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Oct 3, 2014

Diplomacy for a diffuse world

By Roxanne Cabral, Peter Engelke, Katherine Brown, and Anne Terman Wedner

“Diplomacy for a Diffuse World,” the latest from the Atlantic Council’s Strategic Foresight Initiative, in partnership with the US Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, examines how key global trends—the diffusion of power and the rise of individual empowerment—significantly impact the way the United States government must conduct diplomacy.

Civil Society Politics & Diplomacy
Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Feb. 7, 2014

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Oct 3, 2014

US Worried about ‘Twin Cancers of Democratic Backsliding and Corruption’ in Central Europe

By Victoria Nuland, Department of State

We live in a better world because the countries of Central Europe chose the path of a Europe whole, free and at peace 25 years ago. But today that choice is under threat, and Central Europe is once again on the frontline

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Sep 30, 2014

Spotlight Brazil Elections

By Ricardo Sennes

How will the Brazilian presidential election unfold? Brazilians go to the polls on October 5 in the first round of voting for presidential, congressional, and state elections. If no presidential candidate secures 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will be held on October 26. The upcoming elections are likely to bring major changes […]

Latin America

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Sep 29, 2014

Marczak on Venezuela Joining the UN Security Council

By Jason Marczak

Fox News Latino quotes Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the possibility of Venezuela gaining a nonpermanent spot on the UN Security Council:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama, May 12, 2012

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Sep 26, 2014

Obama Thanks Rasmussen for Making NATO Stronger

Today marks the end of Anders Fogh Rasmussen’s term as Secretary General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Sept. 18, 2014

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Sep 24, 2014

Three Questions for Ukrainian President Poroshenko

By Mark Seip, The Hill

While [Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko was asked several questions during his visit, there are three key ones that should have been asked to better understand his point of view and the way ahead for his country:

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An artist's rendering of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite

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Sep 23, 2014

STRATCOM, DoD Sign Space Operations Agreement With Allies

By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News

Officials from the Defense Department, U.S. Strategic Command and three allied nations signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday on combined space operations to strengthen deterrence, enhance resilience and optimize resources.

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Sep 22, 2014

Mexican President Peña Nieto Receives Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award

By The Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council awarded Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto and other honorees its Global Citizen Award on Sunday, September 21, 2014, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. It was the first time that a Latin American president received the award. “Our honorees embody in dynamic and diverse ways what it […]

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Sep 22, 2014

Huntsman: Under Nieto, Mexico’s Reforms Revitalize Nation

By Jon M. Huntsman

Atlantic Council Chairman Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. writes for the Miami Herald on the new reforms introduced under Mexican President Peña Nieto:

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Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

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Sep 19, 2014

CIA Halts Spying in Europe

By Ken Dilanian, AP

“The CIA has curbed spying on friendly governments in Western Europe in response to the furor over a German caught selling secrets to the United States and the Edward Snowden revelations of classified information held by the National Security Agency, according to current and former U.S. officials.”

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