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Feb 26, 2015

Jones on Doing Business in a Dicey Geopolitical Environment

By James L. Jones, Jr.

BRINK News interviews Brent Scowcroft Center Chairman General James L. Jones, Jr. on investing in foreign countries and how businesses can navigate today’s geopolitical environment:

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Besharov Testifies Before House Committee on Agriculture

By Douglas Besharov

Global Business and Economics Program Senior Fellow Douglas Besharov testifies before the House Agriculture Committee on how the needs and use of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) have changed since it was first passed into law: Read the article here.

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Pham on the History of the US-Liberia Relationship

By J. Peter Pham

Agence France-Presse quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the history of the US-Liberia relationship and how it affected US involvement in the fight against Ebola:

North & West Africa

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Besharov on Employment and Employment Training with SNAP

By Douglas Besharov

Farm Futures quotes Global Business and Economics Program Senior Fellow Douglas Besharov from his testimony before the House Committee on Agriculture on the need for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to assist in preparing recipients for the labor force:

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Healey on the Need for a Broader Discussion on Cybersecurity

By Jason Healey

Federal Computer Week quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the need for a broader, more imaginative public discussion about future cyber threats:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Business Insider Cites the Atlantic Council

By Ian Brzezinski and Nicholas Varangis

Business Insider cites an Atlantic Council chart demonstrating the NATO-Russia exercise gap from a NATOSource article by the Scowcroft Center’s Ian Brzezinski and Nicholas Varangis:

NATO Russia

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Aronsson on NATO’s Spending Inefficiencies

By Lisa Aronsson

Business Insider quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Visiting Fellow Lisa Aronsson on inefficiencies in NATO spending and what that means for the two percent spending target:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Aronsson on NATO’s Defense Spending

By Lisa Aronsson

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Visiting Fellow Lisa Aronsson on NATO’s defense spending and what it means for an increasingly hostile Europe:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Slavin: Netanyahu Faces Growing Pushback on ‘Speech of his Life’

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Jazeera America on the controversy surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s scheduled appearance before the US Congress next week:

Israel

In the News

Feb 26, 2015

Montanino on the Greek Bailout and the IMF

By Andrea Montanino

The Financial Times quotes Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino on the Greek bailout and IMF’s role in enforcing the terms:

Greece
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