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Aug 26, 2014

Itani on US Action in Syria

By Faysal Itani

The Telegraph quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on US surveillance flights over Syria:

Syria

In the News

Aug 26, 2014

Financial Times: Nieto’s Reforms Fail to Dispel Mexican Gloom

By Atlantic Council

Financial Times cites a new Atlantic Council report, Mexico’s Energy Reform: Ready to Launch:

Mexico

In the News

Aug 26, 2014

Mezran on Libya’s Future

By Karim Mezran

Middle East Eye quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Karim Mezran and Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh on the secret airstrikes in Libya launched by Egypt and the United Arab Emirates:

Libya North Africa

In the News

Aug 26, 2014

Hof on US Intervention in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

CNN quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on the likelihood of US airstrikes in Syria:

Syria

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Aug 26, 2014

Linderman: “The Ukraine Crisis is an Opening for Georgia”

By Laura Linderman

Business Insider quotes Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on Vice President Biden’s support for Georgia’s aspirations to become a NATO member:

The Caucasus Ukraine

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Aug 26, 2014

Ward on the Likelihood of a Great Power War

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowcroft Center Program Assistant Alex Ward joins the Diplomat‘s podcast to discuss the factors that make a great power war between the United States and China more likely:

China

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Aug 26, 2014

Goldwyn: “Natural Gas is the Linchpin of [Mexico’s] Energy Reform”

By David Goldwyn

CNBC cites a new Atlantic Council report coauthored by Adrienne Arsht Center Nonresident Senior Fellow David Goldwyn, Mexico’s Energy Reform: Ready to Launch: 

Mexico

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Aug 26, 2014

Hof: Assad is Laying a Deadly Ambush for Obama in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof writes for the New Republic on how US intervention in Syria will affect President Assad’s calculus: 

Syria

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Aug 26, 2014

Herbst on How Long the Crisis in Ukraine Will Last

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins CNBC to discuss why the Ukraine crisis is likely to continue:

Russia Ukraine

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Aug 26, 2014

Slavin: New Iran-Contra Book Shows How US-Iran Ties Were Scuttled

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on a new book about the Iran-Contra scandal:

Iran