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WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate seven individuals to fill key roles in the State Department: Director General of the Foreign Service and the Chair of the Board of the Foreign Service Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security Assistant S...

Dr. Denise Natali, former Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations and Director of the Center for Strategic Research at the National Defense University’s Institute for National Strategic Studies, discusses the impact of the bipartisan Global Fragility Act on US policy; the challenges of re-integration of non-state armed individuals and groups in the Middle East; why post-conflict stabilization in Yemen will need to be locally driven and supported by its neighbors; and the prospects for common ground between the US and Turkish policies toward Syria and the Syria...

Patrick W. Quirk The Biden administration’s initial foreign policy priorities are coming into focus: combating climate change, competing with China, and reversing the spread of authoritarianism, all through the prism of U.S. domestic renewal. As the White House puts pen to paper on its first National Security Strategy (NSS), these themes will feature prominently. But so too will other less prominent but still critical issues. Top among them should be state fragility and associated threats to U.S. interests. As Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during his confirmation hearing: “The ...

Tuesday, March 2, 2021 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm China's political and economic influence in the Western Balkans is on the rise, fueled in part by a regional demand for infrastructure, which is satisfied by opaque deals in the ICT, energy, and transportation sectors. These projects present risks to good governance, economic growth, environmental sustainability, and digital security. Join CSIS for a virtual discussion of a new CSIS report which describes tools and actions critical for stakeholders to objectively evaluate and respond to these risks. The report concludes a three-part series which examin...

U.s. troops from syria. seems he's been convinced to hold off on what he talked about publicly last week. if you were advising the president, what would you tell him? i go back to an example on air. >> when we planned to go do these things we have four phases. deploy, shape the battlefield, fight. that's the part we all call war and stick around to create stability on the ground. stabilization operations. those who do this for a living know if you don't do phase four you get to do one two and three again. three, five, seven years in the future. unfortunately, i think the argument with the pres...