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In the News

Jul 5, 2014

Mardini on Militant Ambitions in Iraq

By Ramzy Mardini

National Public Radio quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on whether Islamist militant gains in Iraq and Syria highlights an overreaching that will open rifts with its current partners:

Iraq

In the News

Jul 4, 2014

Itani on the Conflict in Iraq

By Faysal Itani

Rafik Hariri Center Resident Fellow Faysal Itani joins Voice of America’s Encounter to discuss the ongoing situation in Iraq:

Iraq

In the News

Jul 4, 2014

Mardini on the Role of Kurds in Iraq Crisis

By Ramzy Mardini

The Washington Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on how Iraqi Kurds are using the country’s crisis to their advantage: 

Iraq

In the News

Jul 4, 2014

Mardini: “Iraq’s Sectarian Politics is Like a Game of Musical Chairs”

By Ramzy Mardini

The Financial Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on the gathering in Irbil of Iraq’s Sunni leadership to discuss removing Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from power:

Iraq

In the News

Jul 3, 2014

Mardini: “There is No Unified Sunni Endgame”

By Ramzy Mardini

The Los Angeles Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on the ongoing Sunni militant insurgency inside Iraq:

Iraq

In the News

Jul 3, 2014

Ullman: NATO’s Weakest Flank and Softest Underbelly

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on reinforcing the so-called northern and southern flanks of NATO immediately adjacent to Russia and her Warsaw Pact allies:

NATO Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 2, 2014

Karatnycky: Poroshenko Took the Only Choice He Could [Regarding the Ceasefire]

By Adrian Karatnycky

The Financial Times quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s decision to not renew the ten-day ceasefire in the eastern part of the country:

Russia Ukraine

In the News

Jul 2, 2014

Prunier on War in South Sudan

By Gerard Prunier

Africa Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Gerard Prunier writes for Open Democracy on South Sudan’s civil war:

East Africa

In the News

Jul 2, 2014

Pavel on US Foreign Policy on the Line in Iraq

By Barry Pavel

McClatchy quotes VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on why the ongoing crisis in Iraq presents the biggest challenge yet to President Obama’s foreign policy doctrine:

Iraq

In the News

Jul 2, 2014

Koranyi on Iraq’s Kurds

By David Koranyi

Al-Monitor quotes Eurasia Center Deputy Director David Koranyi on the challenges facing Iraqi Kurds as the crisis in Iraq persists:

Iraq