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Refugee Crisis

Miliband: Rohingya Survival Demands Long Term Global Effort

The Cipher Brief spoke with David Miliband, President of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former British Foreign Secretary, about how the [...] More

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Making Deals with Africa

The European Union (EU) is entering into partnership deals, or “compacts,” with at least five African countries to try to stem the flow of migrants [...] More

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The African Migrant Crisis: The EU Takes Action

The African Migrant Crisis: The EU Takes Action

More than 160,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Italy this year, compared to just over 142,000 during the same time last year. Of those taking the [...] More

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Europe Bears a Big Burden in the World's Migration Crisis

Europe Bears a Big Burden in the World's Migration Crisis

The world is currently faced with 65 million forcibly displaced people – the most since World War II – of which nearly 41 million are internally [...] More

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Migrants from Africa

Europe’s migration crisis is often framed in terms of the influx of refugees coming from Syria, Afghanistan, and other conflict countries in the [...] More

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Turkish Leverage Over the United States and European Union

Turkish Leverage Over the United States and European Union

Since its birth, modern Turkey has occupied a delicate position in the world. Straddling both Asia and Europe, the ancient Ottoman capital of [...] More

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Syrian Refugees: Ankara’s Trump Card Against Europe

In March of this year, Turkey came to an agreement with the European Union (EU) on Syrian migration. In return for $6 billion in aid assistance, [...] More

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Germany Plans to Tighten Immigration Policy

Germany Plans to Tighten Immigration Policy

German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière announced on Thursday proposals for strengthening Germany’s security apparatus, after four attacks – [...] More

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The United States Needs Europe

The United States needs strong allies in Europe. The United States also needs European unity. This has been a recurrent theme in Barack Obama’s [...] More

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European Unity in the Face of Crises

European Unity in the Face of Crises

Europe is used to dealing with crises. In fact, what we now call the European Union is a result of one of the biggest crises in modern history. But [...] More

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Can Merkel Survive?

Teri Schultz

Can Merkel Survive?

For seven of the last eight years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has topped Forbes’ list of the world’s most powerful women. Last year, she was a [...] More

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On Worldwide Threats

John McLaughlin

On Worldwide Threats

The Islamic State (ISIS) is the “preeminent global” threat and remains determined to execute direct attacks against the U.S. homeland, the top U.S. [...] More

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The Paris Attacks

The Paris Attacks

Intelligence failure: those are two words we often hear following a devastating terrorist attack such as what we saw this weekend in Paris. Almost by [...] More

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