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Ruins of Donetsk Airport, Oct. 16, 2014

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Nov 5, 2014

Mr. Putin Resumes His Chipping Away at Ukraine

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

It’s not hard to guess what Mr. Putin has in mind. As it stands, the Donetsk-Luhansk ministates are not easily sustained; they lack a port, power supplies and access to the region’s principal airport.

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, Sept. 27, 2012

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Nov 4, 2014

French Foreign Minister: Anti-ISIL Coalition Must Also Save 300,000 Lives In Aleppo

By Laurent Fabius, Washington Post

Syria’s second-largest city and part of humanity’s ancient heritage, Aleppo is the martyred center of the resistance to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad,

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Gen. Philip M. Breedlove in Turkey in July

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Nov 3, 2014

US European Commander Asks for More Troops

By Paul McLeary, Defense News

In the face of sustained Russian incursions into Ukraine and the dozens of fighter and bomber flights that have skirted European airspace in recent weeks, the head of US European Command has come to the Pentagon to ask for more troops and equipment.

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Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber intercepted by RAF Typhoons, October 29, 2014

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Nov 3, 2014

As Russian Provocations Increase, Should the US Continue to Cut Forces in Europe?

By Jorge Benitez, The Hill

Last week, jets from six NATO air forces intercepted 19 Russian military aircraft in just one day.

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Report

Oct 31, 2014

The shale revolution and the new geopolitics of energy

By Robert A. Manning

Technological advancements have led to an energy revolution in the United States. In The Shale Revolution and the New Geopolitics of Energy, Manning explains that the shale revolution affects everything from the makeup of the global energy market to America’s core strategic interests abroad.

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Article

Oct 30, 2014

Spotlight Cuba

By Rachel DeLevie-Orey

How would both the United States and Cuba attending the Summit of the Americas impact their relationship? Download (PDF) For the past two decades, the Summit of the Americas has convened the western hemisphere’s heads of state without the participation of Cuba. That is likely about to change. In April 2015, Panama will host the […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 28, 2014

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Oct 28, 2014

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.

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In the News

Oct 28, 2014

Sennes on Reelection of President Rousseff

By Ricardo Sennes

The Financial Times quotes Adrienne Arsht Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ricardo Sennes on the reelection of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

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Oct 28, 2014

Brazil’s Presidential Election: Interpreting the Results

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council on October 28, 2014 hosted a discussion on Brazil’s presidential election.  Watch the event here. 

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New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2014

Can Dilma Rousseff Rebuild Broader Political Alliances for Her Second Term?

By New Atlanticist

That Is the Path She Should Take, for Herself and for Brazil, Atlantic Council’s Sennes Says Having barely won re-election in Brazil’s tightest presidential election in a quarter-century, Dilma Rousseff faces several key tasks if she is to govern effectively in her new four-year term, writes the Atlantic Council’s nonresident senior fellow in Brazil, Ricardo […]

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