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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.
Frederic Hof on US Position in Syria Crisis (BBC World Service)
Hariri Middle East Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof speaks with the BBC’s Tim Franks about the cautious US position with respect to resolving the Syria crisis.
Shuja Nawaz Response to Pakistan Election Results (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz joins a live Google Hangout organized by RFE/RL to discuss Pakistan’s historic elections.
Luncheon with EBRD President Sir Suma Chakrabarti
July 27, 2012
On July 27, 2012, the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East hosted a private luncheon in honor of Sir Suma Chakrabarti, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) at the Metropolitan Club in Washington, DC. Sir Suma was accompanied by a delegation of senior EBRD economists who held an off-the-record discussion with economic experts on the expansion of EBRD’s operations in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, and Jordan as part of an effort to support the economies of these transitioning countries. The EBRD delegation shared financial commitments and projects it intends to implement in the region and listened to feedback from high-level participants about how the EBRD can be most effective and successful in its new area of operations.
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