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Analysis

FutureSource

Mar 3, 2016

Bridging the Security-Democracy Gap: Tools for Responding to Resurgent Authoritarianism

By Torrey Taussig

A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading authoritarian regimes are thriving in the twenty-first century global security environment. As Freedom House reports, “fundamentally antidemocratic governments have strengthened their hold on power by making at least some of the common set of concessions – largely illusory […]

National Security Politics & Diplomacy

In the News

Feb 8, 2016

Stephan in Foreign Policy: Poland’s Liberals Strike Back

By Maria J. Stephan

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Poland

Books

Feb 5, 2016

Global System on the Brink: Pathways toward a New Normal

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Read the Book (PDF) Following the release of a short report in December 2015, the Atlantic Council and the Primakov Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) have now released the full volume of research behind the report, Global System on the Brink: Pathways toward a New Normal. The longer book goes in-depth on […]

In the News

Jan 29, 2016

Carnegie Features Brent Scowcroft Center Report: Global System on the Brink: Pathways Toward a New Normal

By Mathew J. Burrows

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In the News

Jan 29, 2016

Sciubba in New Security Beat: Zika Virus Prompts El Salvador and Others to Discourage Pregnancy – What Are the Potential Consequences?

By Jennifer D. Sciubba

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Latin America

In the News

Jan 28, 2016

Washington Post Highlights Stephan’s Book on Nonviolent Resistance

By Maria J. Stephan

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In the News

Jan 27, 2016

Engelke Joins US Water Partnership to Discuss Promoting Transboundary Water Cooperation

By Peter Engelke

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In the News

Jan 25, 2016

Burrows Joins KCRW to Discuss the Future of US Diplomacy in Syria

By Mathew J. Burrows

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Syria

In the News

Jan 22, 2016

Stephan in Foreign Policy: The Peacebuilder’s Field Guide to Protest Movements

By Maria Stephan

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In the News

Jan 22, 2016

Burrows in ISN: The Changing Face of Globalization

By Mathew Burrows

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Events