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Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
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Montenegrins Protest Decision to Recognize Kosovo's Independence
Neil Richard Leslie | October 14, 2008Montenegrin protesters have clashed with police in Podgorica over their government’s decision to recognize Kosovo’s independence. Police had to use teargas to disperse a crowd of 10,000 according to the BBC. Majority-Albanian Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February.
Financial Markets Rise in Asia
Neil Richard Leslie | October 14, 2008Markets in Asia were up a day after shares climbed 11 percent on Wall Street Monday. The Japanese Nikkei index rose 13% and Sydney's S&P/ASX200 was up 219 points at 4399.7 by lunchtime, reports BBC. In New Zealand, the stock market rose 6.7% by early afternoon.
North Korea Resumes Disabling Nuclear Facilities, UN Monitors Return
Neil Richard Leslie | October 14, 2008North Korea will resume disabling its nuclear reactor Tuesday a day after UN inspectors were allowed to return to monitor Pyongyang’s nuclear facilities, reports Reuters.
Lighter Side: Israel Will 'Eat' Iran
Neil Richard Leslie | October 09, 2008Israeli newspaper Haaretz ran a headline Sunday claiming that the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said Israel would 'eat' Iran before the Islamic Republic developed nuclear weapons.
U.S. to Call for More NATO Troops in Afghanistan
Neil Richard Leslie | October 08, 2008The United States will ask NATO allies Thursday to send more troops to fight Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan, reports Reuters. At a meeting of the Alliance in Budapest, the U.S.
Quote of the Day: Russian Historian on the Romanovs' Rehabilitation
Peter Cassata | October 02, 2008"We have two graves that symbolize the revolution: the dirty hole into which the Romanovs were thrown, and the mausoleum of the one who ordered this.
Bush Gave Go-Ahead For Raids in Pakistan
Neil Richard Leslie | September 11, 2008President Bush secretly gave the go-ahead allowing US Special Operations forces to conduct raids inside Pakistan. According to the New York Times, the President approved o
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