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Julius Agbor |
April 23, 2013 4:22pm
Julius Agbor discusses ways to support inclusive growth in South Africa with Haroon Bhorat, director of the South African think tank the Development Policy Research Unit following the Africa Growth Initiative's April 17 event with South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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William G. Gale |
April 23, 2013 12:57pm
William Gale argues that while President Obama's budget proposal provides a balanced path toward fiscal responsibility, it should have included more ambitous proposals such as investing in the economy in the short-term and restructuring the government's debt toward longer-term obligations.
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The Avenue
Nicole Prchal Svajlenka |
April 22, 2013 5:20pm
Nicole Prchal Svajlenka gives a rundown of the latest week's news on the fast-moving issue of immigration policy and reform.
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Up Front
Robert M. Chesney |
April 22, 2013 12:07pm
Robert Chesney provides a sophisticated preview of the likely terrorism-related charges in the indictment that will issue against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev shortly.
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Up Front
Steven Pifer |
April 22, 2013 11:43am
Steven Pifer reflects on the discussion held at the Kyiv Security Forum which brought together Ukrainians, Europeans and Americans to discuss the current challenges facing Ukraine. The discussion centered on Ukraine’s relationship with the European Union, in particular on whether Kyiv will make sufficient progress in meeting EU conditions to permit signature in November of an EU-Ukraine association agreement.
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Up Front
Benjamin Wittes |
April 20, 2013 3:00pm
Benjamin Wittes reacts to Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain's declaration that the Obama admininstration should hold Dzhokar Tsarnaev in military detention for his role in the Boston bombing, giving reasons why they're wrong.
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Up Front
Elizabeth Ferris |
April 20, 2013 12:00pm
Elizabeth Ferris writes that a gender-sensitive approach to disaster risk management is smart, due to the impact that disasters have on women and the significant roles they play in disaster response and risk reduction.
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Up Front
Richard C. Bush III |
April 19, 2013 2:00pm
In a major speech this week, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou reviewed his strategies for cross-Strait relations and national security. Richard Bush describes how these strategies have stabilized cross-Strait relations and are making positive contributions to regional security.
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Up Front
Fiona Hill |
April 19, 2013 2:00pm
In light of the recent bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon by two men with origins in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus regions, Fiona Hill discusses the centuries long war between Chechnya and Russia and why that would provide fertile ground to incite and radicalize sympathizers wherever they happen to live.
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Up Front
Benjamin Wittes |
April 19, 2013 10:35am
Benjamin Wittes reacts to the unfolding situation in the Boston suburbs where one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects is dead and the other is on a murderous rampage. Wittes explains the importance of keeping the second suspect alive to probe whether any connection exists to overseas terrorist groups and to domestic individuals not yet tied to the bombing.
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