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In the News

Jan 28, 2014

Pham on African Union Summit

By J. Peter Pham

Agence France-Presse quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the agenda for this week’s African Union summit:

South & Central Africa

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

Slavin Reviews the Year in Foreign Policy

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin assesses America’s foreign policy toward the Middle East for Al Jazeera America in their “The Real State of the Union” series:

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

Pham Reviews Book on Drug Wars in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, reviewed Africa and the War on Drugs by Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig in the current issue of the International Journal of African Historical Studies. According to Pham, the book is “an ambitious attempt to present an alternative perspective on the question of drug use […]

In the News

Jan 28, 2014

J. Peter Pham Discusses “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at US Army War College

By J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, spoke today on “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In his invited lecture to students in the College’s Department of National Security and Strategy, Pham discussed the role that state collapse, extremism, insurgency, piracy, famine, foreign intervention, […]

Somalia South & Central Africa

In the News

Jan 27, 2014

Healey Quoted on Latest NSA Leak

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey is quoted by NBC News on the revelation that the UK government tapped into data from social media sites including Facebook and YouTube:

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

In the News

Jan 26, 2014

Radwan on Changes to Egypt’s Democracy Road Map

By Tarek Radwan

Rafik Hariri Center Associate Director Tarek Radwan joins Al Jazeera English to discuss the announcement that Egypt will hold presidential elections before parliamentary elections:

North Africa

In the News

Jan 25, 2014

Pham Talks Kenya-ICC Tensions

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center J. Peter Pham joins CCTV English’s Africa Live to discuss tensions between the International Criminal Court and Kenya.  Watch the interview here (begins at 12:55). Watch the interview here (begins at 12:55).

East Africa

In the News

Jan 25, 2014

Mardini on al-Qaeda Decentralization

By Ramzy Mardini

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini is quoted in the New York Times on the decentralization of al-Qaeda’s leadership:

In the News

Jan 25, 2014

Karatnycky on Ukraine: Yanukovych Has Blinked

By Adrian Karatnycky

Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky is quoted in the New York Times on the decision of Ukrainian opposition leaders to reject a power-sharing agreement put forth by President Yanukovych:

Ukraine

In the News

Jan 25, 2014

Nawaz: Sharif Seen as Potentially Strong Partner in Washington

By Shuja Nawaz

South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz is quoted by Agence France-Presse on US-Pakistani relations:

Pakistan
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