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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 5, 2014

Special Summit Series: Poland and NATO

By Ian Brzezinski

Poland approaches the NATO September 4 summit intent on decisions that will strengthen the Alliance’s capability for collective defense.

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In the News

Jul 31, 2014

Schechter and Marczak: US Action Needed to Prevent Regional Energy Crisis

By Peter Schechter, Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Center Director Peter Schechter and Deputy Director Jason Marczak cowrite for CNN Global Public Square on what must be done to prevent a regional energy crisis in Central America and the Caribbean: 

Central America
European flags in Brussels

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Jul 30, 2014

Paying Ransoms, Europe Bankrolls Qaeda Terror

By Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times

Kidnapping Europeans for ransom has become a global business for Al Qaeda, bankrolling its operations across the globe.

Europe & Eurasia Sahel

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2014

Argentina’s Options: What happens after default?

By Megan Greene

On the eve of Argentina’s likely default, Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Megan Greene reviews the likely outcomes, and gives implications for the future of sovereign debt defaults Argentina’s Default Will Have Wide ImplicationsArgentina is probably going to default tomorrow. An Argentinian debt default would clearly not be good for the country economically, but contagion would […]

Latin America
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama, June 18, 2012

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Jul 29, 2014

US Says Russia Violated Arms Treaty

By Michael R. Gordon, New York Times

The United States has concluded that Russia violated a landmark arms control treaty by testing a prohibited ground-launched cruise missile

Europe & Eurasia NATO

In the News

Jul 29, 2014

Marczak on Petrocaribe

By Jason Marczak

The Tico Times quotes Adrienne Arsht Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the Venezuelan oil financing program Petrocaribe:

Venezuela
Challenger tank of the King's Royal Hussars, July 16, 2014

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Jul 28, 2014

Europe Needs a Cold War Lesson in Deterrence

By Philip Stephens, Financial Times

Europeans have been slow to recognise the world as it is rather than as they imagined.

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, May 20, 2012

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Jul 28, 2014

Canada is First NATO Member to Impose Sectoral Sanctions on Russia

By Stephen Harper, Globe and Mail

Russia’s aggressive militarism and expansionism are a threat to more than just Ukraine; they are a threat to Europe, to the rule of law and to the values that bind Western nations. Canada will not stand idly by in the face of this threat.

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LatAmSource

Jul 28, 2014

A Nicaraguan Canal: Too Many Downfalls

By Constance Delannoy

The Nicaraguan government recently released its plan to build a Nicaraguan canal as an alternative to the Panama Canal. The project is taken on by a Hong Kong-based company, the HKND Group, created solely for this purpose and guaranteed majority ownership of the Canal for the next 50 years. At this point the Nicaraguan government […]

Central America Economy & Business
Russian President Vladimir Putin, July 17, 2014

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Jul 25, 2014

US Military Chief Compares Putin’s Ukraine Aggression to Stalin’s Invasion of Poland

By Josh Rogin, Daily Beast

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s new use of Russian military force inside Ukraine harkens back to 1939 when Joseph Stalin led a Russian invasion of Poland, and Dempsey predicted Putin was far from finished.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

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