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Feb 22, 2016

Marczak in Forbes on Argentina’s Economic Outlook in 2016

By Jason Marczak

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Latin America

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2016

‘Real Political Dialogue’ Needed to Get Venezuela Out of Crisis

By Mitch Hulse

US official prescribes economic integration, as well, to address political and economic instability in Latin America Venezuela will have to allow “real political dialogue” if it is to extract itself from the economic crisis in which it is mired as a result of historically low oil prices and political instability, according to a senior US […]

Venezuela

In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Schechter in Real Clear World: Cuba Needs Financial Reform, Too

By Peter Schechter

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Cuba

In the News

Feb 20, 2016

Marczak Quoted by El Tiempo (Spanish) on Obama’s Visit to Cuba

By Jason Marczak

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Cuba

In the News

Feb 20, 2016

Farkas in Newsweek: How We Can Defeat Putin

By Evelyn Farkas

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Russia United States and Canada

Defense Industrialist

Feb 19, 2016

How to kill the Long Range Strike Bomber, part 1

By James Hasik

As Lockheed may soon argue, why not just more stealth fighters and cruise missiles? Early this week, the US Government Accountability Office turned away another contract protest, ruling that the US Air Force had acted reasonably in awarding development of its future Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) to Northrop Grumman. We yet await Boeing’s decision on […]

Defense Industry Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Schechter Quoted by Miami Herald on President Obama’s Upcoming Visit to Cuba

By Peter Schechter

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Cuba

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2016

Obama’s Cuba Trip Exposes Cruz, Rubio as ‘Outdated’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Most Americans, including Cuban-Americans, favor normalization of ties between the United States and Cuba, say Atlantic Council analysts US President Barack Obama’s decision to make an historic visit to Cuba in March will have a negligible impact on the presidential election in the United States; if anything, it has succeeded in exposing just how out […]

Cuba

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2016

Saudi-Iran Rivalry Keeps Oil Prices Down

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Gulf states seen eager to put ‘fiscal squeeze’ on Iran The regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran—the two main producers in a global oil cartel—has become a significant factor behind the sharp decline in oil prices that has also kept rates at historic lows. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil-producing countries have watched with […]

Energy & Environment Iran

In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Pham Quoted by Foreign Policy on US Involvement in Ugandan Elections

By J. Peter Pham

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East Africa United States and Canada

Experts

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