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Feb 20, 2014

Pham on CAR Humanitarian Crisis

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham joins Voice of America’s On the Line to discuss the humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic:

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President Barack Obama and French President François Hollande, May 18, 2012

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Feb 10, 2014

Obama and Hollande: France and the US Enjoy a Renewed Alliance

By Barack Obama and François Hollande, Washington Post

Today, American and French diplomats are preparing for talks with Iran that build on the agreement that has halted progress on and rolled back key elements of the Iranian nuclear program.

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EUFOR mission in Chad

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Feb 5, 2014

The EU at War: CAR Mission Highlights Internal Tensions

By Maxime H.A. Larivé, National Interest

Four elements need to be reflected upon concerning the CSDP and CAR. First, despite the rapid European reactions to create a military mission, approved by the UN Security Council on January 29 of this year, the EU failed to use the EU Battlegroup concept

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Feb 4, 2014

Pham: CAR Peacekeeping Resources Are Inadequate

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham discusses the limited resources available to the African Union’s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic with IPS News Agency:

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Feb 3, 2014

Pham on Religious Violence in Africa

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by TakePart.com’s Internationalist column on religious violence in Africa:

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian

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Jan 28, 2014

France’s Counterterrorism Operations in Africa Deserve US Support

By Editorial Board, Washington Post

[M]ore than 1,000 French soldiers are still fighting Islamic militants in Mali. Another French intervention force has been dispatched to restore order in the Central African Republic.

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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen in Afghanistan

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Jan 28, 2014

Defense Minister: Germany Needs to Take More Responsibility Around the World

By René Pfister and Gordon Repinski, Spiegel

New Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen says that it is time for Berlin to take more responsibility. She also dreams of a European army.

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Jan 28, 2014

Pham on African Union Summit

By J. Peter Pham

Agence France-Presse quotes Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham on the agenda for this week’s African Union summit:

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Jan 28, 2014

J. Peter Pham Discusses “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at US Army War College

By J. Peter Pham

J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center, spoke today on “Lessons from the Former Somalia” at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In his invited lecture to students in the College’s Department of National Security and Strategy, Pham discussed the role that state collapse, extremism, insurgency, piracy, famine, foreign intervention, […]

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Jan 22, 2014

Pham Quoted on New CAR President

By J. Peter Pham

Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham is quoted by IPS News Agency on new Central African Republic Interim President Catherine Samba-Panza:

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