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Nov 6, 2015

Kroenig: 3-D Printing the Bomb? The Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig cowrites for The Washington Quarterly on how the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, through which 3-D printing machines build objects of virtually any shape from digital build file, could make it easier for countries to acquire nuclear weapons:

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

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Nov 5, 2015

Saab on Potential ISIS Involvement in Sinai Plane Crash

By Bilal Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab joins KCBS Radio to discuss potential ISIS involvement in the downing of Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 in the Sinai Peninsula, and why it’s important to wait for hard evidence and withhold judgement:

North Africa Russia

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Nov 5, 2015

Shaffer on OPEC and Oil Prices

By Brenda Shaffer

Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Brenda Shaffer joins Knowledge@Wharton to discuss OPEC and oil prices:

Energy & Environment

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Nov 5, 2015

Barno and Bensahel: Can the US Military Halt Its Brain Drain?

By Barno and Bensahel

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellows for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Dave Barno and Nora Bensahel cowrite for The Atlantic on whether the Pentagon’s rigid personnel system is driving away the officers it will need for the conflicts of the twenty-first century:

In the News

Nov 5, 2015

Linderman on Media Freedom in Georgia

By Laura Linderman

Voice of America quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Research Fellow Laura Linderman on Georgia’s international image regarding media freedom in the wake of the Rustavi 2 controversy and court case: Read the full article here.

The Caucasus

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Nov 5, 2015

Hof: A Syria-First Strategy for Defeating ISIS

By Frederic Hof

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof writes for The Atlantic on why protecting civilians from Assad is the first step toward a negotiated political transition  in Syria:

Syria

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Nov 5, 2015

Hellyer on Egypt’s President

By H.A. Hellyer

The Economist quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow H.A. Hellyer on Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi:

North Africa

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Nov 5, 2015

Hof on US Support for Syria’s Rebels

By Frederic C. Hof

The Los Angeles Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Senior Fellow Frederic C. Hof on the Obama administration’s plan to send US special operations forces to aid Syrian rebels:

Syria

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Nov 5, 2015

Hellyer on ISIS’s Sinai Affiliate

By H.A. Hellyer

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow H.A. Hellyer joins CNN to discuss ISIS-affiliated militants in the Sinai Peninsula, amid uncertainty over the crash of Metrojet Flight 9268: Watch the full interview here.

North Africa

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Nov 5, 2015

Hellyer on Flight 9268 Crash

By H.A. Hellyer

BBC quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Senior Fellow H.A. Hellyer on the possibility of ISIS involvement in the crash of a Russian passenger jet:

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