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In the News

Sep 6, 2014

Slavin on Ukraine, ISIS, Israel

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins Voice of America’s Issues in the News to discuss Ukraine, Ebola, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, and Israel:

Israel Ukraine

In the News

Sep 6, 2014

Miami Herald: Obama’s Plan to Counter Venezuela’s Oil Clout

By Atlantic Council

The Miami Herald cites an Atlantic Council report, Uncertain Energy: The Caribbean’s Gamble with Venezuela: 

Venezuela

In the News

Sep 6, 2014

Pavel on NATO Defense Budgets

By Barry Pavel

Defense News quotes VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the agreement made by NATO member countries to spend two percent of their gross domestic product on defense: 

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Hruby: President Obama Succeeds with US-Africa Summit

By Aubrey Hruby

Africa Center Visiting Fellow Aubrey Hruby cowrites for the Huffington Post on how President Obama handled the US-Africa Leaders Summit:

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Beyond Airstrikes, How the United States Can Accelerate the Islamic State’s Defeat

By Bilal Y. Saab

This piece originally apeared in Defense One. There is broad agreement among policy makers and defense analysts in Washington that U.S. airstrikes alone are insufficient to counter the Islamic State group. There is greater clarity on the level of military, political and economical efforts required to reduce and eliminate the threat. What’s missing, however, is a discussion of […]

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Benitez on New NATO Force to Deter Russia: “Too Little, Too Late”

By Jorge Benitez

The Associated Press quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on the new force planned by NATO to deter Russia: 

NATO Russia

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Pham on US Airstrikes Targeting al-Shabaab

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins BBC World News to discuss the US airstrikes in Somalia that killed the leader of the militant organization al-Shabaab: 

Somalia

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Slavin: Report on Past Iranian Nuke Research May Hamstring Deal

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on the latest International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran’s nuclear program:

Iran

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Benitez on NATO Sanctions against Russia

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez joins Channel News Asia to discuss the NATO Summit in Wales and the new sanctions expected to be announced against Russia:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Breedlove and Roivas at Future Leaders Summit

BloombergBusinessweek’s James Neuger writes from the Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit in Wales: 

NATO Security & Defense