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US Patriot missile unit near Gaziantep, Turkey, May 6, 2008

NATOSource

Aug 17, 2015

Joint Statement by the United States and Turkey on Removal of Patriot Missile Units

By US Embassy in Ankara

The United States has informed the Turkish government that the U.S. deployment of Patriot air and missile defense units in Turkey which expires in October will not be renewed beyond the end of the current rotation.

Missile Defense NATO

In the News

Aug 14, 2015

Schechter on Unique Cuban-American Relationship

By Peter Schechter

The Miami Herald quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin American Center Director Peter Schechter on the unique foreign policy relationship between the United States and Cuba: 

Cuba

In the News

Aug 14, 2015

Slavin Moderates Issues in the News

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin moderates Voice of America’s Issues in the News, discussing the explosions in China, the devaluation of the yuan, the anti-corruption measures in Iraq, and the re-opening of the US Embassy in Havana:

China Cuba

In the News

Aug 14, 2015

Marczak on Complicated US-Cuban Relations

By Jason Marczak

US News and World Report quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on why despite the reopening of the US embassy in Cuba, much diplomatic work remains before relations will be completely normalized:

Cuba

In the News

Aug 14, 2015

LeBaron on Campaign Foreign Policy Rhetoric

By Richard LeBaron

Bloomberg quotes Nonresident Senior Fellow Richard LeBaron on why campaign rhetoric does not always indicate how Presidents will actually govern:

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2015

Of Rights and Wrongs in Cuba

By Ashish Kumar Sen

United States must continue to press Castro government on human rights, says Atlantic Council’s Peter Schechter The Obama administration must use the new opening in its relationship with Cuba to continue to press the government in Havana to respect human rights, says the Atlantic Council’s Peter Schechter. Cuban dissidents were conspicuous by their absence from […]

Cuba

In the News

Aug 12, 2015

Schechter on the Politics of the US-Cuba Relationship

By Peter Schechter

The Miami Herald quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on how US politics could affect the future of US-Cuba relations on everything from an ambassador to trade relations:

Cuba
Julianne Smith, former Deputy National Security Advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden, July 1, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2015

Former White House Official on the Current State of Transatlantic Security Cooperation

By Foreign Affairs

Excerpts from interview of Julianne Smith by Michael Williams.

NATO Security & Defense
Should the US build up a stock of cyberweapons?

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2015

Pentagon Seeks Cyber Weapons Strong Enough to Deter Attacks

By Financial Times and Los Angeles Times

From Sam Jones, Financial Times:  James Clapper, the Obama administration’s director of national intelligence, is not given to slips of the tongue.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
Russia arms "crime syndicates with sophisticated hacking tools and malware"

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2015

New Twists in Russia’s Cyber Campaign Against NATO and Its Members

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

“I would say it’s pretty brazen really. We are being hit by the Russians more or less every day,” says one Nato military cyber defence specialist.

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