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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

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Slavin on Charlie Hebdo Attack

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss the recent attacks in Paris on the newspaper Charlie Hebdo:

France

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on Use of Children in Suicide Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Inquisitr quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abducted girls to carry out terrorist attacks:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on Use of Abducted Girls in Terror Attacks

By J. Peter Pham

Yahoo! News quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abducted girls to carry out terror attacks: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Pham on the Impact of Oil Prices on Nigeria’s Economy

By J. Peter Pham

Responding to Climate Change quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on how the trent of falling oil prices has affected Nigeria: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 16, 2015

Greenfield on Counterterrorism Operations in Yemen

By Danya Greenfield

Rafik Hariri Center Deputy Director Danya Greenfield joins NPR Morning Edition to discuss the presence of Al Qaeda in Yemen and counterterrorism efforts there:

Yemen

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Itani on an ISIS Defeat in Kobani

By Faysal Itani

The Associated Press quotes Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani on what a defeat in the symbolic city of Kobani would mean for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham: 

Iraq

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Manning: Kim Jong Un Wants to Talk

By Robert Manning

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Robert Manning writes for the Wall Street Journal on why South Korea’s leadership should set some terms ahead of a potential summit with North Korea: 

Korea

Bremain vs Brexit

Jan 15, 2015

Dungan on Obama-Cameron Meeting

By Nicholas Dungan

USA Today quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Nicholas Dungan on the meeting between President Obama and British Prime Minister David to discuss terrorism, among other things:

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