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Pham: “An Attack on Madiguri is Very Likely”

By J. Peter Pham

NBC News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the possibility of Boko Haram attacking Maiduguri, Nigeria:

Morningstar: Double Standards in Our Foreign Policy — and That’s Just the Way It Is

By Richard L. Morningstar

Founding Director of the Global Energy Center Richard L. Morningstar cowrites for the Huffington Post on how dilemmas in foreign policy create double standards:

Herbst on Russian Popular Opinion

By John Herbst

The Star Tribune quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on Russian popular opinion of Putin and the conflict in Ukraine:

Dobriansky: Russia Should Be Prosecuted for its Crimes Against Humanity

Paula J. Dobriansky, who served as Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs from 2001 to 2009 and is an Atlantic Council Board member, writes in The Washington Post that the International Criminal Court must investigate Russia’s violations in Ukraine: “Russia’s grave violations of international humanitarian norms, especially the law of armed conflict, should […]

Marczak on Venezuela’s Influence on Cuba

By Jason Marczak

US News quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on how Venezuela’s precarious political and economic situation created an opening for Cuba to normalize relations with the United States:

Slavin on Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins VOA News to discuss the debate over war authorization against ISIS in Congress, presidential war powers, and whether or not a nuclear deal with Iran is possible:

Pham on the Nigerian Government’s Decision to Postpone Elections

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins VOA News to discuss the decision to postpone Nigeria’s upcoming elections:

Brzezinski on the Ceasefire Agreement for Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski joins MSNBC’s Morning Joe to discuss the ceasefire agreement for Ukraine, why he’s pessimistic that it will end the violence, and what the West needs to do to enforce the terms:

Marczak on the Accusations Against Argentina’s President

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak joins NBC Nightly News to discuss the accusations against Argentine President Cristina Fernandez in the alleged cover-up of a 1994 terror attack:

Kroenig: Stability Before Disarmament

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on nuclear deterrence and disarmament: