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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:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Seip: What Fallows Missed About the Military-Civilian Gap

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center US Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One in a response piece on a recent Atlantic article by James Fallows on “The Tragedy of the American Military”:

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Pham on Satellite Images of Boko Haram Destruction

By J. Peter Pham

The International Business Times quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the new satellite imagery from Amnesty International which shows the destruction in Nigeria levied by Boko Haram: 

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Pham on Boko Haram’s Use of Abducted Girls

By J. Peter Pham

NBC quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on Boko Haram’s use of abudcted girls as suicide bombers:

Nigeria

In the News

Jan 15, 2015

Ricciardone: “The US Government Does Not Regard the Hizmet Movement as Violent Terrorists”

By Francis Ricciardone

Zaman quotes VP and Rafik Hariri Center Director Francis Ricciardone on the Hizmet movement: 

Turkey