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Mar 7, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance to ISIS

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC’s Newshour to discuss Boko Haram’s pledge of allegiance to ISIS:

Nigeria

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Schechter on a New Cuban Ambassador

By Peter Schechter

Foreign Policy quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on the Obama administration’s potential choice for a new Cuban ambassador:

Cuba

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Slavin Hosts VOA’s Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin hosts VOA’s Issues in the News discussing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress about downfalls of a possible nuclear deal with Iran, the Iraq-ISIS fight over Tikrit, the controversy over Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email account for government business, and Boris Nemtsov’s assassination:

Iraq Israel

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Schechter on the United States and the European Union Normalizing Relations with Cuba

By Peter Schechter

Agence France-Presse quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on the competition between the United States and the European Union in normalizing relations with Cuba:

Cuba European Union

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram Abducting Children

By J. Peter Pham

Dutch newsweekly Elsevier quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s child abductions:

Nigeria

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Increasing Use of Children in Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Foreign language newspaper DeMorgen quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s increasing use of children to conduct attacks:

Nigeria

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Slavin: Women’s Rights in the MENA Region in 2015

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for the Wilson Center’s publication “Expansion or Contraction? Women’s Rights in the MENA Region in 2015” in celebration of International Women’s Day 2015:

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Hruby: Closing the Infrastructure Investment Gap in Africa

By Aubrey Hruby

Africa Center Visiting Fellow Aubrey Hruby cowrites for the Financial Times on the need for innovative financing mechanisms to fund critical infrastructure investments in Africa:

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Itani: The United States Needs to Rethink Its Anti-ISIS Approach in Syria

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani writes for TIME on why the US-led air campaign against ISIS in Syria is undermining its long-term objectives:

Syria

In the News

Mar 6, 2015

Saab on the Military Capacity of UAE

By Bilal Saab

Bloomberg quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the military capacity of the United Arab Emirates and what it means for the fight against ISIS:

The Gulf
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