Marshalling Candor Spirit before ‘Countering Violent Extremism’
April 21, 2015 8 min. read

Violent extremism presents existential dilemma to all irrespective of faith, race, political and economic status. Countering such seemingly ubiquitous threat requires comprehensive strategy that addresses the root causes and effects of the issue at hand.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (April 10 – April 17)
April 17, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (April 10-April 16)
April 10, 2015 2 min. read

Our favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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GailForce: Economics and National Security
April 3, 2015 6 min. read

Each year, the intelligence community presents an annual threat assessment to Congress. They publish an unclassified version that I and many other national security geeks read very closely.

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The shadow of a Malacca Dilemma on an Iranian Hormuz Dilemma
April 1, 2015 6 min. read

Whoever controls the strait of Hormuz also control Iran’s oil security.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (March 27 – April 2)
March 27, 2015 2 min. read

Our five favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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The Armenians Remember
March 24, 2015 4 min. read

A new United Nations report documents Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) actions against the Yezidis as genocide, while the Armenians prepare to commemorate the centennial of their own.

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Turkey Loses Iraqi Market to Iran over ISIS
March 23, 2015 7 min. read

Since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, he has pursued a foreign policy based on fostering amiable diplomatic and economic ties with Iran’s neighbors and resolving the country’s nuclear issue with Iran’s P5+1 negotiating partners.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (March 20 – March 26)
March 20, 2015 2 min. read

Our five favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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Netanyahu’s Speech and the Question of an Iran Deal
March 16, 2015 10 min. read

The prime minister was invited by the Republican leadership of Congress without the White House being informed, and he came specifically to attack one of the president’s major foreign policy initiatives, negotiations toward an arms-control accord with Iran.

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The FPA’s Must Reads (March 13 – March 19)
March 13, 2015 2 min. read

Our five favorite longreads and blog posts from the past week.

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From oil to nuclear energy: a Lausanne Accord between Iran and the P5+1
March 12, 2015 8 min. read
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will meet again on March 15 in Lausanne for the final stretch of international negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program.

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