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In the News

Jan 20, 2015

Saab: “This Is a New Hezbollah”

By Bilal Saab

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the recent raid Israel carried out on senior Hezbollah figures:

Middle East Syria

In the News

Jan 20, 2015

Slavin: Amid Nuclear Talks, Iran Still Trying to Swap Prisoner

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Monitor on a potential prisoner swap with Iran:

Iran

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram Threat Beyond Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC to discuss Boko Haram’s attacks on Cameroon: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

Pham on Freed Boko Haram Hostages

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins CNN to discuss the freed hostages who had been abducted by the terrorist organization Boko Haram:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

Schechter: “Jacobson’s Visit Is, Without a Doubt, Historic”

By Peter Schechter

Agence France-Presse quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on talks between senior US and Cuban officials in Havana:

Cuba

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

Ward: Don’t Believe the Defense Acquisition Reform Hype

By Alex Ward

Brent Scowccroft Center Assistant Director Alex Ward writes for War on the Rocks on expectations over defense acquisition reform:

In the News

Jan 19, 2015

The Wall Street Journal Quotes Atlantic Council Report

By Garrett Workman

The Wall Street Journal quotes Atlantic Council report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP):

In the News

Jan 17, 2015

Pham on the Invisible Tragedy in Nigeria

By J. Peter Pham

Foreign language newspaper Semana quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the lack of coverage in the media about the massacre in Baga, Nigeria and the escalating violence of Boko Haram: Read the full article here.

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on Combating Boko Haram Threat

By J. Peter Pham

Stars and Stripes quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on what can be done to counter the threat of Boko Haram:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Slavin: US, Iranian Opponents Could Blow Up Nuclear Negotiations

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Jazeera America on talks in Geneva between Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif:

Iran