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New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2016

Brazil Braces for Another Tumultuous Year

By Ricardo Sennes

Throughout 2016, Brazilians and foreigners alike kept stating—and hoping—that 2017 would bring more stability, allowing Brazil to reform and grow its economy. But those of us who thought we were heading into calmer waters will have to think again. The new year is gearing up to be another tumultuous one for Brazil, in spite of […]

Brazil

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by ABC News Radio on Tensions Between United States, Turkey, and Russia After Assassination of the Russian Ambassador

By Aaron Stein

Read full article here.

Russia Syria

In the News

Dec 20, 2016

Stein Quoted by Mic on US, Turkish, Russian Relations

By Aaron Stein

Read the full article here.

Russia Turkey

Defense Industrialist

Dec 19, 2016

If found, please call 228-688-5877

By James Hasik

China’s stealing an American ocean glider won’t stop the world from making a whole lot more. In what Ankur Panda in the Diplomat termed an “exceptionally brazen and illegal move by Beijing,” the Chinese Navy this past week stole an American ocean glider. On Friday, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook announced that the Defense Department had contacted the Chinese government to […]

China Defense Industry

Trade in Action

Dec 14, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – December 14, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

Check out the latest EconoGraphic from our team on the Italian Referendum and Italy’s economic issues that will impact its growth and stability.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, Oct. 17, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2016

Trump Team Working to Remove Top NATO Official

By Josh Rogin, Washington Post

The incoming Trump administration is looking to get rid of the No. 2 official at NATO, an American nominated by President Obama whom most Republicans don’t trust.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Dec 9, 2016

Energy Reform Takes Hold in Mexico

By Lourdes Melgar

Three years after its historic approval, with the conclusion of Round One and the first farm out of Pemex, Mexico’s energy reform in the upstream—the exploration and production sector—is beginning to consolidate itself.  On December 5, for the first time in Mexico’s history, international and national oil companies bid competitively for blocks in the deep […]

Mexico

Trade in Action

Dec 8, 2016

TTIP&TRADE in Action – December 8, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

President- Elect Trump and Europe : Want to learn more about EU-US Relations and Challenges for the Next US Administration? Check out this video of an event hosted by the EU delegation. 

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia
President-elect Donald Trump, Dec. 6, 2016

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2016

Donald Trump’s Position on the Use of US Military Power

By Donald Trump, C-SPAN

And finally, a commitment to only engage the use of military forces when it’s in the vital national security interest of the United States.

NATO Security & Defense

Defense Industrialist

Dec 8, 2016

Negotiating with the deal-guy-in-chief

By James Hasik

On surviving those UCAs, finding that $125 billion, and becoming the monopsonist’s apprentice. The mood at the Aerospace Industries Association luncheon this week, Tony Bertuca reported for Inside Defense, was grim. As AIA CEO Dave Melcher put it, it’s a “relatively new phenomenon” for the president-elect to call out the country’s largest aerospace company on a big program like the new Air […]

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