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Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Ted Cruz’s Comments on Patrolling Muslim Neighborhoods

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A man in a hurry: Keir Starmer’s early approach is making waves at home and abroad

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The new UK prime minister’s much-anticipated speech at the Labour Party’s recent gathering in Liverpool is a window into where the country may be headed.

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Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Ted Cruz’s Comments on Patrolling Muslim Neighborhoods

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

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Jurek Wille and Friedrich Conradi

The recent successes of populist parties in Germany’s state elections could signal an imminent shift in Berlin’s policies on climate, immigration, and aid for Ukraine.

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Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Ted Cruz’s Comments on Patrolling Muslim Neighborhoods

New Atlanticist
Sep 26, 2024

France’s new government aims to calm the political storm. What will it mean for foreign policy?

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Léonie Allard, Jean-Loup Samaan

Prime Minister Michel Barnier is likely to follow the path of President Emmanuel Macron, but the big question is whether the delicate political context in Paris will allow ministers to focus on crises in Ukraine and Lebanon.

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Mar 23, 2016

Farkas Joins MSNBC to Discuss Ted Cruz’s Comments on Patrolling Muslim Neighborhoods

By Evelyn Farkas

Watch the full interview here.

Western Europe

In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Bensahel Joins The Diane Rehm Show to Discuss the Latest on the Belgium Terror Attack

By Nora Bensahel

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Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

Brussels Attacks Shift Focus to Migrant Crisis

By Robbie Gramer

The terrorist attacks in Brussels have shaken the European Union to its core and will have long-term consequences for the transatlantic community. Europe’s response to the migrant crisis, which has inundated the continent with more than one million refugees, will be an important factor in addressing this situation. The political fallout from the attacks in […]

Europe & Eurasia Western Europe

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

‘We Reap What We Sow’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Brussels attack the cost of inattention to terrorist sleeper cells, says Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe European governments, and in particular Belgium, are paying a heavy price for having neglected terrorist sleeper cells that have been forming for well more than a decade in their growing, poorly integrated immigrant communities, said Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of […]

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Mar 23, 2016

Kempe Joins CNBC to Discuss the Implications of the Brussels Terrorist Attacks for Europe

By Fred Kempe

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Mar 23, 2016

Pavel Quoted by The Wall Street Journal on US Presidential Candidates’ Comments on Brussels Attacks

By Barry Pavel

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In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Gramer Quoted by Milwaukee Public Radio on the Brussels Terrorist Attacks and the Future of NATO

By Robbie Gramer

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In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Itani Quoted by Time on the Brussels ISIS Attacks

By Faysal Itani

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In the News

Mar 23, 2016

Itani Quoted by the Washington Post on Suspects of Brussels Terrorist Attacks

By Faysal Itani

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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2016

ISIS Strikes Brussels: Is This The ‘New Normal’?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The terrorist attacks in Brussels represent a collective failure of Western intelligence, underscore the challenges radicalized young Muslims pose to Europe and the United States, but most of all are emblematic of what the Atlantic Council’s Barry Pavel describes as a “new normal.” The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the […]

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