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Feb 20, 2014

Benitez: NAFTA’s Legacy

By Jorge Benitez

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow and NATOSource Director Jorge Benitez joins CCTV America to discuss the North American Free Trade Agreement’s legacy on the occasion of US President Barack Obama’s visit to Mexico:

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, May 7, 2013

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Feb 19, 2014

Hagel: ‘We Still Need Bases’ in Europe

By Department of Defense

Excerpts from remarks by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Kenneth Feinberg, February 18, 2014.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2014

A Srebrenica Moment in Syria?

By R. Nicholas Burns

As the savage killings and stratospheric refugee numbers in Syria continue to climb, a key question emerges. When will the United States and other global powers experience a “Srebrenica moment,” when they can no longer stand on the sidelines and resolve instead that they finally have to act?

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Jan. 28, 2014

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Feb 14, 2014

Russia, NATO Plan Joint Operation on Syria’s Chemical Weapons

By Gabriela Baczynska and Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia and NATO are drawing up plans for a rare joint naval operation in the Mediterranean to protect the U.S. ship that will destroy Syria’s deadliest chemical weapons, officials and other sources said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, December 19, 2013

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Feb 13, 2014

What is the Source of Putin’s Domestic Support?

By Gregory Feifer, POLITICO

[T]he real glue holding the population to Putin’s regime isn’t rising expectations but the country’s all-encompassing corruption

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New Atlanticist

Feb 13, 2014

The US Military’s Ethics Crisis

By James Joyner

Military officers behaving badly have been making headlines. But, rather than a sign of widespread corruption, the fact that they’re being caught and disciplined is an indication of how seriously the profession takes its ethical responsibilities. From massive cheating scandals with Air Force and Navy nuclear officers and Army National Guard recruiters to generals and admirals abusing the perks of their office or […]

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Chancellor Angela Merkel, PM David Cameron and President Barack Obama, June 15, 2009

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Feb 12, 2014

Transatlantic Troubles

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

For at least twenty years, America’s capital has been losing its sentimental Europe-friendly leanings.

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President Barack Obama, April 11, 2010

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Feb 12, 2014

The Price of Pulling Back From the World

By Stephen Sestanovich, New York Times

So what’s a retrenchment president to do? If Eisenhower, Nixon and Bush — our best prepared foreign-policy presidents — found it hard to manage a downsized strategy, Mr. Obama should expect the same.

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Time to Improve Trilateral Cooperation on Defense

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Feb 12, 2014

NATO’s New Power Triad: US, UK, and France Should Deepen Defense Cooperation

By James Stavridis and Leo Michel, Foreign Policy

At the strategic level, informal trilateral consultations among top U.S., British, and French policymakers and military officials are nothing new.

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Russia’s team at the Opening Ceremony for the Sochi Olympics

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Feb 11, 2014

Sochi Olympics is a Cyber War Zone, Experts Warn

By Hannah Kuchler, Financial Times

Foreign visitors to the Winter Olympics in Sochi are unknowingly wading into a cyber battlefield, the US government and security experts have warned.

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