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Dec 11, 2014

Defense News Cites Scowcroft Center Event

By Atlantic Council

Defense News cites the Atlantic Council for hosting an event with Mike Petters, chief executive of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.: 

In the News

Dec 11, 2014

Saab on Expanded Security Cooperation in the Gu

By Bilal Y. Saab

World Politics Review quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab on the decision at the annual Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Doha to increase security cooperation in the Gulf:

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Dec 10, 2014

Slavin on the Kurdish-Baghdad Agreement

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on the recent oil and budget deal signed between Kurdish and Iraqi leaders:

Iraq

In the News

Dec 9, 2014

Burrows: Using Fiction to Understand Strategy and the Future

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative Director Mathew Burrows writse for War on the Rocks on why fiction is key to understanding a different future: 

In the News

Dec 9, 2014

Brummer: The Case for the TTIP

By Chris Brummer

Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Growth and Finance Chris Brummer is interviewed by the International Financial Law Review on how recent political developments are affecting trade negotiations:

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Dec 9, 2014

Workman and Kasperek: Breathing New Life into the US-EU Trade Talks

By Garrett Workman

Global Business and Economics Program Associate Director Garrett Workman and Intern Marie Kasperek cowrite for the Hill on the recent visit of European Commissioner for Trade Cecelia Malmström to Washington:

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Dec 8, 2014

Workman on TTIP Negotiations

By Garrett Workman

Global Business and Economics Program Associate Director Garrett Workman joins Think Global to discuss the latest round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations:

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

In the News

Dec 8, 2014

Hof on Syria: “There’s No Fairy Dust”

By Frederic C. Hof

The New Yorker quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on the ongoing civil war in Syria:

Syria

In the News

Dec 8, 2014

Slavin: US Official Claims Gains in Curtailing ISIS Oil Smuggling

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on US efforts to reduce oil revenues of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham:

In the News

Dec 8, 2014

Eljarh on Oil Revenues in Libya

By Mohamed Eljarh

The Financial Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Mohamed Eljarh on disputes over who is controlling Libya and how that has affected the country’s oil revenues:

Libya