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Mar 13, 2015

Pham on ISIS Accepting Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance

By J. Peter Pham

The AP quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on ISIS accepting Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance and how this could lead to more foreign fighters traveling to Nigeria:

Nigeria

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Mar 12, 2015

Rizzo: Congress Needs to Change the New Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF)

By Rachel Rizzo

Brent Scowcroft Center Strategy Initiative Program Assistant Rachel Rizzo writes for The Hill on how Congress should modify the Authorization of the Use of Military Force (AUMF) on ISIS:

In the News

Mar 12, 2015

AP Covers Atlantic Council Event with Secretary Kerry

By Atlantic Council

The AP covered an Atlantic Council event featuring remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry on the importance of the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change negotiations:

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Mar 12, 2015

Washington Post Quotes Secretary Kerry from Atlantic Council Event

By Atlantic Council

The Washington Post quotes Secretary of State John Kerry on the global energy market from at Atlantic Council event on the importance of the 2015 Conference of the Parties (COP21) climate change negotiations:

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

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Mar 12, 2015

Pham on the Timing of ISIS Accepting Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance

By J. Peter Pham

French-language Agence France-Presse quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how ISIS accepting Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance falls at a time when both groups have been suffering military defeats:

Nigeria

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Mar 12, 2015

Foreign Policy Quotes Atlantic Council Event on Nigeria

By Atlantic Council

Foreign Policy quotes Nigerian Defense Intelligence Chief Gabriel E. Okoi on outside military aid to Nigeria from an Atlantic Council event on Boko Haram and the security situation in Nigeria:

Nigeria

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Mar 12, 2015

Leadership Covers Atlantic Council Event on Nigeria

By Atlantic Council

Leadership covers an Atlantic Council event on Nigeria and highlights the discussion on the postponed Nigerian elections:

Nigeria Politics & Diplomacy

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Mar 12, 2015

Pham on the Efforts to Locate Boko Haram’s Leader

By J. Peter Pham

NBC News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the efforts to capture Boko Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau:

Nigeria

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Mar 12, 2015

Slavin: Europeans Worry Senate Letter Gives Iran Edge in Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on how European partners in the Iran talks feel the letter signed by forty-seven GOP senators this week has made the negotiations with Iran more difficult:

Iran

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Mar 11, 2015

AFP Quotes Atlantic Council Event on Boko Haram

By Atlantic Council

Agence France-Presse quotes the Head of Nigeria’s National Intelligence Agency Ayodele Oke on areas Boko Haram still controls in Nigeria from an Atlantic Council event on the security situation in Nigeria and the campaign against Boko Haram:

Nigeria
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