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“Giuliani, like Manafort, is well entrenched in Ukraine and has earned big money there. He started traveling to the country in the mid-2000s, when he gave a well-paid speech to an event organized and paid for by Vadim Rabinovich, an old commodity trader with a controversial reputation.” Anders Aslund, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Center

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Oct 2, 2019

PeaceGame Venezuela: Pathways to Peace

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On October 2, the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with Foreign Policy Magazine (FP) and Florida International University (FIU), hosted its first crisis simulation PeaceGame Venezuela: Pathways to Peace. The half-day, private, off-the-record simulation included 31 participants from Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States. Assuming the role […]

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Oct 1, 2019

Media Mention: Barbara Slavin on National Public Radio

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“I think the Saudis and the Emiratis understand that escalation in the Persian Gulf is going to come at their expense,” says the Atlantic Council’s Slavin. “They have no confidence that the Trump administration knows what it’s doing in pursuing this ‘maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran — so why should they give the green light […]

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